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Houston's 3rd Annual Compassion Week April 22-29, 2017

Houston's 3rd annual Compassion Week is from April 22nd through April 29th and begins with Compassion Fest on Saturday, April 22nd at noon in Levy Park. The Center for Creative Resources will be hosting a booth at Compassion Fest to kickoff the week. Similar to the community art installation project from 2016, Growing Compassion will be a 5-foot long tree branch adorned with compassionate messages and art from passersby at Compassion Fest to symbolize Houston's emphasis on growing kindness, empathy, tolerance, diversity, and goodwill in our city. Stop by the booth and add your message as you enjoy family-friendly live performances, food vendors, games, and the booths of other local, compassionate organizations. For more information about Compassion Week and Houston's initiative for compassion and to see a video of last year's opening celebration visit www.compassionatehouston.org. For information about Houston's new gem of a public space, Levy Park, visit www.levypark.org.

Houston's Compassion Week
​April 10-16, 2016

The Center for Creative Resources participated in Houston's Compassion Week Opening Celebration at The Waterworks on Buffalo Bayou. At the booth participants were invited to "make one or take one" of a collection of cards to inspire and offer compassion. One side of the card is original art work and the other side is a compassionate phrase or quote. Those needing a prompt were asked, "What is the color of compassion?" and "What is your deepest wish for yourself and others?" A few days later, the cards in possession were woven and tied into a dream catcher to illustrate the community's interconnected compassionate messages. Catching Compassion spent a week catching messages at the Center for Creative Resources and will appear at a booth at the Houston NAMI Walk on April 30, 2016. At future events, this living project seeks to engage all people of all ages and backgrounds by continuing to catch and offer compassionate art and wishes. Part community art installation and part reservoir of compassionate messages, the hope for this project is that it will cultivate one of the most positive and enjoyable states of the human experience.