Sharing some professional development opportunities and resources for the 2nd half of 2023.

Sharing in this post my recent creative collaboration with my dear friend Heather at Amica Peel Village for Earth Day 2023. As an Eco-Artist and Art Therapist who works regularly with natural materials, I was excited to engage residents in a nature-based art activity. The afternoon included art displays and information tables and residents gathering in community to create earth sculptures to celebrate earth day.

…”I am and have always been a poet. I was a poet before I even knew I was. Poetry has enveloped me and invited me to see, explore and make meaning of the world. It has moved me closer to myself”.

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 Hannah Sherebrin’s story, Safe Space for Ukraine Refugees from the most recent issue of the Ontario Art Therapy Association’s Tapestry Newsletter and and update around developments since her project began. Hannah’s meaningful and much-needed work supporting refugees through art therapy initiatives is important to share.

Sharing my response sketches and reflective jottings from Day 2 of the Canadian Art Therapy Association’s 2022 Symposium Relationship & Reciprocity. Feeling such a sense of deep gratitude post this 7 hour immersive experience of stories and art in community with others, gently held and guided by indigenous facilitators | art therapy peers | heARTtivists.
Poster Image Credit: CATA-ACAT with Artwork: Earth Guardian by Jean E. Tait

Upcoming Bereavement Group: Together the participants will learn about the grieving process, develop strategies for coping, and explore feelings through artmaking. For more information or to register please email

Connecting through Sharing. Art Therapy Resources for Art Therapists.

“As an eco-conscious art therapist, I always want to be mindful of the impact I have on the Earth as an artist – and I’m sure you do too! I’d like to introduce you to two potential ways of respectfully processing your old pieces of artwork without contributing to the destruction of the natural world”. - Taylor

The Importance of Being Aware.

Mark your calendars and see you there in the virtual space for continued professional development in art therapy.

CATA-ACAT: “Join us in three days of arts-based workshops this fall, exploring land-based practices and social justice in art therapy, with facilitators bringing a broad range of experiences in art therapy and a shared passion for individual and collective healing through the art.”

The experiential workshop brings together expressive art, meditation and mindful walking in an outdoor Labyrinth - a truly unique experience to clear the mind and experience creative flow in nature

Sharing with permission artwork and introduction to the poetic inquiry by Dr. Fyre Jean Graveline who was our keynote speaker at the 2021 Canadian Art Therapy Association’s Conference in November ‘Emergence’, and my response art to her powerful keynote presentation ‘When I Heard the Recent Horrific News’

“I created a Resource Handbook for my Major Project at TATI because it was a niche of research that inspired me, as I’m passionate about supporting the success of others in my profession”. - Ally

“This resource book is reflexive, and invites a curiosity in the reader: hopefully some of what you read here will encourage you to create your own invitations and explore new ways of being creative”. - Taylor

Sharing my reflections and eco-art creation to celebrate all of the recent art therapy graduates from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute.

JUNE 2022… Toronto Art Therapy Institute's online art therapy service is now open for self-referral!

TATI opened its online art therapy service in 2020 to offer affordable and accessible mental health services to the community during the pandemic - TATI

Buddha boards can be a creative tool to promote relaxation through the soothing motion of brush strokes and gentle repetition and mark making. They can be woven into mindfulness moments and grounding exercises in your home or studio space.

“This series of zines are created from our positions as racialized practitioners in the creative arts therapies. It comes from a process of putting together words and images that are meaningful to us, in conversations, poetry and collages. It is rooted in our experiences of accessing therapy or mental health support”.

Before the world turned upside down with the Pandemic, Jenny and I had celebrated a wonderful collaboration of over 10 years, designing and facilitating a creative community gathering for sensory engagement for older adults struggling with cognitive decline. We wove various types of stimulating experiences and activities within the weekly group format at our long-term care setting.