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January Special Event

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A Special Event From The Center for Public Service and Community Research

InSpokenArt: Literacy & Creative Lab

  • Tuesday, January 20th
  • Tuesday, February 3rd
  • Tuesday, February 17th
  • Tuesday, March 3rd
  • Tuesday, March 17th

From 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | In C100, Commerce Street Building
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InkSpokenArt: An Emotional Literacy & Creative Expression Lab is a five-part, interactive emotional literacy and creative expression lab designed to help you reconnect with your inner voice, develop your emotional awareness, and expand your imagination through guided journaling, reflective dialogue, and mindful practices. Each session will blend storytelling, writing, and emotional education giving you practical tools to regulate energy, process emotions, and authentically express yourself.
Each 55-minute session will provide attendees with a consistent, empowering environment where emotional development is treated as both an art and a skill, something that strengthens academic focus, self-understanding, and overall wellbeing.  

Objectives

  • Grounding & Presence – brief mindfulness and breathwork to regulate energy 
  • Mini-Lesson – 7–10 minutes focused on emotional literacy, energetic awareness, and redefining how we identify with emotion 
  • Guided Journaling Prompt – reflective writing to translate emotion into insight 
  • Creative Sharing – voluntary sharing/role-play to build community and relational intelligence 
  • Integration – calm-down (coloring/drawing) or visualization practice to close

 

 


James Pierre X 

James Pierre X, founder of InkSpokenArt

As the founder of InkSpokenArt, James curates experiential spaces that help participants reconnect with their authentic voice through writing, movement, mindfulness, and embodied creativity. His approach is rooted in the belief that emotional development is not only an art form but a spiritual technology—one that harmonizes the nervous system, expands imagination, and restores our connection to purpose. Drawing from years of experience in education, community building, and creative direction, James has developed a unique facilitation style that merges practical tools for emotional regulation with higher consciousness principles.

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For more information contact Steven Villano, director of the Center for Public Service and Community Research at villanos@uhd.edu.