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Creative Expressions: Art, Therapeutically.

Join Therapeutic Art Master Practitioner, Jillian Prause, for a session to explore the therapeutic qualities found within the process of art making. Materials included!

Location: EMCS Art Room

Wednesday 6:30-8pm
April 2nd

$30+ GST

Paint Play

An experience in playing with paints: experimenting with a variety of paints, with both wet and dry paints, techniques and various textures of papers or canvases, experiencing how different paints interact with different surfaces: from watercolour dripped onto dry paper or wet paper and seeing the different textures that form to noticing how acrylics may differ from watercolour. Using spray bottles to create unique texture, trying out different brushes, or using various materials to create interesting prints with, and more. A variety of different paint techniques, activities and materials will be provided.

Wednesday 6:30-8pm
April 9th

$30 + GST

Altered Books & Art Journaling

Altered Books can be a very creatively inspiring activity. From blackout poetry, to word collage, drawings, art journaling, cut outs, to intuitively choosing words and quotes that call to you; every page within an altered book may be completely different or maybe there is a cohesive narrative. There are lots of interesting creative possibilities within altered book making. Additionally, there will be art journaling ideas, inspiration, prompts and activities with all materials included.

*There will be used books available to choose from to create your altered book or if you prefer to bring your own book to alter you are welcome to. There will also be lots of materials available to build your own art journal and lots of art supplies available to create with.

Wednesday 6:30-8pm

April 16th

$30 + GST

Discovering Doodles & Intuitive Drawing

In this class we will be discovering, or for some, re-discovering the fun of doodling and intuitive drawing. Additionally, thru this class various activities, inspiration and art ideas that may support with or help develop and build your own unique therapeutic creative personal practice for self-soothing, calming, self-expression, regulation and more. From scribbles, doodles, following your intuition and making marks on the page; to adding in layers of details, colours, mixing media and more. We will explore the possibilities of self-expression, self-regulation, sense of mindfulness and grounding that can be found within going back to the basics of doodling. Trusting in your creative process by following your own creative intuition, choosing art materials and what you feel called to create in the moment, allowing your creation to appear as it wishes, an authentic creative self-expression.

Wednesday 6:30-8pm

April 23rd

$30 + GST

Focused on Fabrics: Weaving & Breathing

Within focusing on fabric, we will have a range of various fabrics and other art supplies to choose from and create with. Fabric can be a wonderful tactile material to use within a therapeutic art project for a variety of reasons and utilized in a variety of creative ways. There will be activities to choose from such as making wall hangings with fabric, beads, thread and other options hung from sticks found in nature, repurposed photo frames into containers for weavings or yarn art. All materials will be available as well as other art activity ideas, lots of various art supplies to play with, and more. As always, there will be lots of fabric and materials available to bring home with you to keep creating with and adding to your weaving or wall hanging as you feel called to. There will be themes of mindfulness, grounding breathing techniques weaved within the art activities.

Wednesday 6:30-8pm

April 30th

$30 + GST

What's Already Around: Nature & Upcycled Materials

A walk in nature may often inspire creativity. Whether it's a leaf laying on the ground as you pass by, or a special rock you find, a neat looking branch, a footprint in the mud, the way the waves move back and forth while watching the ocean. These moments can offer creative expression; whether it's taking a photo, painting what you see in nature, creating while in nature, utilizing items found from walks thru the woods or along the river, or even items found at home! Junk drawers, recycling bins, repurpose old clothing or jewelry, etc. all around us provides inspiration and opportunity to create! In this class we'll create with materials from nature and with items and materials we can find around us. Have some interesting materials you're inspired by? Bring it with you! The possibilities and inspiration are endless with materials we already have around us.

Wednesday 6:30-8pm

May 7th

$30 + GST

Mindful Moments & Mark Making

Within each moment we can learn or develop skills that support us in our own unique ways of being mindful, or present, of ourselves, our surroundings; living here and now within each moment. Learning and teaching oneself to always be mindful is very challenging or not always possible for some, over time and with practice finding time, even if only 5 minutes a day to start with then grow from there, or by finding the various activities that work for us where we may feel comfortable to be present in the moment, where we feel safe to allow authenticity and be present for the here and now. Creativity, however that looks for you can support moments of mindfulness, of presence through creative expression, thru making marks and intuitively following and trusting in your unique creative process. In this class we explore a variety of materials, a variety of making marks, noticing how each art idea or activity resonates or doesn't resonate, taking what creative inspiration works for you and noticing what may not work for you within each moment. All materials provided and lots of art techniques and print outs to take with you to keep creating beyond class will be available.