The TATI and OATA community members gathered together for the first hybrid art hive at the beautiful new TATI location with the theme: Mending, Weaving and Repair.

Sharing eco-art and earth sculptures created in community on Monday September 30th for Truth and Reconciliation Day. Moments spent in reflection on this important day and in response to the natural materials.

Join us at Sheridan College’s Trafalgar Gallery for two days of deep discussion, art making, care, learning, sharing, connection, and advocacy around our mutual public arts & health practices.

FEB. 2023… “The Art Hive at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute is back for spring art-making! An art hive is a community art studio and a welcoming place to talk, create, connect, share skills and build community”

Happily sharing the World Art Therapy Conference information for 2023. Virtually engage with the art therapy world in rich art therapy learning and community connection for three weekends in February.

Sharing Cynthia’s Art Hive story from the most recent issue of the Ontario Art Therapy Association’s Tapestry.

“Set aside some time for connections with yourself and others through creativity and conversation at the Art Hive Pop-Up at Dufferin Grove Farmers' Market this summer Hope to see you there”.

Developing a Virtual Art Hive has been a passion project and goal since joining the Ontario Art Therapy Association Board in 2021 and I am so incredibly pleased to see it come into fruition in 2022. From training and connecting with others around the art hive model I could see the benefits of creating a community of practice where therapists supported therapists and engaged in meaningful creativity for personal self-care.

MAY 2022… “The Art Hive at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute is back for spring-summer art-making! An art hive is a community art studio and a welcoming place to talk, create, connect, share skills and build community”

JAN 2022… “The Art Hive at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute is back for spring art-making! An art hive is a community art studio and a welcoming place to talk, create, connect, share skills and build community”

SEPT 2021… “The Art Hive at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute is back for autumn art-making! An art hive is a community art studio and a welcoming place to talk, create, connect, share skills and build community”

…“The Creative Science Shop is a monthly studio online meet up welcoming an exchange of ideas, innovations, sceintific and artistic projects. This intergenerational group brings together passion in the arts and sciences from older adults, students and researchers.” — Retrieved From: The Creative Science Shop Flyer • Engage Living Lab Creatif • 2021

…“engAGE Living Lab is a Concordia University project where older adults and researchers connect online to share knowledge and creative expression through diverse activities focused on wellbeing and community building.” — Retrieved From: Engage Living Lab Creatif • Facebook Group • 2021

MAY 2021… “The Art Hive at the Toronto Art Therapy Institute is back for springtime art-making! An art hive is a community art studio and a welcoming place to talk, create, connect, share skills and build community”

… a small sampling of professional development opportunities for art therapists in 2021.

“We want stories. In stories we connect, in stories we learn, in stories we are human … We are together, we are the same, we are connected beyond race and class and gender.” — Isabel Allende