Lynnhaven Art Space & Wellness Center

Space is coming together for Friday’s opening!

Hope see some you at the opening!!

Pencil drawings I made age 16 or so!!

Excited to be a panelist for this important VA MOCA debate: Art and Empathy!

Dr. Geoffrey Thompson is a panelist for our upcoming event, Art & Empathy. With a background in both art and psychiatry, we're looking forward to his unique perspective during the program.

Empathy is the core value in his art therapy work and plays a huge part in the relationship between art and humanity; he's excited to explore that relationship during the panel discussion.

In addition to recently becoming a community faculty member at Eastern Virginia Medical School, he maintains a private practice and is currently pursuing research interests in the integration of aesthetics, philosophy and art psychotherapy within the context of concepts of self, narrative identity and de-stigmatization of the effects of psychopathology.

Geoffrey has previously taught studio art, philosophy and art therapy and is a practicing artist who has exhibited his work internationally. Geoffrey serves on the editorial board of the journal: Art Therapy and is the Chair of the Editorial Board of the Human Science Institute, Park City, Utah.

Art & Empathy is proudly created with PRA Group.

Some recent photos of the ongoing paintings on paper.

My ongoing series continues, here’s a couple of views of recent progress. Space both expands & contracts, though obviously this lived experience is best experienced face-to~face; one day soon, hopefully, I can welcome everyone to experience this in person. Be well & stay safe out there.

Painting collage #34 of the covid19 pandemic series. Still spending long periods of time working in the studio despite the phased re-opening.

Marking the eve of the anniversary of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach May 31st 2019. A big thank you to EVMS Graduate Art Therapy & Counseling faculty & student for making this live session a success.

Thank you to the faculty, staff and student at EVMS for presenting Healing VB: An Expressive Arts Project today, the eve of the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach. Additional thanks to Virginia MOCA for hosting and VB Strong and www.loveforvb.com for their resources that were shared during the video. We appreciate everyone who joined us and remind you that Healing VB: An Expressive Arts Project will continue virtually for new participants on Monday, June 29th. More information to come.

This article is a thoughtful & timely description & appraisal of creativity in this Covid-19 pandemic. Let’s build on this opportunity for connection, resilience & celebration of the human spirit amid illness, fear & physical isolation!

Coronavirus – An Outbreak of Creativity Coronavirus (Covid-19) has provoked a unique second kind of global outbreak: creativity. From virtual choirs, dancing and theatrical performance to so many other individual or shared creative pract…

New collage paintings as we continue to .