2SLGBTQI+ Empowered Arts and Coping Skills

Empowered Arts Programs and Coping Skills 2025

2SLGBTQI+ Empowered Arts & Coping Skills

This online mental wellness group will run once a week on Tuesday evenings for 12 sessions. These sessions will alternate weekly between Coping Skills and the 2SLBGBTQI+ Empowered Arts Mental Wellness Group. One week will focus on learning arts-based Coping Skills and the following week on Empowered Arts. We also offer spots for individuals who would like to attend only the Coping Skills group for 6 sessions.

Please note that everyone signed up for the 2SLGBTQI+ Empowered Arts Mental Wellness Group will also be a part of the Coping Skills group. This structure helps foster stronger group connections and create a sense of safety.

There are 12 total sessions (6 empowered arts and 6 coping skills). These sessions are held on alternating weeks every Tuesday from February 25 to May 13th, 2025.

For more information regarding this workshop, please call us at 905-493-5955 or email us at adultprograms@artwithaheart.ca!

Intake Form Program Cost

Due to limited spaces, this group will be for individuals who have not previously participated in our Empowered Arts Programs and the intake form will not guarantee you a spot. If you have participated in these programs before, please still fill out this form, as you will be put on a waiting list. Should any spots become available, we will reach out to you. After completing the intake form we will be in contact shortly!

About the Programs

2SLGBTQI+ Empowered Arts

This virtual expressive arts mental wellness group is about providing an inclusive, welcoming and non-judgemental space for people who identify as 2SLGBTQI+ and/or questioning. We create alongside each other and hold space to explore and express our identities, experiences, challenges, thoughts and emotions. Art is an expression of self and allows us to discover new possibilities, gain personal insights, and give form to what we may be holding inside. In this supportive environment, we create space to acknowledge and address unique challenges, including experiences of discrimination and stigma, and to celebrate and empower our queer identities through art and community. This group is a place to be seen, heard, accepted and validated. We create meaningful connections with ourselves, the group members, the creative process and our artwork.

2SLGBTQI+ Coping Skills

The Coping Skills group is a virtual expressive arts group for individuals who identify with the 2SLGBTQI+ and/or questioning. We will explore different materials and art activities that let us quiet our minds and focus our attention and presence on our artwork. We engage in the present moment through the tactile and versatile nature of art. Learning new arts-based coping skills and different creative processes, we can foster mindfulness and creativity, improving our self-esteem and mental well being. These coping skills are tools we can continue to use in our daily lives. We encourage and support each other, create alongside each other and share this creative journey with our group.

This program is Proudly Sponsored By

The Fund for Gender Equality is supported by a collaboration between Community Foundations of Canada and the Equality Fund, with support from the Government of Canada.