Painting is a great way to explore your feelings, express yourself, relax, and clear your mind. In these HEAL Painting workshops, facilitator Mariz Pe guides you through colour theory, perspective, and painting techniques in a casual, friendly, and supportive environment. You get to play around with paint and colour while meeting new friends, plus, get free art materials!
This workshop is completely free! Free food, refreshments, and transportation tokens are available at every workshop. You’ll also receive free art materials and a wellness kit valued at $50.
No previous artistic experience required.
ABOUT HEAL
This session is part HEAL (Health Empowerment & Arts Leverage), a specialised arts and wellness program for Scarborough and York Region youth ages 13–29 looking for a safe and supportive space to try new art-making techniques, explore your voice, build resiliency and coping skills, and heal.
Now in its 5th year, the HEAL program offers free weekly workshops in Scarborough and Markham (York Region), led by trauma-informed arts facilitators. In these workshops, you will be guided through different arts activities to unpack experiences, difficulties, and trauma. You will have the opportunity to create original songs, poems, spoken word, and visual art pieces, using creative expression to heal and grow towards better mental health and wellness.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Mariz is a community leader who works with the City of Toronto amongst other organizations to help provide opportunities and experiences for youth.
She believes that the arts is a healthy way to explore one’s feelings, personality, and the world around us. Over the past 5 years, Mariz has been facilitating youth workshops and has worked with several youth groups in Toronto to manage and mentor for events of different scales.