At this critical turning point in society — with the magnified intersections of health, psychological and physical well-being, and systemic violence, prejudice, and injustice — the Chicago Brewseum is all the more committed to our communities.

This August, we are pleased to join efforts with the social service nonprofit Sacred Transformations to host Libations, an innovative four week series that addresses the ceremonial and celebratory functions of beverages and drinking as well as the negative consequences of over consumption and addiction.

Presented in conjunction with The Libations Exhibition opening in Michigan City, Indiana on August 1st, this series of talks compliments the exhibition which features over 60 works of art produced by a diverse body of artists throughout Northwest Indiana and the greater Chicagoland area. As beer is more than just a beverage that has the power to bring people together and the ability to make change, creating art has the power to heal, transform, and build community. We invite you to join us.

The Art Therapy within the Art of Adult Coloring

In our first conversation of the Libations series, art therapist Eric Dean Spruth discusses the themes of The Libations Exhibition and explores how creating art has the power to heal, transform, and build community.

Eric Dean Spruth MA, ATR, is a co-curator of The Libations Exhibition and the founder and executive director of Sacred Transformations where together with a small army of volunteers they are dedicated to helping people who are tattooed, scarred, branded or burnt from negative experiences to transform those marks into art pieces that celebrate one’s individuality. The experience empowers the individual to express in their own terms who they are inside. It is our goal for those marks to be converted into a source of daily inspiration to maintain sobriety, to be committed to the welfare and betterment of children, family, community and self. Our organization believes that these transformative tattoos will provide a historically qualified link to spirituality and culture and deliver the individual a new rite of passage – a symbol of evolving consciousness and personal evolution.

This virtual conversation happens via Zoom and Facebook Live.