Rob Levit, Creating Communities lead arts program at Hope House
By HEATHER ROTH Staff writer
By HEATHER ROTH Staff writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
11/17/09
One man stood in the center of a multi-purpose room at the Hope House in Crownsville, tentatively tilting a musical rain stick first one way, then another.
Heather Roth — The Capital
TOP: Kristen Kowalski, president of the board of directors for Creating Communities and an artist-in-resident at Maryland Hall, admires the artwork created by clients at the Hope House during the painting segment of an arts program at the residential substance abuse facility located in Crownsville.
BOTTOM: Musician Rob Levit, left, and counselor Jane Sinclair show two of the instruments clients use during the morning’s session.
Beside him a girl tapped a cymbal-like bell, and two women shyly found a beat on hand-held instruments that sounded like wind chimes.
Sitting on couches and chairs pulled into a circle, other clients - all recovering from alcoholism or substance abuse - closed their eyes to listen.
"I felt peace," someone said when the music died away.
Finding peace through art was the message that local musician Rob Levit was hoping to convey through his non-profit...
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