Healing Through Creativity

Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = Healing Through Creativity
Non-profit_
founded_date = 2005
location = West Virginia, USA
origins =
key_people = George R, Administrator, Founder and head of event organization
Tracey B, Administrator and Senior event organiser
Vicky, Administrator and Board member
Ginger G, Administrator and board member
Haullie F, Administrator and board member
John W, Administrator and board member
focus = Recovery from Trauma, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Grief, Accidents
method = Annual Art Festival

Citation
last = Healing Through Creativity
title = Forum Site
url = http://www.healthroughcreativity.org/forum
accessdate = 2008-07-26]
owner =
Non-profit_slogan = Heal at Healing Through Creativity
homepage = [http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org/ www.healingthroughcreativity.org]

Healing Through Creativity abbreviated to HTC is an organization that holds an annual art, music, writing, poetry and other creative forms event each year in the state of Western Virginia, for survivors recovering from Trauma, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Grief and Accidents. The event attracts international attention, with submissions taken for the event through the organization's website and PO. Box from all over the globe.Fact|date=August 2008

Media

The highlight last year was an interview conducted by US radio station, The Festival of the Arts with event organizers and administrators George and Tracey gave an hour long interview [ Interview between HTC Administrators George and Tracey and the Festival of Art radio program, http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=701&pid=3597&st=0&#entry3597, 2007] . On the 11th of June 2008, Healing Through Creativity made a media release entitled "Call for Artists and Performers for the Healing through Creativity Festival" [HTC press release, http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=136, 2008-6-11] which was the organizations method of attracting performers and artists to the annual event, Healing Through Creativity has said there has been a "healthy response" to the call for performers and artists at this year’s event.

Venue

In a move to accommodate increased turnout at this year’s event, HTC has changed the venue this year from "Museum in the Community," where the event was held in 2006-07, to "West Virginia State University" in 2008, which is a larger venue.

Promotion

The organization recently launched MySpace and Facebook profiles to help raise awareness of the event and connect with other similar organizations (and their members) as a way of promoting the annual event.

HTC has also used support sites to connect with survivors of trauma, cancer, sexual abuse, grief, and accidents. Some of which are the [http://www.aftersilence.org/forum/ AfterSilence] and the [http://www.pandys.org/forums/ Pandora's Aquarium] ("Pandys") support forum and chat room sites for survivors of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual assault. "Pandys" is the worlds largest survivor support site [Pandys Info Page, http://pandys.org/intro.html, 2008, Paragraphy 2] , and AfterSilence is the worldest 2nd largest survivor support site in the world, based on the number of posts by members [ AfterSilence Mission Page, http://aftersilence.org/mission.php, 2008, History of AfterSilence] .

upporters

The event supporters are West Virginia State University, Hampton, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, and Holiday Inn Express, who covers some of the event costs [ HTC Homepage, www.healingthroughcreativity.org, Sponsours, Bottom of homepage] , the remainder of the event costs are covered by the organizers and by individual/personal donations [ HTC donations page, www.healingthroughcreativity.org/donate, 2008] HTC also recently added as a “Donations” section to the website to help cover some of the website and event costs.

Website

In 2007, HTC launched their website which is used as a means of communication with potential event attendees. Soon after launching the event website HTC launched a support forum and chat room as an extension to the event's website so that, in addition to the annual event, HTC runs the support forum and chat room as a means to offer support and communication to survivors.

References

External links

* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=134232031 MySpace] profile of HTC Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=701&pid=3597&st=0 Radio show for HTC] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://http://whitedovesnest.com/ Whitedoves Nest Homepage with information about HTC] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://voicesofstrength.org/ A survivor documentary site showing notability of HTC] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org HTC homepage] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=136 HTC Press Release] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.festivalofthearts.50megs.com/photo3.html FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, HTC article] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.authorsden.com/ AuthorsDen information page on HTC] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.grrocks.com/ GR Rocks Homepage with information about HTC] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.malesurvivor.org/calendar/view_entry.php?id=1117&date=20081010 Male survivor calendar showing HTC dates] Retrieved on 2008-28-07
* [http://www.wv.gov/ State of West Virginia government website]
* [http://www.wvstateu.edu/ West Virginia State University website]
* [http://aftersilence.org AfterSilence support forum website]
* [http://pandys.org/ Pandora's Aquarium support forum website]
* [http://www.voicesofstrength.org/ "Voices of Strength" audio documentary sexual abuse and domestic violence website]
* [http://www.rainn.org/ Rape Abuse & Incest National Network]