Spring Symposium Hope Rising

Hope Rising is an open, global invitation to gather through the arts at a time of profound uncertainty. Rather than centering on what is broken, the Spring Symposium orients itself toward what sustains us as a collective international community: creativity, imagination, relational presence, and beauty as an ethical practice. Through shared art-making, dialogue, and aesthetic response, we cultivate inner and collective resources that support well-being, resilience, and socially responsive action.

Rooted in the philosophy, principles and practices of the Expressive Arts, the symposium invites participants from around the world—artists, therapists, educators, researchers, and community practitioners—to engage in intermodal processes that honor our differences, encourage listening to each other, and foster connection & networking. Hope Rising understands hope not as denial of our realities, but as an active, embodied, and relational practice that emerges when we create together with care and aesthetic responsibility.