Art and Recovery

is Make Creative Studio's anchor outreach to the recovery community in the Richmond area. We host Art and Recovery Nights in partnership with Into The Neighborhood as well as daytime programming with the McShin Foundation and Journey House. Make seeks to provide a place where people in recovery can withdraw from the pressures of recovery from addiction and take a moment to create using the resources of the studio.  Click below to volunteer, and scroll to the bottom of this page to view the calendar.

Art and Recovery Nights in partnership with Into the Neighborhood find 12-15 women breaking bread together and creating art geared towards their recovery with Art Therapist Elizabeth King, ATR-BC, LPC.  If you are interested in having your Recovery Group participate in an Art and Recovery Night, please contact Angie Cooke, Director, at angie@makestudiorva.com .

Make Studio also works weekly on Mondays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. -12 p.m. with the McShin Foundation and once a month on Fridays with the Journey House Foundation in addition to their Monday night visits. Women’s and men’s groups both visit the studio through these outreaches. Participants join together in creating uplifting and encouraging art projects under the leadership of our Art Therapist, Elizabeth King.  Each gathering is geared specifically toward recovery and focuses on providing time together to share, contemplate and create in a therapeutic atmosphere.  The studio provides all materials for each project made and seeks to use recycled and donated materials whenever possible.  If you are interested in volunteering with the McShin Foundation Groups or Journey House Foundation at Make Studio, please contact Angie Cooke at angie@makestudiorva.com.

Spring 2024 Art & Recovery Calendar

  • 4/8 - 9:30 am McShin Women
    11 am McShin Men
    6pm True Recovery

    4/12 - 2 p.m. Journey House Intensive Women

    4/15 - 9:30 McShin Women
    11 am McShin Men
    1 pm Friends from Afghanistan
    6 pm ECO Women

    4/22- 9:30 am McShin Women
    11 am McShin Men
    6 pm Starfish Women

    4/29 - 9:30 am McShin Women
    11 am McShin Men
    1 pm Friends from Afghanistan
    6 pm The Healing Place

  • 5/3 - 2 p.m. Journey House Intensive Women

    5/6 - 9:30 McShin Women
    11 am McShin Men
    6 pm Journey House Women​

    5/13 -  6 pm Patty's Hope