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Updated 1/3/2023

SAFEART

  • V

    VT

Institution/Business Type: Community Service Organization

SafeArt is an organization of trauma-informed practitioners who engage creative expression, mindfulness, movement, social action, and connection to the natural world. We promote community wellness, healing and social change in Central Vermont, the Upper Valley and beyond.

SafeArt envisions a world where the cycle of trauma has been broken, and where all people are free to create, express and connect. 

We believe in the power of creative expression to grow resilience, foster re-connection, reimagine new ways forward and support the social change needed to interrupt the cycle of trauma. We facilitate healing and resilience on individual, family, community and societal levels because we understand the interconnection between trauma, abuse, oppression, and cultural and societal structures.

We define trauma as any held injury in body, mind, and soul, and know that most human beings hold some sort of trauma in need of healing. We have witnessed the power of art making in all disciplines, and trauma-informed training as beneficial for everyone. 

We work with trauma survivors to engage with and transform traumatic injuries of all kinds. 

We work with young people to inspire self-compassion, build healthy relationships, and grow resources.

We work with partners in the broader community to heal our shared trauma, develop self-care and collective-care practices, and become trauma-informed community members. 

We engage visual arts, movement, writing, drama and music, as well as mindfulness, social action, and time spent in nature, because each of these modalities supports us to reconnect with our wholeness in unique ways. 

We teach everyone we work with to understand trauma and the nervous system, because this knowledge nurtures compassion and empowers us all to better care for ourselves and each other. 

All of our programming aims to be inclusive, trauma-informed and trauma-responsive. 

Find Me

Cleopatra Griffin (She/They)
Job Title: Director of Operations
Phone: 802-685-3138
Address:
292 Vt Route 110
Chelsea, VT 05038-0251

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Community Service Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2000

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Community Service Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2000

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts and Health
  • Curriculum Development
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
  • Professional Development / Training
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Community Arts
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 2

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Elders

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • County
  • Multi-County Region
  • State

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Accessible website and/or multimedia for people with sensory disabilities

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

ARTS BUS

Art Studio

Date: 10/2016

Partnered on an Open House

Marv Klassen-Landis

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Date: 06/2015

Marv was an invaluable member of SafeArt's education staff.

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Orange County Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Orange County Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force

Awards

Awards:

  • Commendation, State of Vermont, 2016

Venues for Rent/Use

Altus Healing Arts
Venue Address: 292 Vt Route 110 Chelsea, VT 05038
Venue Phone: 802-685-3138
Venue Type: Conference / Meeting Room
Venue Fee Range Minimum: $10
Venue Fee Range Maximum: $10
Venue Features: Dance Floor
Additional Comments: Small yoga/dance studio upstairs and meeting rooms downstairs.