Grand South Christmas Market
Catch CRATE at the Cranston Grand South Christmas Market—shop local, and get crafty.
        
      
      Art Night In: Art of Being Kind
Art Night In: Online Workshop via Calgary Central Library
        
      
      Mindful Makers: Throw Kindness
Start a chain reaction and throw kindness around like confetti, creating your very own Kindness Canon. Using art as a medium, learn about kindness and self-compassion, and practice treating yourself like a good friend.
        
      
      Mindful Makers: Throw Kindness
Start a chain reaction and throw kindness around like confetti, creating your very own Kindness Canon. Using art as a medium, learn about kindness and self-compassion, and practice treating yourself like a good friend.
        
      
      MC Holiday Series
Catch CRATE at the Market Collective Holiday Series—shop local, and get crafty.
        
      
      MC Holiday Series
Catch CRATE at the Market Collective Holiday Series—shop local, and get crafty.
        
      
      MC Holiday Series
Catch CRATE at the Market Collective Holiday Series—shop local, and get crafty.
        
      
      Mindful Makers: Just Breathe
Inhale courage, exhale fear. Create your own Just Brr-Breathe Critter and explore how creativity combined with the power of the breath can be used to cope with anxious moments.
        
      
      Mindful Makers: Just Breathe
Inhale courage, exhale fear. Create your own Just Brr-Breathe Critter and explore how creativity combined with the power of the breath can be used to cope with anxious moments.
        
      
      Municipal Election 2025: Project Your Voice
A hands-on workshop for youth 14+. Build a DIY projector with LEDs and batteries, then turn your hopes for Calgary into glowing messages. Designed for emerging voters, this art-based civic project invites youth to share what matters most, shaping a collaborative projection that amplifies their voices.
        
      
      Municipal Election 2025: Project Your Voice
A hands-on workshop for youth 14+. Build a DIY projector with LEDs and batteries, then turn your hopes for Calgary into glowing messages. Designed for emerging voters, this art-based civic project invites youth to share what matters most, shaping a collaborative projection that amplifies their voices.
Calgary Mayoral Debate
A hands-on workshop for youth 14+. Build a DIY projector with LEDs and batteries, then turn your hopes for Calgary into glowing messages. Designed for emerging voters, this art-based civic project invites youth to share what matters most, shaping a collaborative projection that amplifies their voices.
        
      
      Project Your Voice
Project Your Voice is a FREE hands-on, art-meets-action pop-up that invites Calgarians to share and illuminate their hopes for the city’s future.
        
      
      Bug Bright
Bug Bright is a playful Night Light Festival pop-up where you’ll build a glow bug, learn about circuits, and explore the light within.
        
      
      Bug Bright
Bug Bright is a playful Night Light Festival pop-up where you’ll build a glow bug, learn about circuits, and explore the light within.
        
      
      Project Your Voice
Project Your Voice is a FREE hands-on, art-meets-action pop-up that invites Calgarians to share and illuminate their hopes for the city’s future.
        
      
      Project Your Voice
Project Your Voice is a FREE hands-on, art-meets-action pop-up that invites Calgarians to share and illuminate their hopes for the city’s future.
        
      
      Bug Bright
Bug Bright is a playful Night Light Festival pop-up where you’ll build a glow bug, learn about circuits, and explore the light within.
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      Words of Gratitude
In partnership with the Calgary Public Library, I am hosting a workshop.
Language arts and art therapy come together! Participants will explore words and phrases that express gratitude, then bring them to life in a hands-on therapeutic art exploration. Their creative creations can be taken home and shared with someone they are grateful for.
Audience: Kids - Ages 6 to 9
Where: Country Hills Library - Country Hills Library - Main Floor - Program Room
When: Saturday, Aug. 23
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      
        
      
      Just Brrr-eathe
In partnership with Carya, I will be hosting this free workshop at the Village Commons (610 8 Ave SE #110, Calgary, AB).
Step into summer and sign up for a kid-friendly (7 and up) workshop designed to help you breathe easy and bloom into the new season! This playful experience invites participants to discover hands-on ways to unwind, like crafting a Just Brrr-Breathe critter.
        
      
      Feel The Colour
In partnership with Carya, I will be hosting this free workshop at the Village Commons (610 8 Ave SE #110, Calgary, AB).
Step into a world of colour and creativity with this engaging art workshop for adults. Blending a touch of art history with a hands-on activity, the session invites participants to explore the vibrant world of Wassily Kandinsky—a pioneer of abstract art who believed that colour and form could express deep emotion.
        
      
      Guess Watt?
In partnership with Carya, I will be hosting this free workshop at the Village Commons (610 8 Ave SE #110, Calgary, AB).
Let’s brighten the learning journey together! This workshop will empower kids (7 and up) to cultivate mindfulness by creating DIY projectors using simple art supplies. Participants will explore additive colour theory and an art-based technique to enhance focus and promote mental wellness.
        
      
      Just Breathe
Inhale courage, exhale fear. Kids explore how the power of the breath can be used to cope with anxious moments.
        
      
      Let Go Of Control
Acknowledge the good emotions along with the bad. Kids cultivate acceptance by identifying what they can and cannot control, learning to be self-compassionate rather than judgmental.
        
      
      Thought Surfer
Navigate negative emotions as you would surf on a wave in the ocean. Kids learn to be aware of automatic thinking patterns and begin to build coping mechanisms by learning to see a negative emotional state as temporary.
        
      
      Flip Your Lid
Quieten the storm before you become angry. Kids investigate triggers associated with strong emotions and learn how the fight, flight, or freeze response acts as the body’s built-in alarm system.
        
      
      Felt Sense
Feel the feels, knowing all feelings are valid. Kids learn emotions are neither good nor bad, simply a signal, building the connection between emotions, physical sensations, and thoughts.
Just Be
Quieten the storm before you become angry. Kids investigate triggers associated with strong emotions and learn how the fight, flight, or freeze response acts as the body’s built-in alarm system.
Sense of Self
Sense of Self - The journey begins with being curious. Kids commence their creative exploration with an introduction to mindfulness and start to build their vocabulary of different emotions.
        
      
      Snow Down
The town’s beloved winter festival, Chinook Blast, faces an unexpected challenge—its frosty symbol of community and creativity has shattered into pieces. But instead of jumping to conclusions of whodunnit, we invite you to embrace this mystery with curiosity.
Snow Down: A Snow Mystery is a FREE, family-friendly game that promotes mindfulness and creativity through exploration and observation. Participants can find game cards at participating businesses throughout the event.
Pop by Snow Down Headquarters, anytime between 12 pm and 5 pm, to craft your personalized Snow Down Globe—a calming, mindful object. Open to all ages and requiring no artistic skills, this FREE activity offers a fun and creative way to enhance emotional wellness.