Category: FIELD-NOTES

Staff and Ed Techs recently shared their gratitude for ArtVan’s presence in the schools. Art Therapy has made shifts in student’s behaviors: increasing trust levels

“There is one session in particular where I was deeply moved with the interaction between an instructor and a student. The art activity was working with

This month, Bates College Student Volunteers designed a project with the theme of “Roots.” They designed the project to support youth in expressing their family

Despite the dropping temperatures & shorter daylight, Youth are still showing up for ArtVan’s outdoor sessions at Kennedy Park in Lewiston, in collaboration with the

We asked youth artists, “If you looked through a magical window, what would you want to see?” Each artist explored this question by picking out

A recurring theme we noticed this week was collaboration; here are some stories and musings on the topic! Collaboration is a key component of ArtVan’s

This week, youth artists used watercolor ink and oil pastels to create artwork centered around the theme of “dreams.” For check in, we asked, “what

This week at ArtVan, youth artists painted planets. They were encouraged to imagine what their planet would look like, who might live there, and what

It was the first visit for a youth from the NFI neighborhood. He shared that he didn’t like art and that he probably would not

Previous Next The rain held off here and there for this week’s focus on “Fidgety Art” and hammering. One Youth shares, it’s ”something for me