In the weeks after the shootings in Orlando, our Therapeutic Arts Program participants have been creating art to help process their emotions about the event as well as share loving kindness and support for all of the people whose lives have been affected by the shootings. The art that was created by this group is currently displayed at our center.
Our hand railing has gone from bare and grey to being covered in elaborate yarn designs, thanks to the handiwork and vision of one of our participants. The yarn has been carefully selected for its texture and color to accent the flowers and foliage of the garden. We have also watched on in anticipation as a new insect habitat has been erected. This project was inspired by similar habitats that our Marin Master Gardeners saw in England. We have been tossing around names for this new insect habitat, what do you think…Bug Hotel, Bug Hub, Habitat for Bug-manity?
Once a month, BINBA clients don their chef hats and embark into a world filled with measuring, stirring, baking, cooking and tasting.
In Life Skills Cooking Class, clients come together to learn and grow through the art of preparing delicious food.
Today, clients made (and ate) chicken pot pie.
Meanwhile, in art therapy class, the directive for the group was to create an image art of a familiar place that also represents safety.
Ted created this image and wrote:
“BINBA is a quiet warm place that evokes brilliance – Safe and Familiar.”
