Fostering Creativity: Ennis Center for Children

06/27/2023

Fostering Creativity is looking for a skilled artist or Art Therapist to facilitate an 8 week group focused on “Graffiti Lettering and Design” at our Detroit location on Saturdays, beginning July 29th. The groups would run on the following dates: July 29, August 5, 12, 19, 26, September 9, 16, and 23 (10:45am-3:00pm).Please DM us for more information or email the program coordinator at: [email protected]

06/27/2023

Origami- the art of paper folding during the mindfulness art therapy group with students at the Jill Ennis Educational Center. Students participate weekly in this therapeutic creative arts group. It is a safe space to create meaningful art, have appropriate conversations with peers, share thoughts and feelings, and have fun. 💜🎨“Art heals the soul.”🎨💜

06/03/2023

Ennis Center for Children believes in fostering an environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and respected. Whether you are an LGBTQA+ youth, foster parent, staff member, or ally, we are committed to growth and education, acceptance and validation. 🌈 🌈

06/03/2023

More Creative Arts therapeutic magic happening in our Pontiac Fostering Creativity group!🎭🎨💜

06/03/2023

Here are some dramatic scenes and “emotion masks” from our Theatre for Life creative arts therapy group in Pontiac recently. 🎭Our youth participants were able to safely explore and express a wide variety of feelings through theatre games and therapeutic play weekly for 8 weeks.

05/16/2023

Making beats and recording lyrics with the amazing Mr. Pharlon Randle of BANGTOWN Productions & Recordings! Youth participants had so much fun taking their thoughts about summer and turning them into music!🎶

05/02/2023

Saturdays are for Self-Portraits for youth participants in our Detroit Fostering Creativity program. Youth explored capturing images of themselves in watercolor pencil in a session led by the phenomenal guest Art Therapist Renee Moore. Here are some of their works in progress…

04/28/2023

Last Friday, youth from the Pontiac Fostering Creativity Group were able to visit Therapy Ranch and see, pet, brush, and feed two beautiful horses (that they nicknamed “Brownie” and “Oreo”). None of these children have had the opportunity to visit a farm or see a horse IRL before. We had a picnic dinner, played games, drew pictures, and interacted with the horses. It was a very special, almost magical experience for each child. A big thank you to Lindsay Drouillard and her team for making us all feel so welcome!

11/01/2022

Youth at our Detroit location created some very powerful vision boards during Saturday’s Art Therapy groups. Our guest clinician, Ms. Betsy, led the participants through several art directives: they started with a feelings mandala to get in touch with their state of mind in the present moment. Next, they thought about their goals & dreams for their futures and designed a vision board. They ended group time by discussing the steps they need to take in their individual lives to achieve their goals.

10/28/2022

Our Pontiac Art Therapy group had a wonderful last session with the amazing Ms. Angie. They started the session with body work to let out some of their kinesthetic energy and find the calm and focus within their bodies. Then, all of the participants did one last feeling entry in their visual journal and worked on wrapping up unfinished art pieces. It was wonderful to see these youth supporting each other, working together, and being kind and patient with themselves. Lots of growth and discovery!♥️

10/24/2022

10/21/2022

Welcome to the Ennis Center: Fostering Creativity Program page! Please let us know if you have any questions or have a young person that is interested in participating in this program, which is currently offered at our Flint, Pontiac, and Detroit locations.✏️🎨🖌️

10/21/2022

Pontiac youth had a wonderful group art therapy session last evening. They practiced deep breathing, grounding their bodies through movement, and then created large upper body tracings that they painted and embellished.

09/28/2022

Sound effects in Comics As Visual Narrative!!!!

09/14/2022

Group setting drawings during Comics As Visual Narrative at the Flint location.

08/23/2022

Positive affirmations with the Pontiac youth during Music Mashup.

08/03/2022

Drawing to music with our Pontiac youth during Music Mashup!!

07/27/2022

Pontiac youth created a play together. Tonight they get to perform it. 🙂

06/15/2022

The Flint youth in Music Mashup played Music Scattergories and Lyric Jigsaw last night.

06/09/2022

The last day of Tapology. Youth created scenes that reminded them of movement and sound. They also made jewelry. Over the course of the sessions, they learned about the history of tap, different dance styles, and basic tap steps.

06/08/2022

Scribble art game with Music Mashup

05/26/2022

The Pontiac Tapology group making maracas

05/03/2022

Last week was Theatre for Life’s last group session. They finished with a bang, a bow, and a round of applause!!! The youth wrote their own scripts. Then actors from UofM-Flint came and performed them. It was a proud moment for all.

04/18/2022

Our Pontiac location began dance with Tapology last week!

02/27/2022

Detroit youth did some coloring while making music yesterday.

02/19/2022

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/02/19/1081263873/mental-health-art-therapy?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR2_wScHABfmNxuvxCZyFvYdPvv8GzeEl6LgWjmj4x6sKchdLSbnTuerds4

Arts therapies appear to ease brain disorders from Parkinson's to PTSD. Now, artists and scientists have launched an effort to understand how these treatments change the brain.

02/12/2022

Bangtown in Flint! Youth created beats, drew, and made Valentine’s Day cards…..

01/08/2022

Starting the year off with Bangtown Productions, Studio-On-the -Go!! This group is starting our Flint, Detroit, and Pontiac programming! We are looking forward to some great music from our youth!

12/22/2021

Happy Holidays!

12/12/2021

Yesterday, youth from our Detroit program decorated Christmas stockings! They had a great time creating!

12/06/2021

Mindfulness 3D sculpture in Detroit

11/26/2021

In Flint, the youth finished their comics group and had a great time! Here are some of their comic pages.

11/15/2021

Detroit Mindfulness Group: drawing with your breath

11/12/2021

Anxiety and stress reducers: Mandala making and affirmation cards. Our Detroit youth just recently finished this art directive.

11/09/2021

Tonight at 6:30pm