About this Event
Date: May 23, 2024
Time: 6:00 – 7:30
Location: Zoom
**REGISTER ONLINE FOR WORKSHOP HERE**
**REGISTER BY CONTACTING THE ABILITY HUB**
(306) 665-5508
This workshop series offers a toolkit for neurodiverse folks who want to be better friends with
their thoughts and feelings. Using tools from the visual arts and creative writing, these
workshops are an opportunity to practice mindfulness in a supported environment, identify
habits and emotional loops, and develop a personalized toolkit for self-care.
The tools presented in these workshops can be used to improve concentration, experience
mirroring, reduce overwhelm and practice self-soothing. These activities are designed to
empower people who experience AD(H)D, anxiety, depression, as well as people who live on
the autism spectrum, to thrive within their existing capacities.
These tools come from techniques in the visual arts and poetry but are explored in ways that
focus on experiencing resilience, strengthening self-reliance, and identifying core values.
The tools can be used by anyone, regardless of experience or skill-level. The tools can be also
used by artists and writers to build, renovate, or strengthen the foundation of their creative
practice.
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Presented by a local Saskatoon Artist, made possible by the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the
Government of Saskatchewan. Rebecca La Marre is a queer Canadian artist with a writing,
research, and performance practice. Her work is exhibited and published internationally and
has taken her to over 20 countries. In 2020 she was diagnosed with Adult ADHD, anxiety, and
depression. In 2022 she discovered she is on the Autism Spectrum. Through the diagnoses she
discovered that many of the strategies she uses in her art practice also double as effective ways
to cope with challenging aspects of her neurodiversity.
She holds a Masters in Art Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London, and has been the
recipient of funding from The British Arts Council, The Québec Council for the Arts and the
Federal Government of Canada. This workshop series is funded by SK Arts: Artists in
Communities.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
North Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre, 237 5th Avenue North, Saskatoon, Canada
CAD 0.00
