If this is your first class with Living Aspen you MUST complete an Intake Form. A staff member will contact you regarding your Intake Interview.

Fall 2019 Registration Open: July 13, 2019 - August 10, 2019 (7am MDT)

Fall 2019 Workshop Dates: Tuesday August 13, 2019 - Tuesday November 19, 2019 (Fall Break Tuesday October 8, 2019)

**If you register, please make sure you receive an email confirmation of your registration!** Email erika@livingaspen.org if you have trouble.

Living Aspen's Art Journaling Workshop meets weekly for about 3 months in the fall and spring. It helps individuals engage with their creativity, differentiate between shame and guilt, practice empathy, and cultivate courage, compassion, and connection.

To participate you must:

• be 18 years of age or older
• be a survivor of abuse; and/or be in relationship (spouse, family member, friend, neighbor, coworker, etc.) with someone who has experienced abuse or trauma; and/or have a desire to volunteer with Living Aspen
• be seeking a healing journey

Provided Supplies: Living Aspen will provide all art supplies required for the workshop, including: brushes, paint, colored pencils, markers, tape, glue, washi tape, scrapbook paper, scissors, etc. Living Aspen will also provide participants with Brené Brown's book "The Gifts of Imperfection."

"Safe Space" Expectations and Attendance: To protect the integrity and trust cultivated with the participants of the workshop, individuals will miss no more than two (2) classes during the course of the workshop.  Participants will notify the facilitator of their absence prior to class via call, text or email. The facilitator will take attendance each week and will contact participants who have missed two (2) classes to encourage them to participate in a new workshop session at a later date. In order to build trust and practice courage, compassion, and connection, participants will not reveal details of another’s story (verbally or written) to outside parties without permission.