ART FOR LIFE

CREATIVE WELLBEING WORKSHOPS

ART FOR LIFE  is a series of creative workshops that include painting, drawing, words and movement.

We focus on using the imagination and understanding how engaging in the arts can help us develop skills to reduce stress, reinforce playfulness and gain new insights.    

The sessions aim to enhance people’s wellbeing by engaging as a group in structured creative activities, run by a qualified and experienced practitioner.   

You will be guided through the art-making experience where you are encouraged to find your own meaning in your work as you bring your 'art experiments' to life.

There is no need to be ‘good’ at art as there is no end result - the emphasis is on taking part, learning something new and having fun in the process.    

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Each week we will explore different techniques and exercises including:

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Colours and Emotions

Paint how you feel

Mapping the body

Drawing your body map

Phenomenology

Painting an image in the here and now

Imagination

Paint an image of your future

Words

Painting a poem

Creating an art journal

Think about your life story

Collage

Symbol and metaphor

Empathy

Painting an image together

ART FOR LIFE - SOLO SESSIONS FOR ADULTS OR TEENS

For Adults or Teens over 16.  These sessions are tailored to the individual, to help facilitate change.  Bringing awareness of how you are in the present moment, to support making healthy choices and steps towards a purpose-filled, happier future.  As part of the therapy we make use of painting, drawing and other creative processes to communicate and gain new insights.

ART FOR LIFE - PARENT AND CHILD SESSIONS

For parents and children, especially teenagers, using the arts as a language to help ease tension, reinforce playfulness, open up balanced communication and  understanding. We focus on how using the arts can help gain awareness and insight.