"What art offers is space- a certain breathing room for the spirit."
John Updike
Living Legacies: Images into Words, Words into Images
An East Coast, West Coast Dialog
East coast led by Columbia artist Heidi Darr-Hope
West Coast led by
California writer Sharon Bray
In September of 2011 Healing Icons kickstarted this innovate new program, by holding an all day workshop at the Columbia Musuem of Art. Dr. Sharon Bray co-led with our own, Heidi Darr-Hope. Sharon is the author of two extraordinary books and innovator of Writing Through Cancer an expressive writing program at Stanford and Scripts Cancer Centers in California. Her blog is a constant source of inspiration.
Living Legacies pairs cancer patients from different cities, states and perhaps even countries using the visual arts and creative writing to begin an extraordinary conversation about what it is like to live with cancer. The resulting visual and written conversations will be exhibited and eventually published in book form.
Next Living Legacies 6 week group
In this workshop series Columbia cancer patients are paired with cancer patients who are registered in Dr. Sharon Bray’s Writing through Cancer at Stanford and Scripts Cancer Centers in California.
Thursdays, May 3 - June 7, 2012
4pm - 6pm
Cost: $125
( preregister/prepayment required)
You must be at least 16 years of age to participate.
To register for this program,
you must Contact us for more information.
Student Comments and Reflections
"My idea of art changed - I realizedart is not just about being about to draw or paint somethig realistically, but it is more about a language. I learned to trust the process and just let the inside come out, whatever it is."
"Wow! That “my name” and the word “art” can be in the same sentence - I feel privileged."
"These classes gave me more purposeful direction for my journey of healing and greater insight into myself."
These Hero's Journey
offerings are sponsored by the
Lexington Medical Center Foundation
These classes are held in the resource room at
Lexington Medical Park 1
2728 Sunset Boulevard
Suite 402
West Columbia, SC 29169
To register: email us
call Libby Daniels @ 803-791-2289 or Jennifer Peagler @ 791-2617 or email us
Classes are free of charge due to the generosity of LMCF and all art supplies are provided.
Beginning Treatment or
Post Treatment, we need
more than medicine to heal.
Summer Workshops
Exuberant summer - the jeweled balm
for the battered spirit.
Reclaim the
joyousness of summer by exploring the
meditative art of drawing circles,
sacred circles, sometimes referred to as mandalas.
We will introduce you to a variety of materials
for creating your personal mandala. You may register for one or all three!
Wednesday, June 26th
from 1pm – 5pm
Mixed Media Mandalas for Centering Strength
Tuesday July 16th
from 1pm – 5pm
Mixed Media Mandalas for Harvesting Gratitude
Thursday August 8th
from 1pm – 5pm
Mixed Media Mandalas for Restoring Balance
Autumn Workshop
Glorious autumn is full of ripe color
and cool mornings, a time to begin
to reconnect with our still small voice
within. We will create a 3 dimensional mixed media heart as a symbolic
reminder of the time and attention
it takes to sustain an open heart.
Tuesdays - Sept. 10 - Oct 22 from 5pm - 7pm
Speaking From the Heart: Creating a 3-dimensional mixed media “Healing Heart”
Winter Workshop
Quiet winter - a time of hibernation,
reflection and going within – a time
to digest what has happened during
the year and take stock of where we are in our lives.
To process and record our journeys,
we will draw from within and explore the art of bookmaking.
You may register for one or all three!
Drawing From Within:
Wednesday - Nov. 6th
from 1pm – 5pm
Creating a Visual Journal for Remembering
Tuesday - Nov. 19th
from 1pm – 5pm
Creating a Visual Journal for Letting Go
Thursday - Dec. 5th
from 1pm - 5pm
Creating a Visual Journal for Discovery
Spiral of Grief
Saturday,October 26
10am - 5pm
Cost: $195
Pre-registration/Pre-payment Required
Autumn Remembrance
Oct 31 - Nov. 3
5-Points Fountain
Columbia, SC
Artwork created by participants
