October 27th, Wednesday, 1:00pm to 4:00pm professional artist Suzanne Boeck, founder of “Together We Can” Art Therapy classes for people with Alzheimers and other disabilities, will present a 3 hour workshop on how to conduct an art therapy class at various assisted living and nursing home facilities or just better understand how to work with a friend or relative, introducing art therapy to them.
The workshop will cover what art therapy techniques she presently uses, supplies that are needed to introduce watercolor painting and other media, and shares examples of how to handle problems that may arise in an art therapy class setting. Students will experience a hands-on art therapy class session during the workshop.
The “Together We Can” workshop students, that are interested, may accompany Suzanne Boeck and observe one of her actual art therapy sessions in action, following the workshop.
Cost is $35.00 for this 3 hour “Together We Can” Workshop. Supplies will be provided by instructor. Students must pre-register at the North Port Art Center or go in our new online store. Any questions, call Suzanne Boeck at 426-4858 or the Art Center at 423-6460.
Suzanne Boeck has been named September’s Artisan Port ‘Artist of the Month’ and one whole wall of the NPAC gift shop is devoted to displaying her paintings throughout September.
Suzanne states “Art is my love and I need to create and express my emotion through it. Encouragement comes from the people who enjoy my paintings. My style is somewhere between realistic and impressionistic . I love Plein Air Paint, it brings me great joy!
I use Watercolor, Acrylics, Inks and Collages to express myself spiritually. Capturing the world through my hands and use of color is a gift from God. I share this gift with many artists in giving classes, workshops and speaking to art organizations and also through Art Therapy classes set to music playing in the back ground.”
Congratulations Suzanne Boeck!

North Port Art Center is sponsoring the “Save Our Florida Gulf Coast” Exhibition March 7 – April 29, 2011 and is currently accepting submissions for this juried exhibition. 25% of sales from the sale of the artworks will be donated to selected charities, which will benefit businesses, inhabitants and wildlife that have been affected by the Gulf oil spill. For more information and to take part in this effort, click “Save Our Florida Gulf Coast” in the top menu or here for a short cut.