Current Events & Groups
Wednesdays
Are you a fellow creative being who knows that CONSISTENT creative tiMe is good for your wellbeing, but you’re just not finding the time for it???
come carve out a consistent creative practise alongside a professional art therapist and other like minded creative friends!
join via zoom for 5 weeks of creative self care.
Come to one… or come to all!!
THERAPEUTIC art promps will be provided weekly but feel free to bring other creative projects you are already working on!
MARCh 27 | April 3 | APRIl 10 | APRIL 17
10am - 12noon PST
ONLINE via ZOOM
CA $18.50 DROP IN
IN THE GROUP YOU CAN EXPECT TO:
feel more connected to your creative spirit
have accountability to carVe out creative time
feel connected to like minded creative individuals
be inspired by weekly art prompts or work on your current unfinished projects that are calling your name
feel seen and heard by having your creativity witnessed and appreciated amongst the group
be invited to make art in a judgement-free zone where the only emphasis is on listening to your inner voice, relaxing, and getting in touch with your creative spirit
Past Groups & Events
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FEBRUARY 2023
A creative empowerment circle for women
Bi-weekly Fridays this winter:
FEB 16 | MAR 1
Drop in - come to one, or come to as many as you would like!
Time: 6 - 9PM
Location: For-Rest Retreat
8960 Nelson Nelway Hwy, Salmo, BC V0G 1Z0
Group Description:
Self-identified women are invited to participate in this therapeutic art-based women's circle for an opportunity to connect or re-connect with our most empowered and authentic selves, and with other like-minded (and like-hearted) women in the greater community!
Facilitated by a professional art therapist - this space will have connection, community, authenticity, and acceptance at the heart of its design. Together through our time together we will co-create a supportive, heart-centred space to explore and nurture both the darkness and light within our lives. We will explore and speak to themes within self empowerment which honour the darkness and affirm and strengthen our inner light. We will come together to listen, create, be with, and shine.
Weekly art invitations and eco-art materials in addition to a variety of mixed-media materials will be offered. Art making will be grounded with the intention to tap into our inherent intuition and trust our authentic selves, by entering a creative process we can allow ourselves the power to be messy! The autonomy to make choice! The excitement to create! The space to express yourself! The nourishment of flow! The connection to our inner wisdom! The joy of art making!
There is no need to self-identify as an artist to take part in this group - all levels of comfort with art making are welcome here!!!
Art invitations will be designed for all level of experience, and you may take the invitation where you need it to be. Someone might want to journal, someone may want to paint, someone may want to dance, and someone may want to use clay. Everyone's process will be unique and we will come together and witness each other in our creative power!
This group does not adhere to any one spiritual path or religion but is open to all expressions of spirituality.
OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2023
INNER ELEMENTAL WISDOM
a 5 week online art therapy group to support holistic healers
Whether you practice, study or teach acupuncture, massage, TCM, reiki, art therapy, counselling, nursing or beyond - we welcome you to this five-week oline opportunity to creatively explore the inner wisdom and life force that drives your healing career and cultivate a time for self-care on this journey.
This is a space to allow yourself to be vulnerable, supported, seen & heard by a group of other healers.
NO PRIOR ART EXPERIENCED REQUIRED AT ALL! :)
You do not have to be an artist to benefit from art therapy, only a willingness to explore your inner creative force.
Each of the 5 sessions will be uniquely inspired by Eastern wisdom of the elements, the principals of Yin/Yang and Qi, with intention to connect us to our own inner elemental wisdom through creative art making, writing, mindfulness practise and group discussion.
As a group we will create a space for self care, connection, and rejuvenation based on the wisdom of eastern spirituality and the elements Mother Earth so we can practise more sustainable practises of healing - for ourselves and our clients.
THE ART OF SPIRITUALITY - an opportunity to deepen our own spirituality by exploring diverse beliefs from a handful of world religions through creative arts
This 5-week online group is for Adults 18+ and open to anyone from any spiritual background!
This group is intended for those who are readyand open to engage in an opportunity to deepen spiritual beliefs by exploring diverse teachings from a handful of world religions through creative arts. If this sounds like you, we are so excited to have you.
This is a space to allow yourself to be vulnerable, supported, seen & heard by a group of other like minded spiriually integrated beings - may we all come from different backgrounds.
NO PRIOR ART EXPERIENCED REQUIRED AT ALL! :)
You do not have to be an artist to benefit from art therapy, only a willingness to explore your inner creative force.
Each of the weekly 5 sessions will be uniquely inspired by wisdom and teachings from a different world religion and you will be invited to explore how that inspires you - through creative art making, writing, mindfulness practise and group discussion.
SEPTEMBER 2023
ORACLE: COLLAGE COLLECTIVE
an art therapy group to deepen intuition
This is a 6-week in-person therapeutic art group running on Wednesday evenings between September 20 - October 25th 2023, located in Nelson, British Columbia.
Our intuition is an incredibly powerful thing when we lern how to tap in, and making art is like an epic shortcut into our subcincsious and connecting to our spirit. The intention of this therapeutic art group is to give you a space where you can explore your inner world through art marking - and in this group, you will walk away with your own oracle card set. Each week we will have a general theme for art making, but you can take that theme where ever you want to go. As we create our own deck over 6 weeks, you will also be practising tuning into your intuition and your inner wisdom.
This is not a group about learning to read oracle cards "correctly" or even making them in a certai way - instead, we will invite you to make art with symbolism, colour, texture, imagery etc that is meaningful to you. You don't have to have any previous art experience to join this group - just a willingness to explore your inner landscapes through art making.
Through the 6 weeks you will:
- be invited to make art and to write
- have the opportunity to share your art within a group
- create an oracle card deck you can take home and use in the future
- feel held and supported by like minded individuals in the group
Past Groups & Events
Inner Elemental Wisdom
An art therapy group for holistic healing practitioners (2022)
We invite practitioners/students of holistic healing modalities to join us in artmaking, writing and group discussion.
Each session will be uniquely inspired by Eastern wisdom of the elements, the principals of Yin/Yang and Qi, with intention to connect us to our own inner elemental wisdom. Together we will co-create a space for self-care, balance, and integrate identity as a healer.
Whether you practice or study acupuncture, massage, TCM, reiki, art therapy or beyond - we welcome you to this seven-week opportunity to creatively explore the inner wisdom and life force that drives your healing career and cultivate a time for self-care on this journey.
This group will be facilitated by two KATI Art Therapy students - Ashleigh is a second-year student who has lived in Japan for 3 years studying eastern philosophy through a decade of practising Karate. Hanz is a first-year student who comes from Malaysia and has deep knowledge of Buddhist, Tao and other Eastern avenues of spirituality. Both facilitators feel called to a positive-psychology and spiritual approach to art therapy and look forward to meeting you where you are at.
• No previous art experience necessary and all materials are provided.
• Please note that though this is an art therapy group which will draw upon Eastern philosophy and wisdom, this group does not adhere to any one spiritual path or religion and is open to all expressions of spirituality and beliefs.
• This is a closed group so initial intake meetings with the facilitators will be required to register
"Totes Adorbs!"
Tote-bag painting workshop
(Discover Art Therapy x Space Bums Vintage)
Mark your calendars for a day of artistic expression and creativity!
Join us on Sunday September 10, 2023 anytime between 10am - 3pm @ the POP UP MARKET taking place at 171 Baker St (The Dancing Bear Inn)
Your ticket price includes:
your very own tote bag as a blank canvas
access to an assortment of high-quality acrylic paints
artistic workshop with an Art Therapist
Your finished tote bag will be a unique (& mother-earth friendly) creative keepsake!
Follow the Link to pre-register for this event!
https://discoverarttherapy.as.me/Totes-adorbs
Please contact us directly if you do not have a Credit Card to pre-register (arttherapywithash@gmail.com)
Luminate
A creative self-empowerment group for women (2022)
Self-identified women are invited to participate in this art therapy group for an opportunity to connect or re-connect with our most empowered and authentic selves.
Together we will co-create a supportive, heart-centred space to explore and nurture both the darkness and light within our lives.
We will explore and speak to themes within self empowerment which honour the darkness and affirm and strengthen our inner light. We will come together to listen, create, be with, and shine.
Participants will be invited to draw upon wisdom from mother nature, her seasons and the phases of the moon. We will offer weekly art invitations and eco-art materials in addition to a variety of mixed-media materials, with an intention to tap into our intuition and trust our authentic selves.
There is no need to self-identify as an artist to take part in this group - all levels of comfort with art making are welcome here.
This group does not adhere to any one spiritual path or religion but is open to all expressions of spirituality.
This is a closed group, therefore pre-registration and an initial intake meeting with the facilitators is required to sign up.
Student Intern Facilitators: Ashleigh Gureckas and Alex Waite