The Art Tent
Creating a space for people living on the streets to express themselves through visual art.
Wednesdays from 10 am - 1 pm at the EAC
5401 Fannin St
Houston TX 77004
What is it?
The Art Tent promotes mutuality over service. We are not providing the opportunity to use our art supplies. Rather, the art is merely a medium of bridge building. We recognize that those who might participate are not normally able to hold a conversation or meaningfully interact with people who are experiencing homelessness. This program recognizes that all people have hopes and dreams, we all experience a range of human emotions, and all need wholeness in our lives.
What does the work entail?
Participants are asked to setup before hand, check-in, greet, hand out water, respond to needs of artists, make art alongside artists, cleanup, and debrief.
Listening Agreements (adapted from Healing Circles Houston):
Treat each other with kindness and respect.
Listen with compassion and curiosity.
Honor each other’s unique ways to healing and don’t presume to advise or fix or save each other.
Hold all stories confidential.
Trust each of us has the guidance we need within us
Rely on the power of silence to access that guidance
Learn how you can be an Art Tent participant by emailing Helen Spaw at hspaw@stpaulshouston.org.
If you would like to contribute financially to The Art Tent, follow the donate button, select other/event in the drop-down menu, and write The Art Tent in the memo line.