Fostering Creativity: Ennis Center for Children

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.

08/31/2022

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. 🙂

07/10/2022

07/08/2022

06/16/2022

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

05/20/2022

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

Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why

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

11/07/2021

Halloween weekend, the Detroit youth painted pumpkins to reduce anxiety and have a little holiday fun!

11/04/2021

The Flint Comics as Visual Narrative group have been working hard on their comic characters and comic stories. Here are a few examples of their work.

10/18/2021

This past Saturday, for our Detroit group, youth made yarn coiling dream catchers.

10/06/2021

If you are able to donate, please think about donating to our foster family Thanksgiving dinners.

10/05/2021

Next Wednesday, October 13 @ 6pm

09/17/2021

Detroit participants recently made dream catchers as their directive and discussed the importance of a healthy sleep schedule and napping. Here is the group dream catcher that was made.

09/07/2021

Fostering Creativity participants in Flint have started Music Mashup with Miss Kelsey. They discover and learn music therapy through the means of singing, breathing exercises, dancing, playing instruments and games. They learn their basic concepts of music like rhythm, measures, etc. and work together to create music. They also have their own journal that they got to personalize and decorate!

08/31/2021

Yesterday we put together art kits and dropped them off to our kiddos who haven't been able to attend our therapy groups lately. We are always thinking of you and you are in our hearts 💕

The kits included a canvas, paint, colored pencils, a mixed media book and paint brushes.