Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica
Art-making in Community for Healing Saturday, September 20th | 10AM - 12PM 18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street. Santa Monica, CA 90404 **Free + Open to the Public** What started as a response to the devastating fires that impacted Los Angeles has evolved into a space for the whole community to process current stressors in our lives and the state of the world. Join us again on Saturday, September 20th, from 10am-12pm for a series of community art-making gatherings focused on safety, connection, and healing, entitled Art-making in Community for Healing. These open studio-style gatherings provide space to process our experiences as a community through creative expression, with licensed mental health and trained arts healing practitioners available for support. The final 30 minutes will be dedicated to optional sharing in community. Each gathering is FREE and welcomes participants of all ages and offers a nurturing environment. The convenings will take place on the third Saturday of the month from 10am-12pm. Let us know you’re coming: https://bit.ly/art-making-community-healing **This gathering is not a replacement for therapy, though many facilitators are licensed therapists. A resource list will be provided at the event to support you in finding specific support. * **18th Street Arts Center is wheelchair accessible.* **These sessions are volunteer-run. 18th Street Arts Center has generously donated its space and promotional efforts. Supplies for these sessions are funded in part by donations through the **Arts & Healing Initiative**.* **COVID Health & Safety: While we look forward to this in-person event, the health and safety of our guests remains our top priority. Please do not attend the event if you are experiencing any COVID-like symptoms.* Guest Bios: Nicole Rademacher is a Board Certified Art Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, as well as a practicing professional artist and reunited Latine adoptee. In her clinical work, she combines somatic and creative therapies to support clients, with a specialization in helping adults who have experienced childhood trauma and disenfranchised grief, particularly adoptees. Nicole holds an MA in Marital & Family Therapy with a specialization in Clinical Art Therapy from Loyola Marymount University, an MFA in Electronic Integrated Art from Alfred University, and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Nicole has collaborated and shown work worldwide including Transmediale, 18th Street Arts Center, LACMA, the Wignall Museum of Contemporary, and the Los Angeles International Airport. She runs a private practice, Art Therapy with Nicole, based in Los Angeles.