Mission

CELA – The Center for Expressive Living & Creative Arts offers various educational and support services to enhance personal growth, promote health, and transform lives.

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Objectives:

1.    Provide continuing adult education leading to Intermodal Creative Arts Facilitator (ICAF) Certification;

2.    Provide continuing adult education leading  Intermodal Creative Arts Therapist (ICAT) Certification;

3.    Provide education, information, and supportive resources about alternative and holistic healthcare, eco-health, the arts, creative arts in education, the creative arts in therapy, intermodal creative arts approaches in education, and intermodal Expressive/Creative Arts Therapy approaches in clinical practice;

4.    Support and advance the role of Expressive/Creative Arts Therapy, alternative and holistic healthcare, eco-health education, and the creative arts in education;

5.    Promote and support research in alternative and holistic healthcare, eco-health, the creative arts, creative arts in education, creative arts in health and healing, Expressive/Creative Arts Therapy in clinical practice, intermodal approaches to the creative arts in education, and intermodal Expressive/Creative Arts Therapy approaches that deepens our understanding of their power and potential in personal growth and in creating positive change for individuals, groups, and communities.