The Holding Frames

The Holding Frames The Holding Frames was created to help communities impacted by disaster and violence find connection through art.

Each frame painted carries messages of care, building bridges of hope from one community to another.

We spent Saturday in Aurora at the 7/20 Memorial Foundation’s Day of Resilience.Our table had frames, paint, and open ch...
07/28/2026

We spent Saturday in Aurora at the 7/20 Memorial Foundation’s Day of Resilience.
Our table had frames, paint, and open chairs. People came by, made something, and passed it forward — these frames will travel to another community.
Thank you to 720 Memorial Foundation for the invitation, and for the day they built.

It’s official: The Holding Frames has been selected as a 2026 9/11 Day Grant Recipient. 🖤💛This fall, we’re joining a nat...
07/15/2026

It’s official: The Holding Frames has been selected as a 2026 9/11 Day Grant Recipient. 🖤💛
This fall, we’re joining a national movement to transform the anniversary of 9/11 into America’s Day of Doing Good — leading a community service project to mark the 25th Anniversary of September 11th.
For us, this work is personal. It’s about showing up for communities still carrying what that day left behind — and creating space to turn grief into connection, one frame at a time.
More on how to get involved soon. If you want to be part of it, stay close.
Grateful to @9/11 Day and for believing in this work.

Today is Juneteenth — June 19th, 1865 — the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free, two ...
06/19/2026

Today is Juneteenth — June 19th, 1865 — the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
A note on this flag, because a lot of people don’t know it: this is the official Juneteenth flag, and it’s red, white, and blue — not the red, black, and green Pan-African colors many of us reach for. That’s intentional. The colors say that the formerly enslaved and their descendants are Americans. The white star in the center honors Texas, where freedom finally arrived, and stands for freedom for all Black Americans across every state. The bursting outline around it — the “nova” — marks a new beginning. The arc splitting the field represents a new horizon.
Freedom delayed is still freedom claimed. Juneteenth holds both truths at once: the joy of liberation and the weight of how long it took to arrive. We don’t have to choose between celebrating and remembering. We hold both.
However you mark today — rest, gather, reflect, celebrate — we’re glad you’re here.
🤎 Happy Juneteenth.

We make our city beautiful!
06/06/2026

We make our city beautiful!

Every frame someone paints at one of our gatherings gets delivered to another community going through their own hard thi...
04/18/2026

Every frame someone paints at one of our gatherings gets delivered to another community going through their own hard thing.

That's the chain. Pain becomes purpose. And the person who painted it? They're no longer just carrying something — they're building something.

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Not everyone who lives through a crisis needs a diagnosis. But almost everyone needs a place to set down what they're ca...
04/16/2026

Not everyone who lives through a crisis needs a diagnosis. But almost everyone needs a place to set down what they're carrying.

We meet people where they are — in community centers, break rooms, school hallways — not waiting rooms. No appointment. No label. Just space.

Know a community, school, or workplace that could use this? Tell us about them. Link in bio.

When you choose a color, your brain is already healing.Picking up a brush activates both hemispheres of the brain. Mixin...
04/14/2026

When you choose a color, your brain is already healing.

Picking up a brush activates both hemispheres of the brain. Mixing paint engages your sensorimotor system. And making deliberate marks on something — anything — shifts your nervous system toward regulation.

Nobody tells you what color to pick. That's not an accident. Restoring choice is one of the most powerful things you can do for someone who's been through something hard.

You don't have to be an artist. You just have to show up.That's what we see every time — someone sits down, picks up a b...
04/11/2026

You don't have to be an artist. You just have to show up.

That's what we see every time — someone sits down, picks up a brush, and realizes nobody's grading them. There's no right way to do this. There's just showing up.

We're building a national volunteer network of people who want to hold space for their communities. No experience needed. Just care.

Join us: theholdingframes.org/volunteer

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Columbia, MO
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