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Thu, Jul 24
|Aurora
Art Therapy Workshop #2: Using the Creative Process as a Tool for Exploring Challenges
In this workshop, participants will be guided to complete a series of pictures exploring a challenges in their lives.
Time & Location
Jul 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. EDT
Aurora, 2 Orchard Heights Blvd Unit 40, Aurora, ON L4G 3W3, Canada
About the event
Calling All Artists, Non-Artists, and People Terrified to Create!
Art therapist Sarah Epp and the Micak Contemporary Art Gallery welcomes you to join this hands on art making workshop hosted right in the gallery space.
Workshop Description:
Using the Creative Process as a Tool for Exploring Challenges
Art making can be a powerful and soothing way to explore life's challenges. The process of externalizing our experience through the creation of images can invite space, and at times shift our relationship to challenges.
In this workshop, participants will be guided to complete a series of pictures exploring a chosen stuck point in their lives. Gently moving through the creative process, participants can gain new insights, uncover hidden perspectives, and identify possible pathways and alternatives for moving forward. Participants will come away with hands-on interventions for using art making to enhance problem solving.
Details:
When: Thursday June 26, 6:15pm - 8:15pm
Where: Micak Contemporary Art Gallery, Main Space
2 Orchard Heights Blvd. Unit 40. Aurora, ON. L4G 3W3
Cost: $95 per person (HST exempt). Contact your insurance for coverage options.
How to get tickets: Order on Eventbrite here.
To avoid additional charges, or if you have any questions, please email:
info@micakgallery.com or call 905726-9063
The goals are to:
Give yourself permission to slow down and check in within
Express yourself using art materials in a non-judgmental space
Use art as a tool to develop self-care, compassion, and self-expression
Explore your relationship to creative process
Engage with others in a therapeutic group
Be inspired by a creative space where ALL are welcome!
Potential benefits may include:
Reduced stress and anxiety
Connect to your creative self
Enhance your ability to hear your inner voice
Deepen insight and knowing
Have fun!
Who is it for?
The workshop is open to adult individuals who would like to explore and enhance their relationship to creativity. It is designed for all levels of artistic ability and curiosity. It is an opportunity to give oneself permission to create, and explore the creative process in a non-judgemental process oriented group.
The focus is on the PROCESS of creating, NOT the final product.
To avoid extra charges, or if you have any questions, please email:
info@micakgallery.com or call 905726-9063
About Sarah Epp:
Sarah Helen Epp has earned an MA in Creative Arts Therapies specializing in Art Therapy from Concordia University and an MSW in Social Work from York University. She is a professional member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association and is further regulated by the College of Registered Psychotherapists and the College of Social Workers and Social Service workers. Sarah has been providing mental health services since 2018 and currently works between SHE Psychotherpy's in Newmarket, ON and Barrie, ON locations.
About Micak Contemporary Art Gallery:
Micak Contemporary Art Gallery launched in November 2024 in Aurora, Ontario. The gallery showcases emerging and mid-career artists working in a range of media presented through a series of curated exhibitions.
Micak Gallery provides personalized art advisory services, offering private viewings, tailored consultations for individuals and businesses, and acquisition facilitation either in-house or through our global network of art experts. The Gallery also offers a series of workshops and events, and opporunties for exhibition or private event rentals.