From Balay Kreative Grantee Dr. Jeannie Celestial comes a new series of virtual creative workshops that will offer tools to integrate and transform stress triggered by COVID-19 as well as racial injustice in America.
Celestial Journeys is a series of reflective creative virtual workshops for Filipinx and Filipinx Americans. Each web-based workshop will center a Filipinx cultural value and present a meditation and creative prompt, cultural production/expressive arts activity (e.g., creative writing, painting, collage making, found art sculpting, etc.), reflection and sharing time.
The expressive arts activities will lead participants through a journey of self-reflection and positive change. The workshops will offer tools to manage stress and isolation caused by COVID-19.
Celestial Journeys will help bolster participants’ emotional well-being to cope with state-sanctioned stay-at-home orders, inviting participants to self-exploration and soul-searching through creative practices.
Max class size: 22-24 participants. A waitlist will be opened once class reaches capacity.
Photo by Art Swenson
Jeannie Celestial, Ph.D., earned her Doctorate in Philosophy in Clinical Psychology at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology at Palo Alto University with an Emphasis in Clinical Neuropsychology and an Emphasis in Meditation and Psychology. Celestial additionally holds a BA in Sociology from the UC at Berkeley and MSW from San Francisco State University.
Celestial serves as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, providing individual and group therapy, and serves on the Steering Committee of Filipinx Mental Health Initiative-Solano (FMHI-Solano). She is a member of the Asian American Psychological Association, Division on Filipinx Americans.
Theme: Kapwa - Seeing self in other; Collective mourning, Collective envisioning
Can be short sentence about what to expect this week/general overview
Supplies Needed:
2 baskets or bowls; small pieces of paper; pen or other writing tool; artifacts or photos
Theme: Kapwa - Seeing self in other; Collective mourning, Collective envisioning
Can be short sentence about what to expect this week/general overview
Supplies Needed:
2 baskets or bowls; small pieces of paper; pen or other writing tool; artifacts or photos
Theme: Utang na Loob - Manifesting Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams
Can be short sentence about what to expect this week/general overview
Supplies Needed:
Paper & writing tools
Theme: Makibaka, Huwag Matakot
Can be short sentence about what to expect this week/general overview
Supplies Needed:
Paper & writing tools
Theme: Pakikisama - Interpersonal Connectedness
Can be short sentence about what to expect this week/general overview
Supplies Needed:
Fabric for “tablecloth”, Photo of ancestor/s, Filipino dish to eat kamayan style (with hands)
Theme: Liwanagan: Be the Light You Wish To See in the World
Can be short sentence about what to expect this week/general overview
Supplies Needed:
Old jar, Wax paper, Fabric scraps, Tissue paper, Glue, Tea light
