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Person creating a collage with images of mountains, skulls, and a small figure on brown paper, holding a yellow floral branch, with a ruler and scissors nearby.

Art Your Heart Out

2021 | Urban Health Collective, Collingwood

Our ‘Art Your Heart Out’ workshops were weekly workshops in-person, located in a beautiful light-filled studio space where people were invited to relax, use their hands & have fun.

These were created in response to people requesting term-like workshops, something regular that they could attend throughout their weeks.

Each week focused on a different material and medium including Exploring Colour with Oil & Soft Pastels, Exploring Shape with Watercolour Paint, Exploring Nature with Collage, Exploring Abstraction with Acrylic Paint and Exploring Creativity with Free Art-Making.

We planned a short visual & verbal presentation at the beginning of each session to explain the fundamentals of the chosen materials before jumping into the exploration of themes & technique.

Whether you felt like a beginner, advanced or somewhere in the middle, these workshops were perfect for zoning out or zoning in - whatever your brain and body needed throughout these tough times.

A collage of various magazine cutouts on a wooden table, featuring images of a woman in a yellow outfit with a hat, an illustration of a woman's face, a black and white photograph of two men, and an upside-down painting with the word 'COLLECTION.' Background images include artistic and historical elements.
Three people wearing masks are engaged in a craft activity at a table with art supplies. The closest person is cutting paper, while the table has markers, glue, and other creative materials.
Collage of magazine clippings, colorful pom-poms, yellow flowers, and a green cup on a wooden surface.
Person in red cardigan working on a collage project with magazines, glue stick, and colorful paper on a wooden table.
Person wearing a mask cutting pages from a magazine while sitting at a table.
A mixed media collage with text 'The Total Female Animal' on a pink and orange background featuring images of a camera, an animal, and various abstract shapes. Colored pom-poms are scattered on a wooden table.
Person cutting paper with scissors for art project, materials on table.
People wearing face masks engaged in arts and crafts activities at tables in a studio setting, with a painting on the wall and art supplies on the tables.
Two people wearing face masks sitting at a table, one person holding a National Geographic magazine, the other reading documents, with colorful pencils and art supplies on the table.
Hand arranging dried leaves and flowers on torn paper and art supplies
People in a workshop creating collages with art supplies on tables, wearing masks and engaged in artistic activities.
Person working on collage with dog and rabbit images, using glue and pastels, wearing a striped sweater and a black watch.