January Special Event
A Special Event From The Center for Public Service and Community Research
InSpokenArt: Literacy & Creative Lab
- Tuesday, January 20th
- Tuesday, February 3rd
- Tuesday, February 17th
- Tuesday, March 3rd
- Tuesday, March 17th
From 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | In C100, Commerce Street Building
REGISTER
InkSpokenArt: An Emotional Literacy & Creative Expression Lab is a five-part, interactive emotional literacy and creative expression lab designed
to help you reconnect with your inner voice, develop your emotional awareness, and
expand your imagination through guided journaling, reflective dialogue, and mindful
practices. Each session will blend storytelling, writing, and emotional education
giving you practical tools to regulate energy, process emotions, and authentically
express yourself.
Each 55-minute session will provide attendees with a consistent, empowering environment
where emotional development is treated as both an art and a skill, something that
strengthens academic focus, self-understanding, and overall wellbeing.
Objectives
- Grounding & Presence – brief mindfulness and breathwork to regulate energy
- Mini-Lesson – 7–10 minutes focused on emotional literacy, energetic awareness, and redefining how we identify with emotion
- Guided Journaling Prompt – reflective writing to translate emotion into insight
- Creative Sharing – voluntary sharing/role-play to build community and relational intelligence
- Integration – calm-down (coloring/drawing) or visualization practice to close
James Pierre X, founder of InkSpokenArt
James Pierre X is a multidimensional creative, educator, and systems builder whose
work bridges the worlds of art, consciousness, and community transformation. With
certifications in Life Purpose Coaching, Somagetics Therapy, and Transpersonal Energy
Healing, James integrates emotional literacy, energetic awareness, and creative expression
into holistic learning environments that awaken both heart and mind.
As the founder of InkSpokenArt, James curates experiential spaces that help participants
reconnect with their authentic voice through writing, movement, mindfulness, and embodied
creativity. His approach is rooted in the belief that emotional development is not
only an art form but a spiritual technology—one that harmonizes the nervous system,
expands imagination, and restores our connection to purpose. Drawing from years of
experience in education, community building, and creative direction, James has developed
a unique facilitation style that merges practical tools for emotional regulation with
higher consciousness principles.
His work invites students and communities alike to reimagine learning as a process
of becoming whole—where reflection, stillness, and expression co-exist as pathways
to fulfillment. Through his journey as an artist and healer, James embodies what it
means to transform lived experience into wisdom. Whether facilitating youth programs,
collaborating with universities, or designing sensory-based learning systems, he carries
a deep commitment to cultivating presence, harmony, and alignment within every space
he enters. James believes that when we learn to listen to our inner voice, the true
self beneath conditioning, we rediscover the infinite creativity and resilience that
life has already placed within us. InkSpokenArt is both a reflection of that truth
and an invitation: to breathe, to feel, and to create from the source of your being.
For more information contact Steven Villano, director of the Center for Public Service and Community Research at villanos@uhd.edu.