Saturdays 11 AM until 2 PM The Awakenings Project Studio is open every Saturday from 11 AM to 2 PM. All Artists are welcome to join us for a "drop-in" art-making session. Guests and observers are always welcome. Call (630)606-8732, for more information. In the Professional Building at 164 Division, #415, Elgin, IL.

Wednesdays noon until 2 PM Artists are welcome to join us for a "drop-in" art-making session. If drawing or painting is not your thing, you can journal, write essays, poetry, your autobiography, short stories, or novels. You’ll love the Awakenings' Artists & Writer's Workshop! Come if you can, stay as long (or short) as you’d like, feel free to draw, paint or write in your own inimitable style, or read if you want to. It's at The Awakenings Project Studio.

Several members of The Awakenings Project are currently leading "Imagery Journaling" at Larkin Center in Elgin, and West Chicago Terrace nursing home. In the past, Awakenings members led art-making groups at Wheaton Care Center and theDuPage Convalescent Center.  The groups were project-oriented, and each member of the group created a functional and beautiful piece of artwork with a little help from Awakenings. All of these programs have been partially supported by a grant from the Community Arts Access Program, which is funded by The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and Hinsdale Center for the Arts.