04/08/2024
University Counseling Center, Division of Diversity and Innovative Community Engagement
and the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Art Therapy Program teamed up to
host Art Hives on Friday, April 5. The event drew a large crowd along West Pine Mall.
An Art Hive is a community art studio that welcomes everyone as an artist. The open
art studio was designed to promote and facilitate a sense of belonging, connection
and empowerment for those wanting to use creativity as a form of self-expression.
Students work on art during the Art Hives pop-up event on Friday, April 5. Photo by
Joe Barker.
A student paints during Art Hives on Friday, April 5. Photo by Joe Barker.
Students paint during Art Hives on Friday, April 5, 2024. Photo by Joe Barker.
Students work on their art outside DuBourg Hall during Art Hives on Friday, April
5. Photo by Joe Barker.
Students paint during Art Hives on Friday, April 5, 2024. Photo by Joe Barker.
A student works on an art project during Art Hives on Friday, April 5. Photo by Joe
Barker.
A student paints during Art Hives on Friday, April 5. Photo by Joe Barker.
A student paints during Art Hives on Friday, April 5. Photo by Joe Barker.
A student paints during Art Hives on Friday, April 5. Photo by Joe Barker.
An artist works on a project during Art Hives on Friday, April 5. Photo by Joe Barker.
Students work on art during the Art Hives pop-up event on Friday, April 5. Photo by
Joe Barker.
"This pop-up event strives to offer a welcoming and supportive space, where everyone
is an artist," said Knieba Jones-Johnson, Director of the University Counseling Center.
Materials were provided and facilitators from the UCC and SIUE program were available
for the number of students who took part in the event.
