With support from the California Arts Council, Meztli Projects and Indigenous Circle of Wellness will provide IndigenARTS & Wellness a project blending Indigenous practices with mental health and wellness support, using Beading Circles, Printmaking, Weaving, Ceramics/Clay, Storytelling, and other art-forms to generate dialogue around intergenerational trauma & resiliency, sexual & gendered violence, systemic violence, art as medicine & a healing tool, to process, reflect and work towards individual & collective wellness.
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This project is funded by the California Arts Council’s new program Innovations + Intersections (I+I), you can read more here.
Upcoming Events and Workshops
Women/Femme Circle
Schedule
Every other Thursday, January through May, 2024
February 8, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
February 22, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
March 7, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
March 21, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
April 4, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
April 18, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
May 2, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
May 16, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
**May 30, 2024 (6 pm-9 pm)
**June 13, 2024 (6 pm- 9pm)
Location
2337 W. Whittier Blvd. Montebello, CA 90460
Men’s Circle
Facilitated by
Raul Garcia (Baja Kumiai/Huichol), and Joel Garcia (Huichol)
Schedule
Every other Wednesday, January 24 through May 29, 2024
January 24, 2024
February 07, 2024
February 21, 2024
March 06, 2024
March 20, 2024
April 03, 2024
April 17, 2024
May 01, 2024
May 15, 2024
May 29, 2024
10-Sessions (in-person)
Land, Self, Community
Location
2337 W. Whittier Blvd. Montebello, CA 90460
Past Events and Workshops
Books & Beads
Facilitated by Kimberly Robertson (Mvskoke)
Books and Beads Womxn’s Group is a book club, talking circle, and beading program that centers the creation of kinship relationships and the exchange of creative/cultural knowledges and practices between Native womxn in an effort to build a decolonial world free from the oppression and violences of colonialism and patriarchy. It also aims to provide a space where Native womxn have the opportunity to collectively identify and dialogue about a variety of issues that impact their lives.
Men’s Circle
Facilitated by Raul Garcia (Baja Kumiai/Huichol), Lazaro Arvizu (Gabrielino-Tongva), Rafa Rodriguez, and Joel Garcia (Huichol)
More info to come…
Schedule
Every other Thursday, Feb 16 through June 22, 2023
February 16, 2023
March 2, 16 & 30, 2023
April 13 & 27, 2023
May 11 & 25, 2023
June 8 & 22, 2023
Made Clapper Sticks and Hand Drums and learned traditional songs, etc.
10-Sessions (in-person)
Land, Self, Community
August 23, 2023
September. 6th & 20, 2023
October 4, 18 & 28, 2023
November 1, 11, 15 & 29 2023
Beaded necklaces, made Goard Rattles and medicine pouches, etc.
10-Sessions (in-person)
Land, Self, Community
Location
2337 W. Whittier Blvd. Montebello, CA 90460
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Mental Wellness Gathering
Saturday, June 25th from 10am-2:00pm
ASU California Center
1111 S Broadway Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Processing New Roles with Coping StrategiesArt Workshops by IndigenARTS & Wellness
🎨Paint Your Story with Lorene Sisquoc (Fort Sill Apache/Cahuilla)✂️Collage Medicine Box with Kimberly Robertson (Mvskoke)
🌱Clay Medicine Prints - Joel Garcia (Huichol)
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-wellness-gathering-series-panel-tickets-330366353657 -
Mental Wellness Gathering
May 14, 2022 from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Grief, Loss and ResilienceArt Workshops by IndigenARTS & Wellness
• Gourd Painting with Mark Villaseñor (Tataviam)
• Clapper Stick Painting with Lazaro Arvizu (Tongva)
• Chia Power Bars making with Craig Torres (Tongva)
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grief-loss-and-resilience-tickets-266491532347 -
Mental Wellness Gathering
April 9, 2022 from 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Awareness, Treatment and Recovery from AnxietyArt Workshops by IndigenARTS & Wellness
• Eco Print with Joel Garcia
• Essential Oil Beaded Bracelets with Kimberly Robertson -
Mental Wellness Gathering
March 19, 2022 from 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Awareness, Treatment and Recovery from DepressionArt Workshops by IndigenARTS & Wellness
• Dye Making with Joel Garcia
Reconnecting with our plant relatives can uplift our spirit and energy. During this workshop, participants will use plants and flowers to create a custom hand-dyed bandana that can be used as a wearable Land Acknowledgment or a new addition to your altar.
• Essential Oil Beaded Bracelets by Kimberly Robertson
In this hands-on workshop, participants will bead an aromatherapeutic bracelet and have the opportunity to consider the ways in which cultural activities and natural medicines can combat depression and contribute to overall health and wellness.
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“We challenge the notion of wellness, what wellness means for, not just people of color, but Indigenous identified people,” explains Garcia. “This is what wellness can look like for us. These are the things we can use to work towards wellness. We’re going to do it through art-making with the hope that these same folks end up creating their own individual care plans.”