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JANUARY 2008 GTI NEWS UPDATE GTI completed our first successful year in the Bay area with eight fantastic creative expression, friendships forged, media exposure and lots of fun!
Our 2007 projects will be presented to the community
Shama House is a place of empowerment for adults with mental illness. The SHAMA workshop was funded in part by the Zonta Club of the Coos Bay Area of Oregon. All workshop were funded by the Coos County Cultural Coalition, Three Swallows Foundation and Beloved Patrons. Director Duggan is implementing the first stage of GTI's newest project -
In 2008, at least three local groups will participate in the dynamic community-oriented GTI Art Workshop. These groups include community members with any label if "disability", disenfranchised youth, and elderly populations. (Special attention is given to protect the anonymity of all participants).
**Please explore the Workshop Gallery to witness the hundreds of people who have created intimate truths about their lives regarding each Workshop Theme. Since 1993, 55 art pieces have been created. The workshop has been welcomed in eleven states nationwide - including Maine, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Washington and the District of Columbia. top ^ GTI's Business Values will aprise you to our committments to those we serve.
The GTI Vision is to provide new opportunities for people to express themselves through creative process. GTI services are currently expanding so that its possibilities will be available to larger national audiences. The GTI Facilitator Training Seminar will train professionals and artists so that they can lead others through the dynamic GTI art workshop process. More people recovering from TBI can improve the quality of their life by creating an Individual or Collaborative Art Piece. Private Consultation is available by appointment! Bittin has a profound understanding of living after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and using creativity to improve outcomes. She assists others with inner and outer self-expressions to facilitate healing and growth. Bittin's education and intimate comprehension of trauma qualifies her to speak to a wide variety of audiences concerning brain trauma, artistic process, healing and growth and related topics. Visit the Presentation section to request her services. She has been sharing her creative approaches Nationwide since 1993 and plans to for many years to come! See Bittins' resume to learn of her educational and professional accomplishments. All GTI services are suitable for people with and without disAbilities. top ^
1996 National Brain Injury Symposium; Dallas, Texas - Poster Presentation • First Place Non-Research - Judges Choice ~ Growing Through It Honoring Trees~ • tree bark is created with the names of participants top ^ |
The GTI Recovery Methods meet an increasing need for a wholistic approach towards recovery and personal growth in todays world. Utilizing wholistic methods to bring words and forms which have arised from group members, Direct Art Workshop Facilitation is currently available. The workshop process uses empowering methods that focus on qualitative emotional components of recovery that are essential to express and explore for re-creating a.whole sense of self. Offered in a flexible format, members are given an opportunity to re-create a positive sense of self in context of adversity as they co-create a collaborative art piece that reflects individual and collective "truths". GTI Art Pieces enliven a natural tendency of humings* to be their inner truth of self-love and respect. The GTI art workshop has proven to increase self-esteem and communication abilities for hundreds of participants nationwide. Both short and long-term results have been positive and inspiring - see our testimonials page! And read Accolades for Growing Through It that professional have written about their satisfaction with the Art Workshop recevery method! top ^
Inspired to heal and grow herself in 1989, Duggan used her previous artistic talents to express her transformative healing process. Exhibiting a "Before, During and After" art exhibit Tree to Tree: Recovery Transformation across the nation inspired others, which, in turn, inspired Bittin to share the GTI Art Workshop with others living with similar life circumstances. Breaking Boundaries is a ten-panel, three-dimensional, journal-laden oil collage that created itself through me in 1991. This section exhibits various view of the art pieces as well as the journal writings in full detail. The art piece was first exhibited at my Bachelor's of Fine Arts Graduation Art Show at the University of Colorado at Boulder, December 13, 1991. GTI has received appreciated funds from The Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation, Three Swallows Foundation and other generous private donations from 2002 to 2004. We are tremendously grateful for their support and belief in GTI, as well as for the sponsorship from Oregon Cultural Access (ORCA) for project development. top ^ Please e-mail bittin to for more information today! bittin@growingthroughit.org
*Humings (coined by Blythe Pelham. morphed word from "human being." "The meaning is basically the same, though with the gender lifted out. The pronunciation is with a long "u" sound (rhymes with fuming), and it's a lot of fun to say!)" |