Presented in partnership with Path with Art, this five-week online course will introduce participants to artREMEDY, Path with Art’s nationally recognized training model for trauma-informed, strengths-based arts facilitation.

Grounded in the neuroscience of creativity and more than 18 years of direct practice, artREMEDY also draws on increasing evidence about the role of arts engagement in health and recovery. Participants will explore how arts engagement affects the brain and body, learn strategies that help prevent re-traumatization, and develop practical tools for radical hospitality, bias awareness, responsive facilitation, and de-escalation.

The course will culminate in an applied session where participants will put these principles into practice through real-world scenarios and role-play. Participants will leave prepared to design and facilitate inclusive arts experiences that foster connection, resilience, and well-being. Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon finishing the course.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

Describe art’s impact on health, including how creative practice affects the brain and body and how trauma can shape health and behavior, using foundational concepts from neuroaesthetics.

Design trauma-informed, strengths-based arts experiences using responsive facilitation strategies that help prevent re-traumatization and build self-efficacy, growth, and empowerment.

Foster belonging by applying frameworks of Radical Hospitality, Responsive Facilitation, Accessibility, and Inclusive Practices.

Recognize personal bias and de-escalate tension using empathy and awareness to help participants and facilitators remain calm, centered, and confident while building safer, more equitable spaces.

Apply trauma-informed, strengths-based, and inclusive principles to real-world arts facilitation through guided practice and role-play.

This course is for you if:

• You are a teaching artist, arts educator, or creative practitioner who works with people from diverse backgrounds and wants to create more trauma-informed, inclusive arts experiences
• You work in healthcare, behavioral health, social services, education, housing, or community-based settings and want to understand how arts engagement can support health, connection, and recovery
• You facilitate arts experiences for people who may have experienced trauma, marginalization, or other barriers to participation and want practical strategies for creating safer, more welcoming spaces
• You want to build your skills in responsive facilitation, radical hospitality, accessibility, bias awareness, and de-escalation
• You believe the arts can play a meaningful role in health and healing and want evidence-informed tools to bring that belief into your practice
• You’re looking for practical, immediately applicable approaches, not just theory

Student Testimonials

• "I loved the research and the neuroscience provided. The resources and tangible assets that I walked away with are incredible."
• "Really impactful — appreciated the balance of background and action."