A healthy community is one where every person is valued and each person values the health and wellbeing of the entire community. How can we use the arts to nourish healthy communities for all of us? The Alexander Society for Inclusive Arts has been engaging with people of all ages and abilities through [...]
We will be collaborating with Music in Communities Co-op and the Creative Music Workshop to facilitate a Jam Dance at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 74 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia on Sunday October 27. People of all ages and abilities are welcome to join us from 11:00am to 12:00pm for facilitated creative play to discover [...]
Harmony is healthy for everyone. Music teaches us what harmony sounds and feels like. We have been using music in Creative Arts Programs and Jam Dance for over two decades. The evidence is irrefutable. Music heals. Harmony is the result. Physical harmony where our bodies and minds feel well as well as social harmony [...]
The Alexander Society for Inclusive Arts was inspired by the Camphill Movement for Social Renewal. We have learned over two decades of delivering arts based programs in our community that it is good to include the land in our experiences. Artfully and Gently Including all kinds of people in our programs has also included engaging [...]
The Advent Candlelight Ceremony on December 10th served as a wonderful culmination to 2023. The evergreen spiral gradually filled with light as each person walked to the centre to light their candle and place it along the path of the spiral on the way out. The journey was accompanied by the gentle music of guitarist [...]
Wow! Fall is in the air! The winds have changed and the seeds are ripening. Every fall we look forward to the start-up of the Creative Arts Program for Adults. This will begin on Tuesday September 26th and run for 10 weeks. New this fall: We are starting a program for children aged 7 [...]
Dear Bill Gates, I did an experiment today. I asked Chat GPT to emulate you making a pitch to invest in building a model accessible mixed residential, commercial, agricultural neighbourhood/village that can produce more food and energy than it consumes. This is what it generated: I’m here to present to you a visionary opportunity that [...]
The Alexander Society For Inclusive Arts has been helping people with developmental challenges grow and learn in healthy ways for over twenty years. We have learned there are two important ways to focus our attention in providing developmental support: One is on helping the individual grow capacities for living successfully in community, the other is [...]