The Art of Play: Finding Wholeness through Creativity
A Lecture and Workshop Series

Come and explore the art of play in healing, community-building, and
self-care. In this three-day event with international consultant Marta
Sanchez and Rachel Mann, owner of MettaKowledge for Peace, we will
rediscover the gift of play in our daily lives as a way to maintain
balance and wholeness using creative tools such as storytelling, art,
writing, meditation, and movement. This is an excellent way for
professionals in the field of sexual and domestic violence to explore
how to use art and other forms of self-expression in their work with
clients and to refresh from burn-out. No experience with art necessary!

Day-long Workshop

Date: Friday, April 25, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Cost: $75 (includes lunch and refreshments)

Free Lecture Series

The Healing Power of Art

During this lecture workshop Marta Sanchez will lead us on a healing
journey through her poetry & art.

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 7-9 p.m.
Location: The Bridge, 205 Monticello Road, Charlottesville, VA
Cost: Free and open to the public

The Art of Surviving! Claiming Your Spiritual Path in Work and Community

In this lecture workshop, Rachel will help us explore what spirituality
means to us and how we can bring it into our workplaces with respect for
the diversity of beliefs and values.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 7-9 p.m.
Location: VA Fdtn. For the Humanities, 145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville,
VA
Cost: Free and open to the public

For more information or to register for the workshop, go to:
http://www.mettaknowledge.com/training/the-art-of-play-finding-wholeness\
-through-creativity
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holeness-through-creativity>
OR
Call 434-878-3210 or email rachel@....

Rachel Mann, MA, PhD, is a teacher, healer, scholar, trainer, &
activist.
She brings loving kindness, knowledge, creativity and vision to her work
with people and animals. Her personal search for healing began as she
worked on healing from a childhood impacted by her mother's mental
illness. For 20 years, she administered university programs and taught
courses in the field of peace and violence studies. Rachel is a student
of Buddhism, of Cherokee spirituality, and shamanic healing from the
Q'ero laika of Peru. In collaboration with the Virginia Sexual and
Domestic Violence Action Alliance, she obtained two grants from the
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for The Art of Surviving
<http://www.artofsurvivng.org> , a traveling exhibit of art and poetry
by survivors of sexual violence. Rachel lives in Charlottesville,
Virginia with her two dogs, Wee and Sym, and is available for phone and
in-person consultations.

Marta Sanchez is a self-taught artist and poet from the Republic of
Panama. Her autobiographical paintings capture her journey from victim
to survivor of sexual violence. Her interactive workshops have been
featured at conferences, community centers, libraries, colleges,
universities, museums and churches in the U.S. and abroad.

A member of ALAS (a U.S. national Latina alliance against sexual
assault), Marta is also on the advisory council for The Art of
Surviving. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of
Law and Spelman College. To view her work please visit:
www.poetryandart.org <http://www.poetryandart.org> .