Lava Heights Academy

03/20/2019

Last Friday, our students were able to meet with local artist Julie Samuelson. She shared her stunning abstract art and her story of how creating art has impacted her life. Thank you, Julie, for coming to spend time with our students!! You can check out her artwork at: www.samuelsonart.com

03/14/2019

Lava Heights students were able to have a wonderful learning experience with guest artist Naomi Owen! Naomi taught our students some abstract art techniques, including different ways of approaching "pour art." Students were excited by these new techniques, finding magic in allowing themselves to explore and get messy. We are so grateful that Naomi was willing to come and share her knowledge, talents, and warm personality with us. You can check her out on facebook at Naomi Owen Art or her website at naomiartsowen.wixsite.com.artnaomi.

03/06/2019

Special thank you to Swensen U-Jam!Stephanie is a fantastic U-Jam instructor who came and led a session with our Lava students. U-Jam Fitness® is an athletic urban dance fitness workout that combines dance and high energy music. U-Jam celebrates diversity and unity and brings people of all abilities together. Our students loved dancing with you!

11/18/2018

Many, many thanks to the St. George Dance Co. for the time, energy, and care they put into their work with our students. It was a truly powerful experience for all involved. Please come back and visit us again!!

St. George Dance Co. performed an outreach program 11/16/18 at the Lava Heights Academy. This interactive program was so well received! We took a lot of fun pictures of our dancers working with the residents but then found out we can not post full face shots for their safety/privacy. But there are two glimpses of the dances we made with them... as well as photos of dances we performed for them. It was a wonderful experience for all!

10/25/2018

Honored to be a part of such a powerful and important show!

01/04/2017

Arts to Zion / Southern Utah TOUR
January 12-16th, 2017
#55.Lava Heights Academy
STUDENT ART
Arts to Zion / Art and Studio TOUR MAP: http://tinyurl.com/ArtstoZion
Online tickets: http://tinyurl.com/ArtstoZionTICKETS

Lava Heights Academy has an exemplary art education/art therapy program. The first expressive arts therapy residential treatment center for teens in the U.S. Students express themselves through various art modalities (music, drama, visual art, dance/movement) to begin the healing process. The arts provide a way for students to communicate and overcome complex feelings, fears, and struggles when words alone are not enough.

www.lavaheightsacademy.com
www.ArtstoZion.org

11/26/2015

ST. GEORGE – It’s America’s first holiday, Thanksgiving, a tradition that began hundreds of years ago when a handful of isolated immigrants were invited by our country’s original residents to take part in a feast of food and thanks for a successful harvest. One local businessman, himself an immigran…

08/14/2015

Thomas Blanchard used acrylic paint and a few common kitchen items to create "an analogy to feelings, such as joy, hatred, love, sadness, and so on. All these emotions come and stir together before they soothe and let go." The result is a beautiful and mesmerizing video.

"The Colors of Feelings" is an experimental dreamlike video rocking us smoothly through circular moves. It is also an analogy of feelings such as anger,…

08/12/2015

Finding an entire hour in your day to listen to a discussion on creative arts therapies is asking a lot - however, if you have even a few minutes to listen to these therapists introduce themselves and speak about their work, it's worth it! They have some excellent insights into the power of combining therapy and the expressive arts.

Innovative and effective approaches to therapy involving the arts - both visual arts and music. Who can benefit, how to access this therapy and what Maine

08/10/2015

Often times, painful emotions require therapeutic techniques that go beyond verbal processing. These are some simple ways to explore difficult feelings creatively.

Many of us have a hard time coping with negative emotions. This makes sense. “Painful feelings like anxiety, sadness, anger and shame tap into the parts of our brain that are connected to survival,” according to Joy Malek, M.S., a licensed marriage...

08/04/2015

"Songs are powerful things. Songs tell the truth that we are not alone; they remind us that others have felt the same way. Songs say it is OK to feel how you feel. It is OK to struggle. It is OK to cry and scream and shout and perhaps sing as well. It is OK to feel stuck between verses."

"Music provides a way to make sense of a world full of contrast, one that is at once beautiful and terrible, both broken and hopeful."

07/24/2015

Lava Heights Academy's work with the Institute for Therapy through the Arts has been featured as Breaking News on strugglingteens.com!

As a sponsor for the ITA 40th Anniversary, Lava Heights played an important role in an event which included Art Therapy pioneer Dr. Harriet Wadeson, live dance performances, and Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Anaba (honored for her work in Dance/Movement Therapy).