Art Therapy – Individual Sessions w/ Kathleen
2025-05-06 11:00 - 15:30, 2025-05-13 11:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Mid-Scarborough Hub, 2658 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, Ontario, M1K 2S3, Canada
4 week Series on Tuesdays from April 22nd – May 13th at Mid Scarborough Hub located at 2658 Eglinton Ave East.
April 22nd, 29th, May 6th & 13th 2025
Art therapy is a mental health profession that combines the process of creative art expression with models of counselling and psychotherapy to enhance emotional, physical, and mental health. Kathleen Downie has facilitated many engaging art programs for the Alzheimer’s Society of Toronto clients over the years and is now an art therapy student attending the Vancouver Art therapy Institute (VATI) distance program. As part of her training, Kathleen will be offering free one-on-one art therapy sessions for People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners. These individual sessions will provide opportunities for participants to explore and express feelings and ideas using a range of satisfying art materials to paint, create collage, and sculptural work.
Times available:
11:00-12:00
1:00-2:00 or
2:30- 3:30
For more information about this program please contact Tracey Adams-Thibaudeau or by phone at 647 456 6168
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Textile Art w/Lux Gow-Habrich
2025-05-06 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-05-13 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-05-20 13:30 - 15:00, 2025-05-27 13:30 - 15:00 | Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office, 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th floor, Toronto, Ontario, M4R 1K8, Canada
4-Week Series on Tuesdays from May 6th – 27th at Alzheimer Society of Toronto located at 20 Eglinton Ave W, 16th floor.
May 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th 2025
Textile Explorations is a relaxed in-person textile art creation series, designed for individuals living with dementia and their partners in care. Lux Gow-Habrich will lead this program where we will play with exciting textures and colours and explore techniques like weaving, felting, textile collage, embroidery, surface design and bask in the meditative qualities of fibre and fabric arts. No prior experience is necessary—just a willingness to play and express yourself!
Lux Gow-Habrich is an award-winning interdisciplinary visual artist with a love of tactile craft mediums like ceramics and textiles that blur the lines between art and life. Lux has led arts programming with the Alzheimer’s Society of Nova Scotia for the last 7 years, and has 15 years practicing and facilitating creative arts with persons with various access and sensory needs – committed to the profound, life-changing power of the arts to transform our interior and exterior worlds.
Photo Credit: Paula Snook (Alzheimer’s Society Nova Scotia, program participant), 2023 textile collage on fabric, 10” x 10”.
