Community Display: Taking Care: Where Art Meets Wellness

Since 2021, Taking Care has brought together over 1,500 participants from southwestern Ontario and beyond for 50+ virtual wellness workshops. This program combines art and wellness, offering a transformative space for self-discovery, emotional connection, and community building.

Each session begins with mindfulness and group check-ins, followed by exploring a theme through AWE’s art collection and creating personal works of art. Activities range from yoga and guided meditations to journaling, poetry, and crafts. Participants have embraced projects like self-care collages, abstract watercolors, sculpture, and photography, reflecting on themes of stress, loss, hope, and transformation.

Taking Care fosters a welcoming, supportive environment where participants feel heard, valued, and inspired. Over time, many have shared their personal stories, deepening connections within the group. Art created during the program has become a source of joy, peace, and wellness for participants.

When asked to describe their experience in one word, participants responded: connected, inspired, and fulfilled.