1. Art, Nature, Meditation and Expressive Arts Program
Reflections At Guild Park (Summer 2023)
Reflections At Guild Park (Summer 2022)
Part of National Trust For Canada's 2022 Historic Places Days
Guided nature walk, meditation and expressive art workshop exploring the rich colours of oil pastels. No experience necessary with art or meditation. All materials are supplied.
Get started just by “breaking the crayon”!
Led by: John Mason, President Friends of Guild Park and Gardens, and Carol Knowlton-Dority, Visual Artist/Educator
View a presentation with further details here.
4. Expressive Arts Workshops
I create Expressive Art experiences for children, adults, multi-generational and special interest groups. My programming is provided by educational, arts, cultural, nature, social support services and organizations.
Expressive Arts Workshops encourage reflective observation of paintings and art activities designed to engage participants with their own exploration of inner experiences. Using simple art materials, guided discovery and problem solving challenges that emphasize divergent, interpretive thinking, workshop participants have opportunity to see, feel, imagine and reflect as they work with art materials.
While supporting individual expression, Expressive Arts activities also encourage collaborative learning and interaction with others.
Expressive Arts are a widely accessible means of language and culture neutral communication, learning and experience for participants, and are therefore recommended as an effective and highly equitable approach for learning, personal expression and social communication.
Workshops include:
- Self-awareness
- Self Reliance
- Discovering Empathy
- Journey Into Peace: A Bullying Prevention Program Through Visual Arts
- Creating a Workshop Culture: Bullying Prevention Through Expressive Arts
- Meditation
- Meditation, Prayer and Visual Art
- Exploring the Work of Great Artists
- Exploring Paper Sculpture Techniques
- Reflections at Guild Park and Gardens
- Shaping Early Success at School: Parent Workshop, Toronto District School Board
I have led workshops for City of Toronto, Scarborough Arts, Friends of the Guild, University of Toronto, St. John the Divine Convent, and throughout the Toronto District School Board.