11/14/25 Healing Art Circle November Zoom
Healing Art Circle
Explore emotions and responses to current events and racial suffering in a safe environment through art and healing dialogue.
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What to Expect
The Healing Art Circle provides a supportive space to process emotions about current events and racial suffering through creative expression. Using an adapted Healing Circle format combined with art-making, participants explore their feelings in a safe, judgment-free environment.
Healing Circles Help Us:
Step out of ordinary time into a safe and accepting environment. We listen with compassion and curiosity, honor each other's unique paths to healing, and trust that each person has the guidance they need within them. We rely on the power of silence to access our inner wisdom.
Core Practices:
- Listening with attention: Being fully present for others' experiences
- Speaking with intention: Sharing authentically from the heart
- Tending to the well-being of the circle: Supporting collective healing
What You'll Need:
- Any materials or writing and art supplies you have available
- Any medium you choose (poetry, music, watercolors, collage, pen and paper, digital art, dance, etc.)
- No art experience necessary—all forms of creative expression are welcome
Past participants have created diverse forms of expression including poetry, music, watercolors, collage, paper and pen drawings, digital art, and dance. The focus is on the healing process, not artistic skill.
Meet Your Facilitator
Facilitated by Helen Spaw, MPS
Helen brings extensive experience as a therapist, group leader, and art teacher for all ages and abilities. She holds a Master's degree in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from New York's Pratt Institute, and her Bachelor's degree in Psychology with an Art minor and focus in Art Therapy from the College of Santa Fe.
Her approach combines therapeutic expertise with deep respect for each person's unique healing journey, creating a space where creativity becomes a pathway to understanding and processing complex emotions around racism and social justice.
About the Center for the Healing of Racism
Since 1989, the Center for the Healing of Racism has championed the vision of a united community where every person can thrive free from racial prejudice. Based in Houston, Texas, the organization's mission is to disrupt the cycle of racism by addressing how racism is transmitted in society and fostering healing through impactful education and dialogue.
📅 Founded
1989 in Houston, Texas
⚖️ Legal Status
501(c)(3) nonprofit
👥 People Served
100,000+ since 1989
🎯 Approach
Education and dialogue
Core Beliefs:
- The human race is essentially one: Racism violates our fundamental unity
- Racism is learned behavior: What is learned can be unlearned
- Dialogue is powerful: Education and conversation are transformative tools
Key Programs:
- Dialogue: Racism: Hallmark workshop promoting sharing of thoughts, feelings, and experiences
- Opening the Breadbasket: Innovative workshop for children exploring diversity and belonging
- Healing Art Circles: Monthly virtual gatherings using creative expression for healing
- Workshops and Training: Custom programs for workplaces, schools, and community organizations
Why This Matters
Healing is not just an act but a journey. The Center's purpose is to mend the wounds caused by racism by empowering individuals to identify and challenge racial biases within themselves and their communities. Through compassionate, human-centered workshops and circles, participants become agents of transformation in their families and communities.
Impact and Community Voice
For over three decades, the Center for the Healing of Racism has created safe spaces for dialogue and healing, reaching people across Houston and beyond. Participants consistently report profound personal transformation and renewed commitment to racial justice.
What Participants Gain:
- Recognition of racial conditioning in themselves and others
- Skills to interrupt oppression through dialogue and listening
- Community and connection with diverse, committed individuals
- Personal healing from the trauma of racism
- Tools to become agents of transformation in their communities
Ready to Join Us?
Register for the Healing Art Circle and be part of a community committed to healing and transformation. Zoom link sent the morning of the event.
Register Now Support With a DonationAdditional Resources
Learn More:
- Organization Website: centerhealingracism.org
- Healing Circles Global: Learn about the Healing Circle methodology
- Volunteer: Contact the Center about volunteer opportunities
- Workshops: Bring a workshop to your workplace, school, or organization
Contact Information:
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 27327, Houston, TX 77227
- Physical Location: 3412 Crawford, Houston, TX 77004
- Phone: (713) 520-8226
- Email: Available through website contact form
About the Healing Circles Approach
These agreements are adapted from Healing Circles Global, an international organization dedicated to creating safe spaces for healing. The methodology recognizes that healing happens in community, through witnessing and being witnessed, and through the power of compassionate presence.
