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ARTS & HEALING

Led by a multi-disciplinary team of experts, PPA’s new Arts & Healing program serves individuals completing their sentences at the Transition Center of St. Louis (TCSTL), a community reentry facility in North City operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections. Program components include 9 weeks of visual arts, writing, and theatre workshops, a culminating public performance, and will soon include referrals for voluntary mental health counseling onsite. The program utilizes process art modalities that allow participants self-paced, hands-on learning opportunities in their pursuit of self-awareness and healing. It is designed to help participants work through the traumas associated with incarceration while building resilience, self-confidence, and creative skills as a healthy response to the stress of re-entry.

ARTS & HEALING

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TESTIMONIAL

"Arts and Healing gave me a place to be free on the inside, a place to learn new skills."

                                                    - Arts & Healing Participant 

 

THE INSTRUCTORS

Maria Ojascastro – Visual Art

John Blair – Writing

Joel Moses – Theatre

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FUNDERS

ARTS & HEALING VIDEO GALLERY

TCSTL Program Overview

TCSTL Program Overview
TCSTL Program Overview

TCSTL Program Overview

09:36
TCSTL Graduation 4.21.25

TCSTL Graduation 4.21.25

06:36
District 17 Graduation - 4/18/25

District 17 Graduation - 4/18/25

03:24
D17 112024 Graduation

D17 112024 Graduation

10:21
TCSTL Graduation 11/20/24

TCSTL Graduation 11/20/24

15:06
TCSTL Performances September 2024

TCSTL Performances September 2024

04:05

ARTS & HEALING PRODUCTIONS

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THE WILD HUMAN PROJECT

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LEGENDS FROM THE BELLY OF THE WHALE

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THE CALLING OF THE LOST: A RADIO PLAY FOR THE END FO THE WORLD

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