Register by March 17, 2022.
Friday, April, 22, 2022, 1 – 5 p.m.
Printmaking Lab in the Center for Visual Arts at Boise State
The Boise State Arts Resilience Cooperative presents “Exploring Resiliency Skills through the art of Printmaking” on Friday, April 22, 1 – 5 p.m. in the printmaking lab in the Center for Visual Arts.
The workshop introduces participants to the wonder and creative potential of printmaking while learning the biology of stress reactions on the nervous system and inner resilience to bring it back into balance, building resilience skills and improving emotional and physical well-being. Mindfulness, empathy and improving relationships with self and other through visual art are central to the cooperative’s mission.
Alyssa Reynolds, clinical assistant professor, MSW and LCSW and Jill AnnieMargaret, professor and head of printmaking will co-facilitate the free workshop which is limited to eight participants.
Approximately 30 minutes of pre-workshop involvement will be needed in preparation for the workshop.
Register for this workshop by March 17, 2022.
Contact brieschettle@boisestate.edu with questions about this workshop.
Reynolds is a licensed clinical social worker and a certified community resiliency model facilitator. The community resiliency model helps individuals understand the biology of traumatic stress reactions and learn specific skills to return the body, mind and spirit back to balance after experiencing traumatic events. The model educates individuals about their nervous systems and teaches easy-to-learn wellness skills to be used for self-care as well as care for others. It uses a visual aid that helps individuals visualize being in their resilient zone, when they may be bumped above it or below it. This research-informed intervention takes on a public health focus and has been taught to professionals and non-professionals globally.
Visual artist and community organizer, Jill AnnieMargaret’s research and creative activity explores aspects related to traumatic experience through the material processes of hand printing, performance and mixed media. AnnieMargaret founded the Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance in 2009. She worked with her students in 2011 and 2016 to host the inaugural and third symposiums of the alliance, bringing artists and scholars together and strengthening the regional community in the discipline. Visit www.jillanniemargaret.com to see her work.
The Boise State Arts Resilience Cooperative’s mission is to promote well being and resilience within individuals, groups and the community through the arts.