Artistic Visions of Wellness Series
Event Information
About this event
In this workshop series, individuals on a road of recovery from addictions, mental health challenges or grief will creatively take the next step in their wellness. Using evidence-based wellness planning tools combined with narrative and expressive art therapies, participants will envision their highest potential and optimal health and learn to embody it in everyday life. Upon completion of the workshop series, participants will have created one visual art piece and one literary piece representing their unique journey to wellness and recovery.
Participants are asked to bring the following to the workshop:
Visual Art Materials
- Sketchbook or blank paper
- Paints / coloured pencils
- Blank canvas
Literary Art Materials
- Journal / Blank Google Doc / Recording device
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Teneshia T. Samuel (Hon. B.A., M.A., M.A., RYT 300) is a lifetime resident of Mississauga. Teneshia is a certified Narrative Therapist, Mental Health Peer Support Counsellor, Educator and Artist.
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This workshop is a part of the border crossings project presented by the Art Gallery of Mississauga. It is generously funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Mississauga.
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Organizer Art Gallery of Mississauga
Organizer of Artistic Visions of Wellness Series
The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit, art gallery located in the Mississauga Civic Centre, right on Celebration Square and across from Square One Shopping Centre. The AGM is proud to admit people free of charge, serve communities, and provide positive visual art experiences for all visitors and is generously supported by the City of Mississauga, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, private citizens and its members.
First. New. Next.
The AGM provides platforms for exhibitions, collections and experimentation in contemporary culture with a recent focus on artists and cultural producers from Indigenous, newcomer and youth communities. Through a broad range of educational programs, artist projects and other forms of critical dialogue, the AGM seeks to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries, foster community, and provide spaces where alternative modes of thought are supported and activated in tangible ways.
Land Acknowledgement
The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) would like to acknowledge and give thanks to the land on which we work.The AGM has the privilege of operating in the territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and homeland of the Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee nations.
