These sweet mini-collage take home surprise-bag creative practice art kits made by me @otherwayscreative full of amazingness from @supplyvictoria are available for free!! Each one is unique!
Three ways to get them (after you hopefully also like, comment, tag and/or share this post for your friends!):
- dm me and I’ll mail you one (anywhere in the world)
- pick one up at the @asc.abortioncollective post-abortion support event on the 26th (check them out for more info)
- AND of course to anyone who books to come in and see me @heartandhandsyyj (booking link in bio)
Anyone wanting to make a contribution in mutual reciprocity for these imagination practice kits can do so and all $ will be directed to @rematriate_
Let’s practice our collective and our imaginations!!!!
#art #imaginationpractice #collectivecare
Collage is one of my all time fav ways to engage with imagination - it’s as if the possibilities are endless! It reminds that the possibilities ARE endless!
What are our imagination practices?
How do we explore outside the boxes that isolate and shame us, that we are so intentionally led to believe are ‘the right way’ to be, to live, to think, to love, to move…
Come play with other ways! Creation as imagination! Creation as liberation practice!
#communitycare #collectivecare #liberationpractice #art #collage
Link in bio for sliding scale / PWYC creative practice (aka art therapy) in person and/or online
The Latin root “solv” apparently means “to loosen”
I’m not a linguist and don’t know Latin - and am reflective about the coloniality of the english language…and yet I find it interesting to consider this meaning in the context of the word: resolve. Re-loosen.
How can we resolve ourselves? Re-loosen ourselves?
art, possibility, alternative knowledges and ways are all around us all the time. Can we loosen? Can we let them find us? soothe us? inspire us? slow us?
To re-solve us?
10/10 Highly recommend this book from Micha Frazer-Carroll - its been on the top of my pile, my bedside, my coffee table, and in my capstone project. specially for anyone working as a counsellor, therapist, care provider, or anyone who works within the realm of mental health)
swipe for a couple highlights.
from publisher pluto press:
'A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health' - Dazed
Mental health is a political issue, but we often discuss it as a personal one. How is the current mental health crisis connected to capitalism, racism and other social issues? In a different world, how might we transform the ways that we think about mental health, diagnosis and treatment?
These are some of the big questions Micha Frazer-Carroll asks as she reveals mental health to be an urgent political concern that needs deeper understanding beyond today's 'awareness-raising' campaigns.
Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of care; Mad World is a radical and hopeful antidote to pathologisation, gatekeeping and the policing of imagination.
(hey IG - get the full FAQ over on substack - link in bio!)
The world is wild (in all the best and worst ways) and things are too hard and too fast for most of us. Just trying to figure out how to get through the day can take all the spoons we have but we also want to be contributing to our communities in these complex times!
Art making shows us how!
I was a nurse for 23 years and in late 2022 after a significant amount of personal grief and transition I applied to go back to school to become an art therapist. I had been longing for more creativity in my life for years but somehow never could find the time to do something that seemed so frivolous, and I always felt like I wasn’t good enough at anything anyway! Two years later and I am nearly done with my diploma with the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute – and I am here working with Heart & Hands!
What I have learned while completing this program is something I wish I had known all a long: Art and creation are not frivolous, they are life! They are the way we imagine our way forward and keep going!
My hope is that creativity and art making can also become something that supports and inspires you – like it does me – and that we will collectively keep going!
Here are a few questions I think people mighty have who are considering coming in for a session:
What is Art Therapy?
Art therapy is a psychotherapeutic practice that uses creative inquiry and expression as a way to explore emotions, process experiences, and support healing. Instead of focusing on artistic skill or finished products, art therapy centers the creative process as a way of accessing deeper knowledge, self-understanding, and transformation. For many, it is also a tool for resistance and empowerment, offering a space to challenge dominant narratives, reclaim stories, and imagine new possibilities.
Hey community! You may have seen this announced on the @heartandhandsyyj IG page but I want to also do a little promo!
Come experience group art therapy while I complete my internship hours with @katiarttherapy!
April 5, 12,19 and 26
630-9pm
Sessions are $25-$40/session or pay what you can (PWYC) no one will be turned away for lack of funds!!
This is the third time I have run this group and the last two sessions have been absolutely amazing - when a group of folks in hormonal mayhem get together fantastic things happen!
We will be laughing, and relating, and story telling and art making while we drink tea by @greenmuseherbs in the perfectly chill community room at @heartandhandsyyj - this is a combo that’s sure to make magic!
The last two sessions were at @mymotherseye which was amazing!!!! Thanks to shannon!!! (Go by and visit her if you haven’t yet!!!) and although this one will be slightly different I trust the folks that come and the ways we engage will create something just right.
Dm with any questions - register via Jane App link in my bio!!
Come on! It’s spring! Such a perfect time for creating :) 🌿💕
Stoked to be joining the amazing accu-punks @heartandhandsyyj community holistic health clinic offering Art Therapy sessions sliding scale and PWYC
(🤞🏼does this make me a thera-punk? Or an art-punk maybe ? Either ways works for me!)
Book a free 15m intro with me either by phone or in person to get an idea of what’s possible in this creative space.
60, 75 and 90 minute sessions available.
2612 Quadra St just down from @camasbooks and @caffe_fantastico in Quadra Village
More info including FAQ about art therapy and more about me coming soon! In the meantime - bio for links!
Being.
Art is Political. Personal. Collective.
Necessarily
Messy
Tender
Persistent
