Elovution

an aspiration:

elovution is a french humanitarian association with a focus on health provision within specific social and cultural contexts.

'its objective is to support vulnerable people with art therapy, to offer art therapy training to the professionals working with these people in the field and to promote collaborative artistic projects for disadvantaged populations, both in france and overseas'.

the team works in three main areas of intervention:

- delivering art therapy workshops for school pupils, students, their caregivers, and teachers.

- implementing tailored art therapy training programs for the educational and healthcare staff of these institutions.

- developing collective, cross-disciplinary artistic projects involving workshop participants, staff, and local communities.

in france, elovution can intervene in health and social sectors, in partnership with private or state organizations.

overseas, the missions are organized in a humanitarian framework, and at times in emergency situations.

the organization’s actions are guided by international priorities for children at risk, with a particular focus on women’s empowerment in the himalayan regions.

a philosophy:

the clinical approach of elovution has a strong unpinning of ethical awareness, taking into account the ethno-cultural specificities of the environment, as well as the utmost respect for a person and their individuality. participating in the preservation of local culture and nature is a major consideration in our projects.

those who take part in the art and art therapy workshops are rarely responsible for their funding, or do so in a modest way. this is instead supported by the structures already in place and elovution itself, thanks to the support of its donors and partners - public or private, companies and individuals.

elovution’s approach is deeply inspired by the work of bernie glassman and his vision of socially engaged action, now carried forward by zen peacemakers international.

the "3 tenets" — not knowing, bearing witness and loving action — are major fundamentals of our commitment.

a story:

in 2005, caroline maby, visual artist, developed mind art®: a digital interactive art project aimed at encouraging interaction between the painter and the art lover. 'mind art®' allowed visitors in an exhibition to instantly modify the colors of the canvases on display, thanks to an innovative digital interface.

at the same time, she founded 'art live', a cultural association aspiring to promote installations of interactive artworks.

'mind art®' was exhibited and noticed by several cultural and health institutions including a major psychiatric hospital in rennes (fr), which welcomed caroline as resident artist: 'mind art®' offered a creative opportunity to psychotic patients for whom starting from a blank page could be difficult.

this encounter between art and psychiatry was a shock for caroline who immediately undertook art therapy studies.

in 2008, she changed the name and the object of 'art live' which became 'colors of the heART', an association aiming to 'promote art therapy through humanistic philosophy and global collaboration'. she lead this for almost ten years, deploying it along three axes: humanitarian, social action and training.

a project manager, caroline wrote and implemented numerous programs specifically adapted to emergency health situations (haiti, sri lanka) or responding to local psychosocial questions (brittany, france). she intervened there regularly as an art therapist and trainer.

in 2013, returning from a mission in sri lanka, caroline fell seriously ill. no precise diagnosis was established for years and she had to give up art therapeutic support to heal herself. with heartbreak, current projects in france and abroad had to end, until the definitive closing 'colors of the heArt'. she finally stopped her wider practice to devote herself only to painting and the study of buddhist dharma.

after a complex health journey, alternative medicine finally identified the cause of a neurological disease that mimicked multiple sclerosis. in 2019, she fully recovered.

during losar 2021, caroline discovered 'tashi and the monk', a documentary which features the action of 'jhamtse gatsal children community' in india. this crush awakened a flame that has been sleeping for the duration of healing; her aspiration was intact. returning to the field where she may help and accompany the children in need becomes a renewed goal: she founded elovution, a 'sister-ship' of colors of the heArt.

the rest is being written now.