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We are committed to offering specially designed art classes and workshops to people of all ages from Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.  We are now offering Saturday Art Workshops for beginners and experienced artists!  Harvest Moon Art Therapy Studio offers both art therapy counseling sessions and regular instructional art classes for children, adolescents, and adults.  The instructional art classes are for educational purposes only and are not intended to treat mental health issues.  Please take the time to look around our website and contact us with any questions.  We look forward to hearing from you!

How can Harvest Moon Art Therapy Studio help?

For centuries art has been used by humanity to foster relationships, create functional objects, aid in storytelling to pass down traditions from generation to generation, and to create beautiful objects for decoration.  In addition, art has and continues to enable people to use art materials as a vehicle for self-expression.  On a more personal level, Harvest Moon Art Therapy Studio can help you; tap into your creativity, use art as an outlet to feel happier and less stressed, create artwork while socializing with others, learn new skills and improve on existing skills, and help you gain personal insight.

Where is Harvest Moon Art Therapy Studio?

Harvest Moon Art Therapy Studio (Suite 302) is located at Sherman Mills which is a newly formed community of artists and entrepreneurs in the East Falls area of Philadelphia. The historic buildings of Sherman Mills have been renovated and have become a charming destination for visitors looking for fine art, a café, yoga, massage, hair salon, martial arts and more...

Our vision is grounded in the belief that relationships are the most valuable and powerful things in our lives.  Our mission is to empower people by helping them build new positive relationships with their Creator (spiritual), themselves (psychological), and others (social).  We accomplish this by using art and images because we believe that art and images have the power to heal emotional pain while promoting mental and spiritual growth.  Our approach is holistic and although we do not deal directly with physical ailments we believe that less stress in our social relationships, spiritual lives and mind may promote better physical health.

Harvest Moon Logo

The Harvest Moon is the full moon which occurs closest to the date of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.  This moon was named the Harvest Moon because the extra light at night was an asset to farmers who were harvesting their crops.  Harvest – (verb) is the gathering in of a crop (i.e. grain, fruit, fish, etc.).  Harvest (noun) refers to the actual crop.  In addition, the word harvest can describe the outcome of any effort.  The harvest symbol was chosen to represent the creative and therapeutic process.  A teacher can be a guide who teaches people how to harvest their own spiritual fruits (planted by God, Creator, Allah, Source, etc.) in order to nourish and rejuvenate themselves.  The fruits are positive things like talent, creativity, inner strength, intelligence, confidence, etc.  The harvest is directly related to how much work and sacrifice a person makes throughout the creative and therapeutic process.  The teacher can serve as a guide and provide educational and emotional support throughout this journey, however the student must assume full responsibility for the outcome in order to yield an abundant harvest.  Moon – Personally, moonlight is a reminder that God’s light still shines even in darkness.  Circles are commonly used in many cultures to represent balance and wholeness.