Empowered Art Journaling 📒

Instructed by Katrina Slade. Saturday and Sunday, May 14 – 15, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. $175.

At Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre. Register here.

Beginners / Youth (14+) / Adult

In this workshop, you will learn creative art journaling, mindfulness, and self-compassion practices designed to cultivate creativity and nurture your resiliency. Instructor Katrina Slade guides you through four lessons across two days of total creative immersion. This workshop is for you if you are interested in creative expression but need a little guidance.

Materials Required by students:

• art journal 9×12″
• set of watercolours
• paint brushes
• regular journal or notebook just for notes
• (Acrylic craft paint will be provided, but if the attendee has some other acrylics they would like to bring, they are welcome to)

We do not charge HST. SSANC Membership discounts apply. Bursaries are available – click here to apply. 

Registration Deadline: May 6, 2022

About the Course: In this workshop, you will learn creative art journaling, mindfulness, and self-compassion practices designed to cultivate creativity and nurture your resiliency. Instructor Katrina Slade guides you through four lessons across two days of total creative immersion. Enjoy the freedom of open-ended lessons that don’t follow the traditional follow-the-leader type of outcome. This workshop is for you if you are interested in creative expression but need a little guidance, and if you are comfortable with – or curious to know more about – mindfulness, self-reflection, and self-compassion.

Learn more about this course here.

About the Instructor: Katrina Slade is a third-generation interdisciplinary visual artist with a lifelong passion for creativity. Her work is often inspired by a personal response to her environment, typically emphasizing uplifting and positive messages. Katrina’s primary medium is acrylic painting, and sometimes creates sculptural or installation work.

Katrina earned a BFA specializing in painting and drawing, followed by an MA in 2011 in her home state of Oregon. World travel has been instrumental in her artistic growth. After spending the decade of her twenties traveling and working overseas, she immigrated to Canada in 2018.

Katrina has enjoyed several solo exhibitions, as well as participated in multiple two-person and group shows in Europe and North America. Her work has been published in books, magazines, and is in private collections in various countries around the world. She currently lives and works in Fredericton, NB.