2024 Fall Workshop Series –

Art as a Healing Medium for the Community

These workshops are being offered at a reduced cost thanks to funding received through the Government of Alberta Community Initiatives Program.

Workshop Series 1: Emotional Wellness Through Art – Working on Grief and Resilience 

Dates: Oct 25, Nov 1 and Nov 8 

Time: 1 – 3pm

Facilitator: Lucy Lu, Registered Canadian Art Therapist

Cost: $60 (for all 3 workshops)

Location: VASA Classroom

               How can we stay emotionally balanced when we have experienced loss, while juggling life’s demands of family, work, and community obligations?   In this workshop series, we will explore how we can support our emotional wellness as we experience loss in our lives. Our grief can be separation from our loved ones, loss of the familiar culture and home due to immigration, a loss of loved one,  an unmarked life transition, changes in our health or changes in part of ourselves we wish to remember. Through different art-making activities and grounding exercises, we will learn tools to reduce stress, support our mental health and wellness, so we can be resilient in our lives. Participants will be invited to create and share in a safe group environment. 

 The workshop is open to all levels of experience with art-making! 

Pre-registration is required.

Registration: E-transfer to admin@vasa-art.com Please include your name and the workshop series number you would like to take in the memo field

OR, through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/emotional-wellness-through-artworking-on-grief-and-resilience-tickets-1031698777817

Workshop Series 2: Connecting to Self and to Community Through Art 

Dates: Nov 22, Nov 29, Dec 6

Time: 1 – 3pm 

Facilitator: Lucy Lu, Registered Canadian Art Therapist

Cost: $60 (for all 3 workshops)

Location: VASA Classroom

                  We can lose touch with our own needs when there are many stressors in our lives. In this workshop series, we will explore how art-making can be a way of connecting to ourselves and to connect and communicate with others in our community. We will explore different art mediums like drawing, painting and collage as an individual activity and in a group that will show how we can learn about ourselves and help build connection to others. We will experience art as a way to understand ourselves, as  a tool of self-care and take care of isolation by being in community. Participants will be invited to create and share in a safe group environment. 

 The workshop is open to all levels of experience with art-making!

Pre-registration is required.

Registration: E-transfer to admin@vasa-art.com Please include your name and the workshop series number you would like to take in the memo field

OR, through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/connecting-to-self-and-connecting-to-community-through-art-tickets-1031736159627

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Lucy Lu is an Art Therapist, counselling therapist, and artist currently based in amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton with a focus on working with urban indigenous communities and diverse cultural communities. She is a Canadian Certified Counsellor, Registered Counselling Therapist and  a Registered Canadian Art Therapist. She runs a private practice called Red Threads Art Therapy https://redthreadsarttherapy.ca/ working with children, youth and adults. She enjoys bringing art therapy into the community to share the benefits of art-making and expression for mental health and wellness.