BIPOC Empowered Arts and Coping Skills Sessions

Empowered Arts Programs 2025

BIPOC Empowered Arts + Coping Skills

This online mental wellness group will run once a week on Thursday evenings for 12 sessions. These sessions will alternate weekly between Coping Skills and the BIPOC 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 BIPOC 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 Thursday from February 27 to May 15th, 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

BIPOC Empowered Arts Mental Wellness Group

This virtual Empowered Arts Group is designed to provide a safe, judgment-free, and supportive space for women who are Black, Indigenous and/or People of Colour. It is also for Two-Spirit and gender diverse individuals who are part of the BIPOC community. Together, we will focus on embracing cultural identity, expressing internalized discrimination, and developing cultural empowerment through art making. The act of creating art is to physically externalize the emotions, conflicts, experiences, and more that a person holds within and visually confront them in a safe, non-intrusive manner. In a group setting like this one, when experiences are shared, acknowledged and supported, it creates a sense of community and safety for those who usually find themselves in settings where they are the minority. Self-expression and the creative process will inspire growth and foster connections, individually and as a group.

BIPOC Coping Skills

The Coping Skills group is a virtual expressive arts group for women who are Black, Indigenous and/or People of Colour. It is also for Two-Spirit and gender diverse individuals who are part of the BIPOC community. 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.