Collective Healing Through Art

08/06/2026

Please share far and wide! 🎒📚 FREE SCHOOL SUPPLY GIVEAWAY! 📚🎒

Back-to-school season is here, and Denver students can receive a FREE backpack filled with school supplies while supplies last!

📅 Date: Friday, August 8

📍 Locations & Times:
• North High School (2960 N Speer Blvd.) | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Skyland Park (3380 N Holly St.) | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Lincoln Tech (11194 E. 45th Ave.) | 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM
• Central Baptist Church (2400 California St.) | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
• Denver Parks & Recreation Open Space (E. Tennessee Ave. & S. Jasmine St.) | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

🎒 Free backpacks are available while supplies last, so arrive early!

Please share this post to help families in our community get ready for a successful school year. 💙✏️

08/06/2026

Denver Days Back To School Fest

What: 1,000 Backpacks w/supplies

Where: Westwood Community Center – 1000 S Lowell, Denver, CO 80219

Date: August 8, 2026

Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

🎒 More than 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies, available while supplies last

🎨 A backpack personalization station, made possible thanks to Goodwill of Colorado (https://goodwillcolorado.org/)

💉 Vaccinations provided by our city partners at Denver Department of Public Health & Environment

🦷 Dental exams and cleanings facilitated by Kids Choice Dental

💈 Fresh haircuts by R&R Head Labs

🍦 Ice cream and cookies thanks to Little Man Ice Cream and Tiff’s Treats

🎵 A full day of music and performances presented by Youth on Record

🤝 Family-friendly activities and opportunities to connect with dozens of community organizations and city agencies.

Visit Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado to learn more about the thrift stores and employment programs we offer the community.

08/04/2026

How do we remain present when life feels overwhelming?

Join Collective Healing Through Art for an afternoon of community dialogue, mindfulness, and restorative sound healing with Courtney Smith-Besser. Together, we will explore how grief and uncertainty live in the body, practice self-compassion, and reconnect with tools that support relaxation, release, and nervous-system restoration.

Saturday, August 8, 2026
2:00–4:00 PM
ABC Hub at Paris Elementary
1635 Paris Street
Aurora, CO 80010

Healing happens together. Scan the QR code on the flyer or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/o/collective-healing-through-art-121357610084 to register.

07/22/2026

Wellness in a Time of War

How do we remain present when life feels overwhelming?

Join Collective Healing Through Art for Wellness in a Time of War: Mindfulness, Grief, and Moving Healing Through the Body, featuring sound healing with Courtney Smith-Besser.

This restorative afternoon will combine community dialogue, mindfulness, and immersive sound healing to help us navigate grief, uncertainty, and emotional overwhelm. Together, we will explore practical ways to move grief through the body, cultivate self-compassion, and reconnect with healing practices that support the nervous system.

Courtney will close the gathering with a restorative sound bath created to encourage relaxation, release, and nervous-system restoration. Healing happens together.

📅 Saturday, August 8 | 2:00–4:00 PM
📍 ABC Hub at Paris Elementary
1635 Paris Street, Aurora, CO 80010

Bring your whole self. No performance. No pretending. Just space to breathe, release, and be held in community.

Register now at https://tinyurl.com/ffj89sp9
Or scan the QR code on the flyer.

07/18/2026

Grief does not only live in the heart. It often settles into the body.

Join Collective Healing Through Art for Tell Me Where It Hurts: Grief, Joy, and the Stories Our Bodies Carry, an interactive discussion and writing workshop facilitated by Ayurvedic Life Mastery Coach Lynn Hanger.

Together, we will explore how grief, rage, anger, stress, and unprocessed emotions can manifest physically—and how joy can still coexist with mourning. Participants will engage in reflective writing, honest conversation, and collective care while enjoying handcrafted Ayurvedic mocktails designed to support common stress-related symptoms.

📅 Tuesday, July 21 | 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 ABC Hub at Paris Elementary
1635 Paris Street, Aurora, CO 80010

You do not have to carry everything alone. Come make room for what your body has been trying to say.

Register today at https://tinyurl.com/CHTADenver
or scan the QR code on the flyer.

07/09/2026

Join Collective Healing Through Art for From Wound to Witness, an intimate poetry writing workshop facilitated by Teré Fowler-Chapman. Through guided prompts, reflection, and creative writing, participants will explore grief, memory, survival, and voice while giving language to personal and collective stories of healing and resilience. No writing experience is needed. Come ready to write, reflect, and witness yourself with compassion.

06/16/2026

What does wellness look like when the world feels like it's on fire?

When communities are under attack, rights are being stripped away, violence fills our newsfeeds, and uncertainty follows us into our homes, "self-care" can begin to feel inadequate.

Join Collective Healing Through Art for **Wellness in a Time of War**, a community gathering exploring how we care for ourselves and one another during times of collective stress, grief, resistance, and change.

Together, we will reflect on what it means to pursue wellness when survival itself can feel like a full-time job. Through guided dialogue, community connection, and a restorative sound bath, we will create space to breathe, release, and remember that healing is not a luxury—it is a necessity.

✨ Facilitated dialogue with Confidence Omenai
✨ Sound Healing with Shananda
✨ Community connection and reflection

Come as you are. No experience is necessary. This is an opportunity to ground, reconnect, and be held in community.

06/02/2026

🌱 WE BELONG HERE 🌱

What happens when young people and elders come together to explore identity, creativity, healing, and belonging?

✨ Community happens.
✨ Confidence grows.
✨ Voices emerge.
✨ Stories are shared.

Collective Healing Through Art (CHTA) is excited to launch We Belong Here, a 10-week virtual creative cohort designed for youth ages 12–24 and older adults 55+ who are ready to connect, create, and grow in community.

Through poetry, music, visual art, meaningful conversation, and creative exploration, participants will discover new tools for self-expression while building relationships across generations and experiences.

💛 No prior experience needed.
💛 Just come as you are.

Participants will receive:
🎨 Creative tools for self-expression
🗣️ Greater confidence in their voice
🤝 Connection with a supportive community
🌱 Space to reflect, heal, and grow
💵 A stipend upon successful completion

📅 Tuesdays | July 14 – September 15, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
💻 Virtual via Zoom

At CHTA, we believe belonging is more than a feeling—it's something we build together.

📲 Apply today. Space is limited.