Founder and principal Kaalex Ash-Green, a practicing multimedia artist and certified Transformation Life Coach, creates safe spaces where your community members, clients, or customers can feel free to reflect and express themselves. Kaalex holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Howard University where, as a member of Howard’s HUEman Arts Research Lab, she co-facilitated programs to introduce art & mental health based career paths to HBCU students. Kaalex is passionate about using creativity to catalyze and encourage healing. She believes that everyone deserves to have environments curated with them in mind, especially populations who have historically received inadequate care.
GROUPS/ WORKSHOPS
“Creative Renewal Touchstone Workshop”, House Art Collective
“Active Aging Week: Expressive Arts Workshop”, Montpelier Arts Center
“Self Care Through Yarn Art”, Arts on the Block
“Walking in this World: The Practical Art of Creativity Workshop”, with Erin Brindle ATR-BC, LPC, Intern, New Creations Counseling & Art Therapy
“Introduction to Art Therapy”, Co-guest Lecturer, George Washington University
“Intro to Art Therapy Experiential” with Deanna Barton MA, ATR-BC, Facilitator, Howard University
“Art Therapy Experiential” for Faye Faye’s House, Co-guest Lecturer/ Facilitator, Howard University
“Art Therapy Graduate School Panel”, Panel member/ Facilitator, Howard University
MEDIA
“Active Aging Week, Touchstone Workshop” Montpelier Arts Center, Fox News, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gtMt_i4i84RbGqKU47QZwu7lg3Wjv3CL/view?usp=sharing
“AATA’s 2022 Non-Partisan Voter Guide”, American Art Therapy Association, https://arttherapy.org/upload/ArtTherapyToday/AATA_2022_NonpartisanVoterGuide.pdf
“AATA Featured Member”, American Art Therapy Association, https://arttherapy.org/featured-member-kaalex-ash-green/
EXHIBITIONS
“PROUD”, Shop Made in DC, Washington, D.C.
“Howard University Psychology Department Commencement”, Washington, D.C.
“Art Battle”, House Art Collective, Washington, D.C.
“House Art Exhibition”, House Art Collective, Hyattsville, MD
“House Art Collective Launch Event”, House Art Collective, Washington D.C.
“Art Therapy Exhibition”, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
“89th Annual Art Exhibition”, Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“SteAm Week Art Show”, Washington, D.C.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Major, M., Ash-Green, K., Baker, D., Crews, R., & Lo, L. “Historically Black Colleges & Universities as Fertile Grounds for the Future of Art Therapy” American Art Therapy Association’s 51st Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.
“Ash-Green, K., & Major, M. A. The effect of time on the creative process.” Howard University Research Week. Washington, D.C.
Co-author, Association for Psychological Science, “An Integrative Framework for Creating Visual Art”