Studio E
Studio E is a multi-week art program that gives people of all ages with epilepsy the opportunity to creatively express themselves through art and as well as create a community of support among their peers.
For non-artists and artists, wounded artists and secret artists: How might you use art in your Daily Practice? This art therapy group will introduce the importance of a daily practice and offer participants specific art skills and mediums to enhance their lives and support their recovery. Creative, easy & inexpensive art ideas for self-care and an opportunity to receive experience, strength and hope from a family of choice.
For more information about Studio E, e-mail us at info@epilepsy-setn.org
Meet the Instructor!
JAS MILAM, ATR/BC
Registered art therapist, board certified
Jas Milam is a working artist and a registered, board certified art therapist. She did her undergraduate studies in early childhood development and studio art at Sarah Lawrence College and received her Masters of Art and Art Therapy from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in 2010. She became a registered art therapist in 2019. In 2020 she was certified by the Art Therapy Credentials Board.
Jas sees children, teens, adults and couples at her studio, DAILY PRACTICE and offers group therapy for adults and families at her studio. Her work with children, teens and adults is informed by years of art making, deep Jungian roots and over 35 years of personal recovery.
Special populations that Jas has worked with include mentally ill adults, alcoholics and drug addicts, men and women with eating disorders, relationship addicts, at-risk youth, the LGBTQ population and artists who are “stuck”. She also works with individuals in Third Stage recovery who use art and art making in a Daily Practice as a path to spiritual growth.
Jas believes in the healing inherent in the creative process and makes art that draws on both religious and secular imagery. Currently she is studying and writing Icon paintings using local dirt, Tennessee River water and gold leaf to beautify and inspire. You may see her line of Daily Practice Altar Art at her Dodds Avenue Studio, or website www.jasmilam.com
Schedule and Monthly Themes
Once a month on Tuesday 5-6:30pm on Zoom
October 20: Session 1 – Introductions –PPT/collage (please have on hand - magazines, newspapers, scissors, paper and glue) CLIENT TO PROVIDE
November 17: Session 2 – Art as a part of a Daily Practice – PPT/Yantras (paper, circle template, colored pencils and watercolors/water in lidded container, brush, sponge or paper towels) THESE SUPPLIES WILL ARRIVE BY AMAZON
December 8: Session 3 – Guided Meditation and art debrief – paper and oil pastels
January (date TBD): Session 4 – coloring mandalas for relaxation and self-care - colored pencils and paper with 10” circle
February (date TBD): Session 5 – The Spiral as a centering tool /breathing and art techniques– crayon resist – oil pastels, Watercolors, water cup, brush and paper