Yellow Bird Art Therapy

What a wonderful online offering from Sara, yoga nidra and art therapy!!

An online gathering to meet, rest, create and share in community.
-Every Monday evening from 6-730pm CST
-Cost: Pay what you can $0-$30.00
*Please note the time change in your area

March 2024
Monday March 4th, 2024
Monday March 11th, 2024
Monday March 18th, 2024
Monday March 25th, 2024

April 2024
Monday April 1st, 2024
Monday April 8th, 2024
Monday April 15th, 2024
Monday April 22nd, 2024
Monday April 29th, 2024

May 2024
Monday May 6th, 2024
Monday May 13th, 2024
Monday May 20th, 2024
Monday May 27th, 2024

Join in for this 1.5 hour virtual experience where the offer is to come into a space where we can meet our need for nourishing rest and a place to express ourselves in a welcoming community.

*Register and find more details by following here:

https://buytickets.at/goldenlightarttherapy/1162479

See you there! ✨😴

I am co-facilitating this with Anya Spark! Want to turn that side hustle into something more? Join us for an inspiring 7 weekly sessions online.

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Just a little reminder for anyone waiting for the Open Studio on Mondays 5-7 pm to start up again, our first session of 2024 will be on January 15th.

Life Is Hard. Art Helps | Liana Finck | TED Cartoonist Liana Finck's drawings hold our hands through life's predicaments, big and small: dating, breakups, what to make for dinner, how to leave a party ...

I just registered for this workshop:
Art Therapy and ADHD
Stephanie Godel and Cammi Manchur
November 26, 2023 (Sunday, 9 am - 5pm MST)

Super excited to have these resources available to me online!

Upcoming Workshops | St. Stephen's College Haley Toll, Ph.D. Cand., CCC, RCAT, RP has worked with children and adults internationally and across Canada in primarily trauma-care related to relocation, cancer diagnosis, HIV diagnosis, sexual abuse, and other psychological and emotional challenges since 2010. She has worked in the capacity of a...

The circle is ready for Open Studio!

Hey all you locals! Check out this new FB page for all the wonderful offerings. I’m so grateful to the MAC and all the volunteers that make this happen and to a very dedicated ED and board for all the work they do too!

Welcome to our new page! The MAC School for the Creative Arts is the place for learning about creating - from 2-hour "Art Bites" to 4-hour "Art Gems", and for "Creative Kids" to "Aging Artfully Seniors" - we have something for you!
Stay tuned...

MAC School-Art Bites-Let's Make a Sketchbook-10AM Sun Oct 22, 2023 Art Bites – Let's Make a Sketchbook with Deborah NicolSun Oct 22, 10AM-12PM This is an introduction to making your own books. We will be using watercolour paper so you can take up Urban Sketching or Pleine Aire Sketching. When you make your own sketchbook you get the custom paper you like to use!A...

May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful.

Someone said those words in an online meeting the other day and attributed them to the poet Mary Oliver. When I looked them up, I found this and it made my heart stop for a moment.

"Sometimes the desire to be lost again, as long ago, comes over me like a v***r. With growth into adulthood, responsibilities claimed me, so many heavy coats. I didn't choose them, I don't fault them, but it took time to reject them. Now in the spring I kneel, I put my face into the packets of violets, the dampness, the freshness, the sense of ever-ness. Something is wrong, I know it, if I don't keep my attention on eternity. May I be the tiniest nail in the house of the universe, tiny but useful. May I stay forever upstream. May I look down upon the windflower and the bull thistle and the coreopsis with the greatest respect."

From Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver

Tons of work by a dedicated group of people goes into this book sale every year, check it out ! CFUW - Parksville Qualicum

Book Sale | Canadian Federation of University Women If you love to read and support women, then you will want to read all about our Book Sale. This event is a bibliophile's dream come true!

“Art can create new neuropathways in the brain because this happens through sensorial experience. With high visual stimulation, if we see a lot of art or make a lot of art, we are growing — dramatically — parts of our brain,” she added. “And it’s never too late to create an enriched environment, whether as the maker or the beholder in any art form.”

“And because research indicates that makers need not be proficient at their art or craft, more people are encouraged to try their hobbyist hands at painting, sculpture, and other arts and crafts.”

Neuroaesthetics: How Art is Scientifically Proven to Help Brain Health | Art & Object Research shows that art is not just a fundamental aspect of our humanity, but also essential to our well-being.

https://mcmillanartscentre.com/a-reflective-pause-journaling-and-meditation-series/?ml_subscriber=2303308006621714927&ml_subscriber_hash=z6x3&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mac_news_events&utm_term=2023-09-13

Are you looking to bring journalling and meditation into your life. Join Judi and myself on a six week journey at Mcmillan Arts Centre.

Open studio is starting soon. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime, here is a teaser for the suggested medium on our first day.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=321589360373881&id=100075684588936&mibextid=qC1gEa

Clay is such a beautiful medium. It is also a challenging medium. Here are a few things we think you need if you want to be successful with clay. Of course if you don’t have some of these things now - it’s never too late to acquire them. Maybe working with clay can help….
1. Patience
2. Commitment
3. Humility
4. Resilience
5. Determination
6. Problem solving skills
7. Kindness (with the clay & yourself)
Do you work with clay? Can you add to our list?

I am taking a break this summer, a reflective hibernation. My socials will be fairly quiet. Maybe you can take a few hours, days, weeks, or months for yours…you deserve it.

Free tomato plants and seedlings today at the Art Farm, 10:30-1:30. 133 McMillan St in Parksville.

I took this training and highly recommend it. Plus Sarah is awesome, and a great friend of mine!

Here is some good news!

161 hectares purchased on Salt Spring Island to protect rare ecosystems The Nature Conservancy of Canada has stepped in to buy a privately-owned, 161-hectare property on Reginald Hill at the south end of Salt Spring Island, saving it from potential development or logging. Many at-risk species have been observed in the area, including the common nighthawk, barn owl and a...

Online booking is live for a free consultation or to join Creative Pathfinding in October.

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UPCOMING ART CAMPS ONLINE - Climb into Your Rocket Ship: Online Art-As-Therapy Camp for Children, Ages 11-12 🎨🧑‍🦱👩‍🦱👩👦🎨

This is a series of two different two-week long, inclusive, online art camps for independent children, ages 11-12. Each camp runs Mon-Fri, 12pm-3pm PST. Participants are encouraged and supported to use their imagination for self-expression using materials found around their home, including recycled materials. This space honours each child’s inherent creative abilities.

🗓️ 2 CAMPS OFFERED*
July 3-14: Self-expression using all things paper and paint
July 17-28: Self-expression using 3D sculptures (clay sculptures, dolls and sock puppets)
🔗https://www.tickettailor.com/events/sp/897888/r/meta
♻️ $30 ($3/session x 10 sessions)
🌎 ONLINE

*Register for one or both!

Participants will need a secure internet connection, and a private, quiet space where they can make a mess and enjoy creating in peace. Parents/guardians will need to help their child with setting up their art-making space and assisting them in gathering their art materials. Additional assistance with threading needles or sewing may be required.

We tend to use a fair amount of glue in the weekly Open Studio at the McMillan Art Centre and so I thought it would be nice to have a recipe that is environmentally friendly, you could eat it or compost it! So I did a little research and here it is!

How to Make Glue - One Little Project

I agree!

Young people are starting to knit and crochet for mental health | CBC Radio Gen Z is finding out what long-time crafters and mental health experts have known for years: crochet and knitting are great for your mental health.

Painting process surprise. A lesson in noticing. Can you see the bear that has come to visit? It looks like the bear is coming out of the mist to tell me something. I will wonder what it is until the message arrives.

The deadline for registration is approaching! This group takes place over four consecutive modules: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Each module is 5 weeks long. Folks are welcome to sign up for individual modules. A 10% discount will be given to those who have completed one module and want to attend subsequent modules. This group is open to any LGBTQIA2S+ folks (18+) who thinks they could benefit from DBT, living anywhere in Canada. Register by March 28th! Link in the bio.

DBT, or Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, is best known for being an effective treatment for those who have received a Borderline diagnosis, but it can be extremely helpful for others, too! Anyone who has experienced trauma, or anyone who wants to handle their emotions better or improve their relationships, can benefit from DBT. For more info or to register: https://www.ourlandingplace.com/dbt