Cultivate Connection: A Virtual, Art-Based Workshop

We can always look to nature for a marvelous map of how connection is nurturing and essential, especially in the spring. The dormant ground drinks in water, sunlight, and nutrients to give way to bursts of green. Trees share resources, nutrients, and send signals through a vast underground network.  Perennial plants return with stronger, more far-reaching roots, and bigger blooms.

Join us for this art-based, virtual workshop as we explore the metaphors of nature to inspire how we find and nurture connection in our own lives. All are welcome, and absolutely no art experience is required. To create a sense of connection through this virtual workshop, participants are invited to participate with their camera on, and there will be time for optional sharing towards the end of the workshop, though sharing is certainly not required.

 Essential Art Materials:

• A pencil
• Paper – a larger piece (~18x24 inches +) allows you to spread out freely (you can put several pieces of 8.5x11 inches piece together, simply tape together on the back)

Materials that are not essential, but will enrich your experience:

• Any materials that allow you to add colour, and create a different size/shape of mark on the page (oil or soft pastels, watercolour or acrylic paint, crayons, pencil crayons, markers)

Registration: 

Register now through Qualitrics! 

Facilitated by:

 Jazmine Tufford-Singh, Registered Art Therapist (RCAT), Registered Psychotherapist (RP), Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC)

Questions: 

Email your questions to wellnessatwork@uoguelph.ca