Expressive Arts Services

Expressive Arts Services Promoting health and wellness through creative expression

Restorative Expressive Arts Corp is seeking community partners, sponsors, and supporters to help fund upcoming wellness,...
05/24/2026

Restorative Expressive Arts Corp is seeking community partners, sponsors, and supporters to help fund upcoming wellness, arts, youth, and senior-centered initiatives throughout Chicago and the South Suburbs.

One highlighted initiative is Senior Expression & Wellness Week, a community-centered experience designed to honor and support seniors through creative expression, wellness activities, storytelling, movement, music, brain health education, reflection, and social connection.

Your support helps provide meals, wellness supplies, facilitators, creative materials, and meaningful community experiences that encourage dignity, joy, creativity, and connection.

Supporters may contribute toward Senior Expression & Wellness Week specifically or choose to support REAC’s broader community programming and organizational initiatives.

General Operating Support : https://givebutter.com/REAC
Senior Wellness : https://givebutter.com/seniorexpressionwellnessWeek
Beyond The Violence: https://givebutter.com/beyond-the-violence-a-grieving-community-healing-restoration-initiative-5yubmi

A week of expressive wellness activities created to honor the foundational pillars of our communities. Senior Expression...
05/18/2026

A week of expressive wellness activities created to honor the foundational pillars of our communities.

Senior Expression and Wellness Week is designed to celebrate the wisdom, presence, stories, resilience, and contributions of adults 60+ through creativity, connection, reflection, movement, and community engagement.

Throughout the week, participants will engage in expressive arts experiences, guided conversations, technology and community connection activities, wellness-centered experiences, storytelling, legacy reflections, and opportunities to build meaningful connections with others in a supportive and uplifting environment.

June 15–19
10AM–1PM
Hosted by New Life Family Worship Center & Restorative Expressive Arts Corp
Location: 32 E 113th Pkace Chicago, IL

Monday: Restore
Tuesday: Connect
Wednesday: Create
Thursday: Reflect & Share
Friday: Celebrate

Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsU5afmNLd-mLtBtxV25dQyIgCVUKeR5cCbRpgXjCHg8aGoA/viewform

Chicago, let’s come together for peace, unity, and community impact. Join the Summer Peace Takeover 2026 Rally & March o...
05/12/2026

Chicago, let’s come together for peace, unity, and community impact. Join the Summer Peace Takeover 2026 Rally & March on June 5 at 7PM featuring special guest Chance the Rapper. Free t-shirts for the first 1000 attendees.

Location:
St. Sabina 1210 W. 78th Place, Chicago, IL 60620

This is a special day retreat just for the Young Adults! A space to connect, recharge, express yourself, and simply enjo...
05/11/2026

This is a special day retreat just for the Young Adults!

A space to connect, recharge, express yourself, and simply enjoy community.

Sign-up are now open! Enjoy:

• Food & barbeque
• Music & live DJ vibes
• Group circles & real conversations
• Games & activities
• Open mic & creative expression
• Good energy & community connection

Open to ages 18–24 & 25–35

Join us for an important community conversation about digital citizenship, online safety, gaming, social media, and A.I....
05/06/2026

Join us for an important community conversation about digital citizenship, online safety, gaming, social media, and A.I. as we explore how to safely enjoy the benefits of technology while protecting ourselves, our youth, and our communities.

This forum is designed for youth, teens, parents, families, and community members who want to learn, reflect, share, and grow in today’s digital world through discussion, awareness, and creative engagement.

Presented by Restorative Expressive Arts Corp.

04/27/2026

Music reaches what words cannot.

It supports emotional release, calms the nervous system, and creates space for reflection and clarity. It can help you process, reset, and reconnect with yourself.

Live music adds a shared energy. What’s given and received in the moment creates connection, making the experience both grounding and uplifting.

Special thank you to gifted vocalist Andrea for sharing her voice at Living Canvas, bringing a layer of beauty and calm to the atmosphere.

04/16/2026

Recap.

The Living Canvas, an immersive creative experience where art, music, and reflection meet.

It is a space to express, release, and connect—individually and collectively.

Come as you are. Create as you feel.

During a Living Canvas moment with Restorative Expressive Arts Corp (REAC), where art becomes a shared language, reflect...
02/26/2026

During a Living Canvas moment with Restorative Expressive Arts Corp (REAC), where art becomes a shared language, reflection became a collective practice.

Through simple materials and guided intention, participants named who they are choosing to be. Some used words. Some used symbols. Each stone became a personal declaration held within community.

This is one of the many ways the arts support healing, clarity, and connection. Creative expression opens space for voices to emerge, be witnessed, and be honored, together.

Living Canvas is not just an event. It is a communal experience rooted in presence, creativity, and care.

More to come.

PurposeIsPrimary

02/10/2026

Meet Cohort 5 of the Chicago BridgeBuilders Fund! 🎉

✨ Centro Comunitario La Villita (Janneth Hernandez, Executive Director and Co-Founder)
✨ EXxperts Chicago LTD (Kanoya Ali, Executive Director)
✨ Girls Like Me Project, Inc. (La’Keisha R. Gray-Sewell, Founder and Executive Director)
✨ Hey Benji Foundation (Barbara Graham, Founder and Executive Director)
✨ ICARE Ministries Out of School Time Program (Jackie Cross, Executive Director)
✨ NDoula Community Alliance (Mai Heath, Founding Director)
✨ OPEN Center for the Arts (Omar Magana, Founder and Executive Director)
✨ Restorative Expressive Arts Corp / Expressive Arts Services (TaKenya White, Founder and CEO)
✨ Village of Leaders Thriving in Solidarity / VOLTS (Kimberly Britt, Co-Executive Director)
✨ What About Us Charitable Enterprises (Dorin McIntyre, Co-Founder and Executive Director)

These community-based organizations will receive up to $50,000 in unrestricted funds over two years. They’ll also build their nonprofit's capacity and network with potential funders and other community leaders.

➡️ United Way of Metro Chicago’s Chicago BridgeBuilders Fund invests in small, local nonprofits in historically disinvested communities on the South and West Sides of Chicago and in the south suburbs.

Many small nonprofits in disinvested communities face barriers to funding and lack access to networking and resources. The Chicago BridgeBuilders Fund is United Way’s response. We’re committed to creating neighborhoods — and a region — where all people can thrive. 🙌🏽

The Fund is made possible by founding sponsor Peoples Gas, with generous support from Boeing, IMC, Nicor Gas, PNC, and Target. Special thanks to academic partner DePaul University School of Public Service and pro-bono partner Compass Pro Bono.

📰 Read the press release at https://bit.ly/4qgdlDA

Together we heal.
02/10/2026

Together we heal.

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32 E 113th Place
Blue Island, IL
60628

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 3:30pm

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+17083627559

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