Our group workshops are welcoming spaces that encourage a sense of belonging and focus on community, connection, discovery and creative expression. They range from intuitive and therapeutic artmaking through to deeper exploratory art therapy.
Our small groups and circles offer a collective community where we can hold space for one and other, listen and share in a nurturing safe space.
Through creative prompts, mindfulness techniques and sharing, these are facilitated in a way that foster wellbeing, intuitive insight, creative expression, imagination, playful curiosity, exploration and reflection (both individually and collectively).
Each small group workshop is generally based around a theme (such as human experience, seasonal changes, life metaphors, etc) where you can explore your inner and outer landscape through various creative modalities incorporating mark making (painting, drawing, etc), journalling or collage for instance.
You are invited to express and explore in a way and style that is right for you, based on where you’re at in that moment and your response to the experience.
Depending on the style, our workshops usually run for around 1.5 to 3 hours.
All are welcome to join in, as no previous art experience is necessary. Everyone has the capacity to create – it is innate within us all and forms part of our unique self-expression!
I look forward to sharing a nurturing creative space with you soon.
Check out upcoming workshop dates, locations and themes in the “EVENT” section of our website or via Instagram at space.to.express.
Let’s develop a tailored creative wellbeing workshop together.
Scroll below for some snapshot examples of my unique immersive workshops.
Our individual tailored workshops are designed for children and adults across various sectors, such as Aged Care, Corporate, Educational, Community and Disability.
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Whatever you’re working on or whatever’s happening, I’m here to chat about what you’d like to do and develop an imaginative creative workshop or program that’s just the right fit – be that a once off or ongoing experience.
Tailored around your goals and requirements, individualised processes and creative techniques will be developed and used to create a unique offering.
I look forward to hearing from you to share a nurturing creative space with you soon.
Unique Immersive Workshop Examples
Click below to expand some snapshot outlines of my group workshops including:
RSL LifeCare – Aged Care art therapy workshops
Seniors
These weekly art therapy creative and sensory journey workshops offer joyful inclusive connection, community and creativity to encourage a sense of worth, empowerment and purpose. Each with a weekly theme, everyone gathers to enjoy each other’s company whilst creating, making, communicating, sharing and reminiscing.
Each workshop is designed to engage in self-expression, stimulate the senses and motor skills and encourage neural connections.
“My experience working with aged care clients, many of whom have dementia, holds a sense of coming together in a state of being completely present in the moment. They are engaged and absorbed in something that taps into their inner self and creativity, helping them to relax and have fun whilst often forgetting about their pain or concerns.”
Caroline Chisholm – Aged Care art therapy workshops
Seniors
These weekly art therapy creative and sensory journey workshops offer joyful inclusive connection, community and creativity to encourage a sense of worth, empowerment and purpose. Each with a weekly theme, everyone gathers to enjoy each other’s company whilst creating, making, communicating, sharing and reminiscing.
Each workshop is designed to engage in self-expression, stimulate the senses and motor skills and encourage neural connections.
“My experience working with aged care clients, many of whom have dementia, holds a sense of coming together in a state of being completely present in the moment. They are engaged and absorbed in something that taps into their inner self and creativity, helping them to relax and have fun whilst often forgetting about their pain or concerns.”
Montessori Long Day Care – Lane Cove West “Art and Wellbeing”
Ages 3 to 5
These fun engaging weekly themed workshops explore the concepts of human experiences, emotions and the world around us through art making, sensory play and imaginal visualization promoting self-expression, creativity, connection and exploration.
Through creative play, the imaginal world, sensory experiences and a safe community space, the children feel empowered and confident to explore and learn about their inner world and the world around them. “I’ve observed that the art and wellbeing program helps the children to regulate their emotions, creating calm and focus” – Julianne
Testimonial “Julianne, our art therapist, who has been working with us in our Montessori environment, helps our children with beautiful and meaningful artwork. She can be described as a compassionate and talented professional. She has a special ability to lead children to create their own amazing artworks that capture the attention and imagination of their creativity. Through their art and this program, they are provided with a safe and nurturing space for themselves to express and explore their emotions. Julianne also skillfully incorporates storytelling, imagination and discussion around the artwork with the children, which helps them connect with their feelings and experiences on a deeper level. Julianne combines her artistic skills with therapeutic expertise to create a transformative and impactful experience for the children. The children feel empowered when they take their artworks home, creating a sense of ownership and pride in their creations and experiences” – Anjali Abbey, Director Lane Cove Montessori
“My son attends Julianne’s art therapy. He comes home with his creative artwork and tells us what he has done with Julianne and other friends with excitement. I appreciate how Julianne helps my son to find calmness through the art and he has found one more way to express his emotions, feelings and ideas through creative art” – Sylvia
Wesley Mission “Reach for the Stars – It’s Your Time to Shine!”
Ages – Adult
Developed for the adult participants living with disabilities at Wesley Mission Supported Employment, this program offered art and wellbeing workshops that culminated in a group creative art exhibition and televised concert at Wesley Mission in Sydney. It encouraged individual creative expression and exploration through engaging, fun and varied sensory experiences.
“Some words used by the artist participants were that it made them feel “happy, joyful, excited and grateful” to be part of the workshops. From a therapeutic point of view, the participants were focused, engaged and calm during their art making with a growing sense of self-esteem and confidence within themselves and their group.” – Julianne.
Mount Druitt Ethnic Community Agency (MECA) – “Refugee Week”
Ages – Young adults and adults
Designed around the various themes for Refugee Week, such as “Healing” and “Finding Freedom: Family”, these workshops encouraged the participants (all of whom were refugees) to explore their lived experiences and share their paradigms through the art making process. These workshops presented a beautiful and powerful space for sharing and healing within community.
The participants asked that I share their images on social media in the hope it might help others to “find their voice and share their stories” through the healing process of art therapy.
The Conservatorium of Music – “Creative Storytelling through Musical Art”
Ages – 18/19
Developed for the first year Bachelor Musical Theatre students at the Conservatorium of Music, this workshop promotes individual and collaborative connection letting the creative process speak and spark the imagination for storytelling through the framework of musical theatre.
“Julianne is a brilliant communicator, artist, inspirational creative and empathetic teacher and art therapist who is able to draw out beautiful insights from a range of participants. Julianne’s work with our students was powerful and transformative and added so much to our intensive week with the students. The principles embodied in Julianne’s work are applicable to a range of contexts. Most importantly, Julianne’s processes empower and enlighten students about themselves and their creative process” – Associate Professor Dr Narelle Yeo
Mosman Council Youth Services “Art for wellbeing workshops”
Ages – Teenagers
These engaging, connective sensory workshops are designed to offer fun art making experiences around themes of wellbeing. Whether that be reminding the participants about the things in their lives that “fill their cup” through making self-metaphor clay vessels or “going with the flow” through marbled art making.
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