Into Your Hands: An Art Therapy Workshop

165 Brumley Avenue NE, Suite 3001,Concord NC 28025

08 July, 2021

Description

How important is art therapy? How about a night of FREE PUDDLE PAINTING to find out? How important is art therapy? How about a night of FREE PUDDLE PAINTING to find out?Puddle Painting is an abstract art process that is designed to give the participant a creative mindfulness experience in the creation of their art piece. In an effort to start a discussion about the importance of mental health and the value of the mindfulness in art therapy, TuxedoKat will be offering the community FREE opportunities to puddle paint. Sign-up in-person at 5:30p for your puddle painting time slot and enjoy a short presentation about mental health from a local professional and TuxedoKat will discuss how Puddle Painting can be a form of mindfulness art therapy that anyone can do anywhere! Grab a beer at Southern Strain and some delicious food from Hot Box Kitchen anytime during your visit. EVENT TIMELINE & AVAILABILITY**************************************** 5:30 - sign-up for puddle painting begins 6:00 - Mental Health & Art Therapy Presentations 6:30 - 15 spots for Puddles 7:00 - 15 spots for Puddles 7:30 - 15 spots for Puddles Depending on each participant's experience, these times may vary but each signed-up spot will be honored. EVENT DETAILS**************************************** • One participant may sign-up for one puddle painting • Families may sign-up members who are present • One canvas/participant to share opportunity with more people • No money or information required to sign-up • First-come, first-served while supplies last • 15 spots per time slot (above) • All ages welcome! • Children to ages 13 must have parent present • Participants pick-up dried painting(s) after 48 hours Any questions, please contact @TuxedoKat.Imaginarium at [email protected] Hello there Creative Kats (and kiddies)... my name is Kat (short for Katlyn). I am an adventurous spirit with a craving for the creative and a passion for expression. The creation of TuxedoKat: an Imaginarium started in 1988 when I was 3 years old and a stray tuxedo cat wandered into my backyard. Wanting to take care of this kitty, I set up a buffet of human food on the back porch in a multitude of colorful bowls from my mother's kitchen. After my mother gave me permission to keep the stray, I named him after his beautiful fur coat, "Black N White" ("Blackie" for short).This tuxedo cat was my best friend and would follow me on all my adventures around our one-light small country town. He was with me during sadness and sickness and I was with him when he suffered an infection that would eventually take him to heaven. We were adventure buddies. Blackie always understood me even when no one else did. It is because of Blackie's excellent listening-skills that I developed a keen communication through my vocalization of my vast imagination. His unconditional love and empathy for me is the reason I have created the Imaginarium: a safe place for both kids AND adults to explore their own vast imagination... to discover or re-discover the confidence to "explore your crazy" through a variety of creative KatBlasts.