Faculty of ArtJoin us on Tues. March 8 @ 11:30am-1:00pm (PT) for a virtual workshop around mental health in Asian diasporic communities!
We will be welcoming Jotika Chaudhary Samant (she/her) of Jotika Healing Arts. Jotika will be facilitating grounding and centering practices within the framework of anti-oppressive expressive arts therapy. Workshop activities will include guided visual art and writing prompts, to help us process the past year and collectively connect with inner resources such as our imaginations.
No prior artistic or expressive arts therapy experience is required, and participants may use whatever arts and crafts materials they have access to (e.g. pencils, paper, colouring supplies, digital tools such as word processors or multimedia software/websites).
Registration is required due to limited space. Free and open to students who are currently registered in the ACAM program. This event is being organized under the ACAM Dialogues: Building Anti-Racism on Campus project.
About the facilitator:
Jotika (she/her) is a queer woman of colour. She is deeply passionate about the arts as a profound and powerful tool to hold and process trauma and wounds. Expressive Arts Therapy can provide insights into deeper self-awareness of our nervous systems, into our senses. It can support us to remember and reconnect with what safety feels like in our bodies. For more about Jotika or anti-oppressive expressive arts therapy, visit Jotika Healing Arts.
Accessibility:
- This event will take place virtually. Participants will need a device with working Wi-Fi connection and basic arts and crafts supplies for group activities.
- A Zoom link will be shared prior to the event. You do not need to sign up for a Zoom account or download the app to join.
- If you would like to participate but access to arts and crafts supplies is a barrier for you, please email us and we can try to facilitate a supply share.
- Captions will be provided via Zoom’s automatic captioning feature. There are no sign language interpreters booked at this time.
- This event will not be recorded. Event organizers may write notes about overall themes and insights that arise, as part of the workshop outcomes.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests around this event and/or accessibility, please contact Olivia and amanda at acam.events@ubc.ca as soon as possible, and we will do our best to make additional arrangements.
