Join us on Wednesday, December 10th at 7 PM Eastern Time for The Art of Self-Soothing: Bleeding Tissue Paper Collage with artist Yonsenia White.
Bleeding tissue paper collage is a paint-based media and process that naturally calms the mind, body and spirit. Learn to explore and create colorful imagery with dye-based paper and a glue-water mixture. No previous experience is necessary. Click here to RSVP.
Artwork: Transcending: Dr. King, bleeding tissue paper on mixed media paper, 9×12″
©2025, Yonsenia White
Suggested Supplies:
- ©Pacon Spectra or similar brand bleeding tissue paper (i.e., full sheets, geometric shapes)
- Small to medium sized paint brushes
- Small container for water
- Mixed media paper or watercolor paper
- Elmer’s glue
- Water
Yonsenia White is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Art Therapist and Certified Clinical Military Counselor who has worked in various military and civilian clinical settings. Yonsenia has been an award-winning, internationally and nationally exhibited professional artist with artwork in permanent and private collections. Prior to counseling, she was a tenured art professor, teaching various fundamental, advanced and conceptual art courses. She was the Program Facilitator of the Art Therapy and Veterans Open Studio Programs at the Workhouse Military in the Arts Initiative (WMAI) in Lorton, Virginia. Yonsenia thoroughly enjoys working with service members and their families because of her own military upbringing as a child of a Vietnam era Army veteran. She believes that art is a catalyst for change, saves lives, strengthens communities and opens doors to untapped potential.
About Mission Belonging Visual Arts Workshops
Join Veteran Artists Valerie Acosta-Gonzalez & Joe Merritt, along with special guests to learn new art techniques on Wednesdays at 7 PM ET. Come hang out in a collaborative group setting and bring what materials you have. No experience necessary!
This program is funded in part by Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, an initiative of the National Endowment in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant program is managed by Mid-America Arts Alliance.
