Becoming YOU...

Experience expressive art as a tool for building emotional intelligence. Students will become familiar with Expressive Self Arts & Wellness pathways and gain access to curated tools and resources, including Artsonia, participation rubrics, and suggested supplies.

Students are introduced to the dimensions of wellness, social drivers of health, foundations of humanistic expressive arts, and a brief history of the wellness industry.
Project-Based Learning: Illness–Wellness Continuum, Reconstructed

Explore key ideas from positive psychology and neuroarts. Using concepts like Flow and the PERMA model, students will learn creative tools to support emotional well-being.
Project-Based Learning: Mindfulness Circle Art

Students will explore how the brain supports emotional regulation, physical wellness, and body awareness through somatic experiencing. The course introduces three lesser-known sensory systems: vestibular, proprioceptive, and interoceptive.
Project-Based Learning: Bilateral Drawing

Explore the stress cycle, define the Window of Tolerance, and learn methods that foster self-authority for emotional regulation.
Project-Based Learning: Neural Flow: Your Brain on Art

Examine disaster—both natural and human-made—by exploring the phases of disaster and their impact on the nervous system.
Project-Based Learning: Crisis to Connection

Define environmental well-being and explore its varied applications and impact on personal and collective health.
Project-Based Learning: Watercolor for Wellbeing: The Forest Through the Trees

Explore internal dualities that shape identity, self-awareness, and perspective-taking.
Project-Based Learning: Portrait Dualities

Examine value formation and identify individual strengths through assessment and inquiry. Students will create a visual illustration using nature as a metaphor.
Project-Based Learning: Rooted Values

Participate in open group discussion through the sharing of created works, personal experiences, and reflections on impact. Emphasis is placed on future applications and ongoing idea exchange.

Explore frameworks that develop sensory awareness and foster self-reflection through the lens of varied emotional states.
Project-Based Learning: Designed for Resilience

Become familiar with the Kübler-Ross Five Stages of Grief and explore thought formation related to emotional healing, reconciliation, and self-compassion.
Project-Based Learning: Student-Selected Open Forum

Explore the field of neuroarts and current research supporting creativity as a tool for emotional well-being.
Project-Based Learning: Blackout Poetry

Engage in kinesthetic practices that support emotional release and physical wellness through movement-based exploration. 

Project-Based Learning: Body Mapping Through Bilateral Movement

Examine intra- and interpersonal relationships within family dynamics, social circles, and community using color theory as a visual metaphor.
Project-Based Learning: Relational Wheel

Explore the power of language and its impact on identity formation through the lens of generational labels and self-definition. 

Project-Based Learning: Acrostic Alchemy

Investigate mirror neurons, empathy, and human connection through creative activation and collaborative reflection.
Project-Based Learning: Watercolor: Board of Directors

Participate in open group discussion through the sharing of created works, personal experiences, and reflections on impact, with emphasis on future applications and ongoing idea exchange.

Learn how creativity builds community, amplifies marginalized voices, and serves as a tool for expression and resilience in times of conflict.
Project-Based Learning: Street Art Expression

Explore differences between manifestation, mindfulness, and meditation, with emphasis on sustained attention and present-moment awareness.
Project-Based Learning: Anatomy of Attention Through Journaling

Examine various meditation modalities, best practices, and the role of consistency from the perspective of brain development and well-being.
Project-Based Learning: Body Talks Meditation

Explore careers within the wellness industry, including current trends, pathways of study, and practical next steps for future engagement.

Investigate the science of manifestation, exploring its origins and current research related to visualization and change. 

Project-Based Learning: Art of Mental Clarity – Stage One

Discuss stages of behavior change, SMART goal formation, and motivational factors that support personal visioning and growth.
Project-Based Learning: Vision Board – Stage Two

Define portfolio purpose through examination of pathway experience; strategize methods to articulate collection for target audience impact-scholarship, college application and/or job.

Secure evidence based research and literary context complete with MLA citations to support artist statement and personal narrative. Examine additional supports for portfolio design.

Examine structures of storytelling; develop personal style for presenting body of work; detail voice projection, body awareness, self presentation and ways to counter anticipatory anxiety.

1:1 session with Sarah Patterson to clarify and practice presentation; explore imposter syndrome, felt fear, steps for what may be next and complete program evaluation.