Open House Arts BK

05/31/2026

Last day of 💚 🔗 in Bio to !

05/20/2026

05/15/2026

Share resources and art with the community! Instructions included in images below. https://bit.ly/FallofFreedom-Digital-Quilt

05/13/2026

✊🏽🌟🎨📝 of weekend may have ended but the movement continues! 🔗 In bio. Please feel free to add your resources and art, all honor system and for & in defiance of sweeping the nation (and beyond). This is open to all: creatives, , mental health professionals, really anyone down fo a digital holding space for art and mutual aid.
This project began at last Fall's (2025), Fall of Freedom activation, held by and . With the quilt actingsas a vessel to share works from a virtual open studio, and most recently to share resources.

05/09/2026

🗽Another snippet- Full Vid @ 🔗 in bio.
Last Saturday, as a part of the May Day weekend art activations, we held a small, virtual . Thank you again all who attended. Here's another lil snippet of from our IG Live chat w/ & . ✊🏽🎨 Chatting all things , within and professionalism. Please visit our pg, link in bio.

05/03/2026

🍊🗽🎨⚖️ Just a snippet, from yesterday's IG Live. Thank you so much ! It was a really lovely way to hold space together for , the and . This is just a tiny portion... giving a shout out to the & our roots.

01/30/2026

today and everyday any size participation help. *Comment "Ice Out" for Free Protest Art Download* & stickers coming to the shop soon $ going to the

01/02/2026

✨ Happy New Year from Open House BK ✨
Feeling really grateful for the people and moments that shaped this year and made our ongoing programming possible! With a year of continued injustice and collective witnessing, creativity served as resistance and refuge.
🩷 Some Highlights:
🌟 Launching our online continuing education platform, 🔗 in bio.
🌟 An awesome virtual bilateral stimulation and drawing workshop with:
🌟 Energy and the Chakras virtual workshop with: www.mikellamillen.com
🌟 In-person Radical Self Care Zine Lab with
At our friends , W/ musical backdrop by .
🌟 Participated in the national art movement, with a virtual open studio led by Debbie Rice@riced78 & , Beginning the Digital Fall of Freedom Quilt! (More info on how to participate coming soon)!
🩷 None of this happens without , shared resources, and . Thank you to everyone who collaborated, participated, supported, and showed up with generosity and trust. This work continues to be rooted in the arts, collective learning, and showing up for one another.
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With gratitude y amor,
~Melissa

11/24/2025

Thank you all who attended yesterday! It was such a special and important act to dedicate time to creative expression and community care. Acts of resistance in themselves against these oppressive systems. Thank you for uniting us.
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The more we're in community (even when virtual and alone together) the more our minds and hearts heal and expand to continue to fight fascism and the day to day realities of system oppression rampant in the arts and mental health spaces. Thank you for letting us hold space!
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and lead the session, noting the shared values of and the in art therapy. Then nviting folks to consider their personal and communal intentions towards art as path to change.
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Creativity is a human right.

therapists

11/22/2025