Celia Center Arts Festival

06/02/2026

🎨 Ready, Set, ART! 💫

We are thrilled to announce that the Celia Center Arts Festival for National Adoption Month returns November 13–15, 2026!

Beginning June 1st, we invite artists, filmmakers, poets, dancers, musicians, performers, and storytellers from across the adoption and foster care constellation to submit their work.

Every year, this festival creates a powerful space where lived experiences are transformed into art, connection, education, and healing.

🌟 Together, we can create change.
🌟 Together, we can build a system rooted in healing.
🌟 Together, we create connection, belonging, and hope.

We cannot wait to witness the powerful stories and creative voices that will take center stage this year.

💛 Submissions open June 1st.
🎨 Festival dates: November 13–15, 2026

Learn more and submit your creativity at:
www.CeliaCenterArtsFestival.org

Please share this opportunity with artists, performers, writers, filmmakers, educators, advocates, and anyone whose story deserves to be heard.

05/21/2026

Check out Adoptee Extraordinaire Roslin Real fire spinning at our last Celia Center Arts Festival Next Arts Fest in November 2026!
https://youtu.be/NdQukDJKLWg?si=Kyl-GSslFH5SYzxG

https://celiacenterartsfestival.org/exhibits-performances/ ...

05/16/2026

Check out this powerful and inspiring interview featuring an incredible adoptee and artist sharing their story, creativity, resilience, and voice through art. 🎨✨

At Celia Center, we believe storytelling and artistic expression can be deeply healing especially within the adoption and foster care experience. This conversation is honest, moving, and full of heart.

Please watch, support, and share this amazing adoptee artist extraordinaire. 💙

Watch the interview here https://youtu.be/KImcPU70sGA?si=QMDcmJGGWSWK6xyI

NEW BOOK: Grief Journey to the Primal Wound Workbook FOR ADULTS: https://amzn.to/40eg7NzNEW BOOK: What is Adoption? FOR KIDS: https://amzn.to/3DIUfhY NEW BOO...

01/05/2026

💛 Thank You & Happy New Year, Celia Center Artist Community
Oil Painting by Adoptee Extraordinaire Heather Holmstrom

💛 As we step into this new year, we want to pause and say thank you to every adoptee, foster youth, family of origin, caregiver, clinician, artist, volunteer, and supporter who makes our Celia Center Arts Festival possible.

Next Arts Fest in November 2026!!!

Thank you for showing up with courage.
Thank you for showing up with honesty.
Thank you for showing up with hearts open to healing, connection, and growth.

Because of you, Celia Center Arts Festival remains a place where stories are honored, feelings are welcomed, and no one has to heal alone. Your presence, generosity, and belief in community-centered healing continue to light the way forward.

This year we are developing an art festival that will open more hearts and minds to the adoptee and foster care experience.

✨ Happy New Year ✨ May this year bring moments of peace, meaningful connection, laughter, restoration, and hope. We are so grateful to walk alongside you in the year ahead.

With deep appreciation and love, The Celia Center Team 💛

10/26/2025

🎨✨ Hey Adoptee Tweens & Teen Parents! ✨🎨

Are your tween/teens ready to create, connect, and feel seen? 🖌️ Sign them up for the Tween/Teen Adoptee Voices Mentoring Event, an afternoon designed just for them!

🗓 When: Saturday, November 29, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 Where: Celia Center 3863 Grand View Blvd., Mar Vista, LA 90066
💵 Investment: $40 per person (yes — snacks + pizza included, and free parking!)
🎯 RSVP today spots are limited!

👥 Who’s this for?

Adoptees ages 10 and up who want a safe space to express themselves, find others who get it, and explore what their journey means.

Mentors who are adult adoptees themselves, ready to share, listen, and build community. If you want to volunteer email [email protected]

🖍️ What will we do?

👋Art projects + creative games
👋 Sharing stories in a warm, supportive environment
👋Time to explore your identity & voice with others who understand
👋All materials provided + yummy bites provided to fuel the fun!

Why attend?
Because your kids deserve a space where their experience matters. A place where they are seen, heard, and celebrated. This is more than just an event — it’s a step toward feeling a sense of belonging and discovering the power of their voice.

👋 Leave with new friends, creative memories, and maybe a fresh sense of “I’m not alone.”

👉 RSVP today only 10 spots available!

See you there — let’s make magic together! 🎉✨

https://celiacenter.org/shop/tween-teen-adoptee-voices-event/

Join our Teen Adoptee Voices Mentoring Event in Mar Vista! Art, games, mentorship & connection for adoptees ages 10+. Hosted by Jeanette Yoffe.

06/18/2025

We invite you to attend the Adoptee Artist Mixer tomorrow evening virtually, where we will be discussing our next arts festival and fostering artistic collaboration and inspiration. You can sign up for free here. Art is healing, liberating, and saves lives.

Join Celia Center on this Exclusive Mighty Network made just for our community! FREE! This is a support portal for all Members of the Foster Care and Adoption Constellation to help you better understand and navigate the adoption and foster care experience. A place where all birth parents, adoptees,....

12/17/2024

Celebrity photographer Jeff Forney captures the stories of fellow adoptees

12/06/2024

Thank you Briana Spencer for facilitating the healing circle Celia Center Arts Festival you are an amazing soul! We cherish you. Reckoning with The Primal Wound Thsnk you for sharing! Celia Center, Inc.

12/03/2024

🌟🌟Celia Center Arts Fest Video & Thank you to everyone for attending our Arts Festival and Happy Holidays!🌟🌟 - Read Newsletter here https://mailchi.mp/celiacenter.org/thank-you-for-attending-the-celia-center-arts-festival-9882633