Cecilia Rodhe — through son Joakim Noah’s foundation — offers art therapy to mothers who lost a child to violence
CHICAGO -- Tangela Jones sketched a sun with many rays, an image to lift her spirits in the morning. Lori Tucker brushed black and red on a canvas, debating whether to paint a mountain. Maria Pike painted a shape transitioning from darkness to light.
On a recent Sunday at Pilsen’s Vault Gallerie, Cecilia Rodhe — a sculptor and certified expressive art therapist, as well as the mom of former Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah — encouraged mothers who have lost children to violence to create something that expresses their feelings
“What we’re trying to do here is have the moms be seen and heard,” Rodhe said. “These moms have lived
