Over the course of 2021, AWE presented 30, ZOOM art workshops and activities to participants in support of their mental health and overall wellbeing. Led by Ainslee Winter, professional art therapist and artist, AWE sought to improve the mental health of participants by teaching new skills through art-making and art appreciation as a way to engage with others and manage social isolation. 

AWE hosts a safe creative space that brightens up the weekends of countless people who started as strangers but are now dear friends; more time to connect with support and rejoice in our beautiful community in a time where we need connection most of all. Taking Care has meant: more opportunities for our community to take pride in their creativity; participants create works of art that bring joy, wellness, peace, and tranquility. 

Participants have taken part in a variety of art-making and art-appreciation activities, including guided meditations, yoga exercises, poetry, discussions, prompt-based crafts and projects, journaling techniques, as well as presentations by guest facilitators. 

Click on a session to explore art-making activities, meditations, mindfulness check-ins, journal prompts and more. 

SESSION 1: Caring for Self - Soul Card: Exploring The “Why” Through Collage

SESSION 2: Moving Through Stress: Exploring Our Connection & Awareness Of The Body

SESSION 3: Flow, A State of Mind 

SESSION 4: Being There for Ourselves and Others

SESSION 5: Phases of the Moon 

SESSION 6: Healing Through Poetry and Song 

SESSION 7: Mindful Interactions: Spaces and Places

SESSION 8: Rising With The Sun - A Story about Your Blossoming

SESSION 9: Transformative Nature of Art Making

SESSION 10: Colourful Sensations - Let Go & Transform

SESSION 11: My Circle of Power

SESSION 12: Finding Hope Amidst Loss

SESSION 13: Journey of the Healing Tree 

SESSION 14: Holding Both: Acknowledging & Honouring All That Is Present 

SESSION 15: Guiding Light From Within

SESSION 16: Feeling Sludgy? Moving the Sludge

SESSION 17: Self-Massage: An Act of Love with Sandie Collins

SESSION 18: Discover the Health Connection of Laughter

SESSION 19: Clearing Space to Walk our Path

SESSION 20: Traveling Treasures - Earth Art Eco Mandalas

SESSION 21: The Spinal Energy Series with Sandie Collins

SESSION 22: The Power of Mindset: Are You Feelin’ Fixed or Flexible?

SESSION 23: Leaves on a Stream - Mental Clarity by Letting Go

SESSION 24: Channel Your Inner Creator! 

SESSION 25: The Magical In-Between Spaces

SESSION 26: Art Journaling with Visual Storyteller Mo Thunder

SESSION 27: Wisdom of the Body

SESSION 28: Compassionate Care Cards

SESSION 29: My Emotional Landscape

SESSION 30: Wrapping Up 2021 - Honouring Loss & Love with Memory Objects