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Art therapy workshops: Emotional baggage cases

From June 16, 2021 until July 31, 2021In June and July on various dates and times according to workshop series and audiences.
MADRID
Casa Árabe headquarters in Madrid (at Calle Alcalá, 62). In June and July on various dates and times according to workshop series and audiences. Free of charge. Prior registration required.
Register by following this link.
In Spanish.

During the months of June and July, these workshops will be held to assist with, reflect upon and raise awareness about loneliness and grief among unaccompanied migrant children and formerly assisted youths living in Madrid. 

The workshops and meetings have been organized as part of the Madrid Health Department’s “Crossings of Solitude, Mourning and Hope” (“Travesías”) project held with the cooperation of Casa Árabe, the Association of Arab Artists in Spain (3AE) and the Art for Life Association (ACAV).

“Travesías” is a social, creative and artistic project that uses art and art therapy to create spaces, potential and resources for assistance, training, reflection and awareness surrounding the problem of feeling unwanted loneliness and complex grief among unaccompanied migrant girls, boys and youths, as well as formerly assisted immigrant youths in Madrid.

These activities are intended for this youth population, as well as professionals and the general public, in order to produce shared exchange experiences with mutual and collaborative learning. Through art and art therapy, at these workshops we will create opportunities for inclusiveness, dialogue and hope together.

The workshops on Emotional Baggage Cases, small portable museums of memories, emotions and dreams, will be put together using different art methodologies which are adapted to each group. They will be held at the Casa Árabe headquarters in Madrid. The events revolve around the core idea of the potential created by art and art therapy, as feasible ways of emotional exploration and dealing with situations of unwanted loneliness, in the prevention, assistance and processing of (complicated) grief.

Poster general public
Poster for professional/student workshops
Poster youth workshops

Art therapy workshops: Emotional baggage cases
Workshops for professionals and students
Emotional attachment and traumatic migration [series of 2 workshops]
Art and art therapy for professionals assisting unaccompanied migrant children and youths. Intended for educators, social integration counselors, intercultural mediators and the staff at centers and shelters, as well as other professionals in the educational, social and health care fields who work with or are interested in learning about the reality of these young people.
Dates: June 24-25
Group 1 - Mornings, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Group 2 - Afternoon, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Workshops for youths
Your story matters: would you like to talk about it through art? [series of 4 workshops]
Activity for groups of unaccompanied migrant youths and formerly assisted migrant youths.
Fridays/Saturdays from July 9 through 31.
Group 1 - Friday, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Group 2 - Saturdays, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Workshops for the general public
Art and art therapy. Pathways of empathy [individual workshops]
Understanding the reality of unaccompanied migrant boys, girls and youths.
Fridays, July 16, 23 and 30.
Group 1 - July 16, 2021, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Group 2 - July 23, 2021, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Group 3 - July 30, 2021, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Workshops led by Ruth Miras, an art therapist and multidisciplinary artist. Research and training grant on unwanted loneliness and complex grief from the Madrid Health Dept., and Hicham Malayo, intercultural mediator and multidisciplinary artist.