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Trust for Youth and Child Leadership (TYCL) International is offering a Youth Creative Arts Camp for Positive Mental Health. The program runs under a hybrid model: a combination of virtual and in-person activities. The in-person camp takes place at the Pajama Factory in Williamsport from June 14-18, 2021, at 10 a.m. through 12 p.m. The online program will be accessible on TYCL International website (www.tyclinternational.org) from June 1-20, 2021. This program is open for youth between the ages of 12 to 17 years old and will be facilitated by Ms. Mallory Scoppa Gardner, a certified art educator.
Youth Creative Arts Camp for Positive Mental Health consist of five modules:
• Introduction to art as therapy and connecting to our modern world
• Art for anxiety and watercolor
• Art for depression and mixed media art
• Mixed media narrative and evoking joy by viewing and analyzing art
• Self-evaluation and portrait
By the end of the program, all artworks by the participants will be compiled into a book. Every participant will receive a certificate and a copy of the book by September 2021.
Youth Creative Arts Camp for Positive Mental Health aims primarily to create a safe and inclusive space for youth to utilize creative arts to express and reflect on their mental health challenges. Youth will connect with each other and collaborate to take collective action towards developing positive mental health. The hybrid model breaks the geographical limitation and allows any youth across the world to participate--yielding a greater opportunity to sensitize youth, families, and communities on collective healing and positive mental health.
Registration is for the program is open via this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEa2sjj518RWc4tV1gjimxpYcEWLhEbbfHywooKfSHz0b4rQ/formrestricted
More information about the program can be found here: https://www.tyclinternational.org/camp-williamsport.php.