Vita-arts.org

I am a founder and the Creative Director of Vita Arts, a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of artistic expression.

Artistic expression promotes healing, self discovery, and provides an oftentimes essential outlet for articulating and releasing difficult emotions during times of adversity.  Art created through the process of using expression as a means to cope with crisis serves as a great inspiration and motivator to others, increasing its positive and long-lasting effects.

Vita Arts is comprised of experienced artists who are motivated to share the artistic process with those in emotional need. We cherish the results that involvement in art brings to our own lives and want to share the possibility of those benefits with others.

For us, the process of creating art works as metaphor for healing and growth, and directly parallels the process of coping with the difficulties that life presents. In both creation and coping, there are long stretches of self-questioning, profound moments of frustration, and powerfully clear breakthroughs that, while generated from the self, often seemingly come from nowhere.

We understand how the artist is both leader of and led by the process of creation, and how the the experience of viewing and interpreting art or performance can be insightful, grounding and nurturing. We invite those who participate in our workshops and shows to experience the many roles of artist, and guide them through the experience so that they receive skills of emotional transformation through the work of Vita Arts.

Let us know if you can help, or know of someone who could use ours. http://vita-arts.org