Glen Arbor Arts Center launches creative wellness month in September
From staff reports
The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) is proud to introduce Creative Wellness Month, a new, expanded initiative launching this September. A month-long series of art, movement, mindfulness, and community programs designed to support well-being and inspire reflection, renewal, and creative exploration.
Building on their former Creative Wellness Retreat, this reimagined, month-long series invites participants to slow down, reflect, and reconnect through visual arts, writing, movement, meditation, and nature-based practices.
Program offerings will take place at both the Glen Arbor Arts Center and the GAAC Ceramics Studio at historic Thoreson Farm, part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
“Creative expression can be a transformative tool for personal healing and community connection,” said GAAC program manager Kristie McCaw. “Creative Wellness Month brings together artists, wellness practitioners, and neighbors to explore how art and mindfulness can help us care for ourselves and each other.”
Programs are open to adults, with a mix of paid and free events available throughout the month. A full schedule and registration information is available at
GlenArborArt.org/introducing-creative-wellness-month-in-september.
Creative Wellness Month includes the following programs: Autumn Gratitude; Creating a Stitch Journal: The Art of Meditative Stitching; Forest Bathing & Expressive Arts in Nature; Creativity Bootcamp: Re-energizing Your Creative Practice; Healing Words: Writing Through Grief; Yoga Nidra for Creativity (Free, in the gallery); Yoga for Artists’ Muscles (Free, in the gallery); Painting With Nature; Raku Firing Saturdays (at Thoreson Farm); Touchstones: A Clay Wellness Drop-In (Free, at Thoreson Farm); Through Your Own Eyes: A Healing Art Experience, and Gallery Walk + Talk: Visual Art = Good Health (Free, in the gallery).
