Life changing, life giving...ART used in therapeutic measures! This is what The Art Project Houston Class is all about. No one leaves this class the way they come in, myself included.  It has been over a year now and to see so many lives changed, so much life given, so many relationships made, so many hearts healed.  I feel honored to be the teacher of this really wonderful experience. We are all healing together, together as friends, companions on the way.  

Art used in therapeutic ways includes colors, pastels, self-portraits, paints, prayer bead making, affirmations, filling sketchbooks with many different self creations, creating "safe places" with art, or just having some fun creating whatever we feel like that day! Writing what we call our "morning pages" always in the presence of silence with beautiful instrumental music filling the room. I would have to say what this class experiences each time we meet is peace and gain the tools necessary to keep this peace.   

I'm a very grateful teacher. I share this wonderful experience with a wonderful friend and also teacher in our class, Roz Grimes. May we all work together in bringing the fullness of art into people's lives, into all our lives.                                       

By: Marie Noack
Marie is the The Art Project, Houston (TAPH ) Art Project class instructor. Since our first rotation in May 2011, Marie has led TAPH student artists through an experience of affirmation and tapping into their creativity.