“Art is engaging,” said Christy Turek Rials, program manager for A Window Between Worlds.

The art workshops are a “Window of Time,” where participants can authentically express their identity, hopes, dreams, experiences and truths.

The organization’s network of partners includes domestic violence service centers, sexual assault agencies, homeless shelters, veteran’s programs, schools and universities, foster youth services, substance abuse treatment centers, prisons, and community programs.

A Window Between Worlds arts programs also provide a safe environment for veterans to make meaning of the experiences they had while deployed, as well as other experiences that have influenced their lives.

Since Rials said there is no cookie-cutter art experience, each organization uses a variety of art tools including watercolor, oil pastel, chalk pastel, crayon, clay, shrinky dinks, and painting treasure boxes and embodied art workshops where participants are engaging with their bodies.