An artist on a mission: For Anne, art is an emotional beginning, an invitation to vulnerability.
With each piece sold, she extends that healing to others.
Mental Health Pandemic:
It’s Time To Get Creative
Hello there! My name is Anne and I am a mixed media artist turned social worker who is helping to establish a creative therapy program for the refugee and military communities. A portion of all sales goes towards Yesterday, Today, tomorrow and Circle Sessions for Mental Health.
After a particularly difficult tour where I navigated the military insurance system for five weeks while in crisis, I picked up a paintbrush and art literally saved my life. That is when I shifted my career from Graphic Design to Social Work and began selling my artwork professionally to fund my program.
With mental health pandemic on the rise and a very real stigma, it’s time to get creative. Displaced persons and military communities both struggle with similar mental health symptoms with the body keeping the score.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Founder of Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (YTT) and Contemporary Artist, Bryan McCormack, speaks about the creative program for refugees.
Anne is one of the lead founders making up the U.S. Clinical Development team, who is helping to bring and adapt an international creative therapy program, YTT— to the United States for the first time.
Be the Person Who Bridges the Divide
“Learning to glean from one another the support, camaraderie, and friendships that get us through the specific hardships this lifestyle throws our way is a must. Sometimes having a person see you for who you truly are, hear your concerns and perceptions of what it means to be the “perfect service member spouse” offers grace that can help you thrive.”
