The following list of projects creates a curriculum of healing. These can be used to assist anyone through the healing process – all ages, genders, and manners of identity. These ideas for projects and the artists that go along with them provide the opportunity to work on issues of independence, identity, and self-exploration during the healing process and to share recovery with others.
Project #1 – Favorite Things About Me
Water color
Artists: Sark, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Delaunay, and Niki De Saint Phalle
Project #2 – Past and Future
Time line accordion fold book and illustration
Artists: Hildegard of Bingen’s Book of Divine Works and Christina Iglesias
Project #3 – Alter
Mixed media collage
Artists: Louise Nevelson and Sophie Calle
Project #4 – Healing Song
Writing lyrics to your song and making a CD frame
Artists: Hannah Wilke, Jenny Holtzer, and Mary Kelly
Project #5 – Painting Your Affirmation
Acrylic painting
Artists: Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Helene Schjerfbeck, and Gwen John
Project #6 – Changing Moods
Paper dolls magazine collage
Artists: Susan Hiller, Nan Golding, Marlene Dumas, and Cindy Sherman
Project #7 – Woven Images and Fans
Construction paper and watercolors
Artists: Miriam Schapiro, Bridget Riley, and Rebecca Horn
Project #8 – Clay Plate
Ceramics
Artists: Judy Chicago and Linda Benglis
Project #9 – Mural
Acrylic on canvas
Artist: Susan Rothenberg, Marie Laurencin, and Jennifer Bartlett
Project #10 – Creating Your Own Mythology
Printmaking
Artist: Nancy Spero and Kathe Kollwitz
Project #11 – Body Tracing
Butcher paper, marker, and magazine collage
Artist: Kiki Smith, Carolee Scheeman, Barbara Kruger, and Tamara De Lempicka
Project #12 – Landscape of the Mind
Oil pastel landscape
Artist: Dorothea Tanning, Grandma Ann Moses, Paula Rego, and Georgia O’Keefe
Project #13 – Lances
Sticks, yarn, and fabric
Artist: Yoko Ono, Judith Barry, and Annette Messager
Project #14 – Banners
Butcher paper and markers
Artists: Eva Hesse and Joan Brossa
Project #15 – Self-portrait
Wood, charcoal, and paint
Artists: Marisol Escobar and Alice Neer
Project #16 – Working from the Unconscious
Tissue paper, glue, and marker
Artists: Karel Appel, Agnes Martin, and Joan Mitchell
Project #17 – Inside Ourselves, Outside Ourselves
Mask making with clay
Artists: Eileen Agar
Project #18 – Book Making
Journaling with butcher paper and marker
Artists: Zarina Bhimji and Rosemary Trockel
Project #19 – Sacred Sculptures
Found art
Artists: Meret Oppenheim
Materials: Hot glue gun, plastic containers, butcher paper, glue, cardboard, acrylic paint, canvas board, brushes, construction paper, cans, glue, tape, paper cutter, clay, glaze, beads, glitter, fabric