Please note these sessions are now being held online via Zoom until further notice.

Welcome to Gathering our Frayed Edges, FREE Art Therapy Open Studio sessions on Mondays from 5:00 to 7:00 pm from March 22 to May 3, 2021. (No session on Easter Monday, April 5)

There are six dates to choose from, register in as many as you would like to attend.  

This program is made available by the Oceanside Community Art Council and a grant from the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund and Parksville-Qualicum Community Foundation we are able to offer these sessions free of charge and at this time to members of our local Oceanside Community.

Participants require NO PREVIOUS ART EXPERIENCE to join in this ongoing exploration of the creative process with therapeutic intent.  All the art materials are provided in the studio for you to use.

WHAT Does the studio process look like?

The Studio Process will follow a similar structure each session:

• check in and greetings
• setting of intention
• art making and/or reflective writing
• option to share and be witnessed by your peers in the group
• closing/gratitude

The sessions will be facilitated by Creative Arts Psychotherapist, Marie Butler and Heidi Abbott, Kutenai Art Therapy Institute Practicum Student.

This is a practicum placement for a graduate student from the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute (KATI). Although your identity will be kept anonymous at all times, the student art therapist will be asking you to sign a consent form granting permission for:

• your art to be shown to students and professionals for supervision and educational purposes.
• the use and verbal description of photos of your artwork for academic assignments, including case studies.
• your artwork to be used by the student for research purposes.