Spirit Dolls for Strength
Gioia Chilton, MA, ATR-BC and Rebecca Wilkinson, MA, ATR-BC
Saturday, April 10, 2010 10:00 AM-3:00 PM $45 (4.5 CEC's available $15 administrative fee*)Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts
1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202 483 8600
“If you want to transform a situation or a relationship, focusing on strengths is often more effective than focusing on problems”
Fialkov & Haddad, 2009
In this art-based workshop, we will create small spirit figures to identify and celebrate a quality or virtue that we would like to increase in our lives. Using simple doll making techniques, we will wrap shiny wire and sparking beads with unique fabrics and found objects to embody qualities or virtues that we value--appreciation, gratitude, joy, hope, optimism; freedom from anxiety and depression; health, and humor.
“When well-being comes from engaging our strengths and virtues, our lives are imbued with authenticity.” (Seligman, 2002a).
Together we will explore our sense of play, delight our senses, and create spirit dolls which invite our strengths and virtues to come to life.
Objective 1) Attendees will be able to identify and list strengths using Peterson and Seligmans’s Character Strengths and Virtues. Objective 2) Attendees will be able be able to list three ways that making spirit dolls can be used to identify and examine strengths. Objective 3) Attendees will learn wire wrapping, simple doll making technique, as evidenced by constructing one or more doll.
Snacks will be provided. Bring a box lunch. Lunch can also be gotten form healthy, reasonably priced restaurants in the neighborhood. Contact Smith Farm CenterTo register or for more information call 202-483-8600 or visit
1632 U Street NW Washington DC 20009Metro accessible Red & Green Lines FREE Parking availableNBCC Provider #6327*Smith Farm is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider an may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events and programs that meet NBCC requirements. Events and programs for which NBCC approved clock hours will be awarded are identified in the Smith Farm calendar. Smith Farm is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
With the help of joyful art therapy, mutually we will explore our sense of play, delight our senses, and make spirit dolls which encourage our strengths and qualities to come to life.
ReplyDeleteWow, fabulous!!! Very nice art. You are really very much talented. Love to see such photos in future too. Hope you are going to teach the techniques to your readers.
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