ART on Wheels-Missouri

 


Thank you so very much for supporting and donating to ART On Wheels-Missouri. Your contribution helped bring a special glimmer of light into the lives of children, students, and adults whose lives were deeply traumatized by Hurricanes Katrina & Rita in Louisiana, and the Joplin Tornado in Missouri. However, due to other time consuming art initiatives, this “Art Rescue” program is on light duty and only offering art workshops and presentations related to art therapy, therapeutic art, and studio art making. Please take a look at all of the pages, as many of your questions about art therapy, art rescue missions, and therapeutic art workshops might be answered! 


This website will explain how Judith Fowler’s ART on Wheels-Missouri initiative operated during two separate natural disasters and what it takes to collect, transport, and deliver art supplies to damaged cities and schools.  It will also show you how Art Making, Therapeutic Art Activities, and Art Therapy can transform the lives of people who have experienced pain, grief, and trauma in a variety of ways. Follow the links below to explore each major event:


HURRICANES KATRINA & RITA (2005)

JOPLIN TORNADO (2011)


As an “ART RESCUE” volunteer project, ART on WHEELS-Missouri,

is the creation of Judith Fowler, Professor Emeritus at Missouri State.


ART RESCUE I: Twelve teachers from Missouri and Kansas volunteered to conduct Therapeutic Art Activities at two Joplin Family-Y locations during two weeks in July. Volunteers were divided into ART RESCUE TEAMS, composed of an experienced art teacher and an assistant volunteer, with each team facilitating an art activity at one of the Family-Y locations in town. ART TUBS filled to the brim with art materials provided enough supplies for everyone.

  1. (Supplies are furnished through monetary donations to ART on Wheels-Missouri/Judith Fowler.


  1. ★ART RESCUE II: Judith and two other Registered Art Therapists, including a Movement Specialist conducted a three-day ART THERAPY CAMP at the Lafayette House in Joplin during the week of August 8-11. (1) Joan Phillips, PhD, ATR-BC, past-president of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) and Fullbright Scholar, from Norman, Oklahoma. (2) Linda Marcy, ATR-BC, clinical therapist, from Lincoln, Nebraska

  2. (3) Judith  Fowler, ATR, MFA, Art Professor from Missouri State University, assisted with projects and photographed all sessions.

       (4) Amelia Reiser, Movement Specialist from Norman, Oklahoma


  1. ★ART RESCUE III: Group and individual art therapy sessions with Judith, for traumatized families and children will be held 2x a month during the school year. These sessions, called “the BUTTERFLY groups”, will be held on weekends in Joplin (and possibly Springfield) . The Butterfly groups will be composed of referrals from art therapy sessions and from teachers who have identified students in their classes significantly traumatized by the tornado.


  1. ★ART RESCUE IV: During the month of August, Judith worked with a small group of tornado victims in therapy at the Freeman Ozark Mental Health Center. These Friday Art Therapy Sessions will continue on a monthly basis throughout the year.


  1. ★ART RESCUE V: ART TUBS for Teachers! Art teachers who form an after-school Art Group to help tornado victims will receive a large plastic tub full of art supplies for the duration of their volunteer work.


  1. ★ART RESCUE VI: ART BOXES for Joplin Teachers! Through a generous donation of art supplies from Connecticut, 15 art teachers will receive 2-3 large boxes of new supplies, reams of paper, and a large bag of M&M’s! The candy is just a fun addition from Judith...it helps one get through a busy day!


  1. ★ART RESCUE VII: Art supplies donated to the Franciscan Villa in Springfield, MO

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