Video Making in Art Therapy:
Online Digital Storytelling Workshops for Art Therapists

In these 2 online workshops, art therapist Bevan Klassen (DWHEAT) will introduce you to the immersive art process of video making for your therapy practice.
 
INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP: Making a Mindful Video as Art Therapy
Options:
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Saturday Mar. 18 (ended) OR
Saturday Apr. 1, 2023
Half Day from 11:00AM - 1:30PM Central Daylight Time

Monday Apr. 3, 2023
Afternoon from 2:00AM - 4:00PM Central Daylight Time

$50
You will explore video making as art therapy through creating your own mindful video. You will have access to a digital studio and media library as a play space to express a felt sense or an intention.  As participants share their work, experience the power of video making as therapy in a group. If you want to understand how to implement video making as therapy in your practice, attend the weekend Intermediate Workshop. 
​This online class is limited to 12 participants.

INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP: Using Digital Storytelling as Art Therapy
2-Day Workshop, Friday, Apr. 14 & Saturday, April 15th, 2023 from 10:00am - 6:00pm Central Daylight Time, both days
$350
Over 2 days, you will learn how to implement video making in your therapy practice. I will guide you in translating your experience making a video in the introductory workshop into a set of art activities you can use with those you help. This will include making a draft of your own digital story as an inclusive, trauma-informed and ethical art therapy process. 
This online class is limited to 12 participants.
Note: The Introductory Workshop is a prerequisite to taking the Intermediate Workshop.​
These groups are presented by Deep Focus Art Therapy for Art Therapists or other mental health professionals. 


​Exploring Your Cancer Experience Through Video

This is a 5-week online group to explore and express your experience with cancer by creating videos. Training and support is provided to assist first-time video makers using a stock media library or personal video clips, photos, music or sound. The group runs Friday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. from February 10 to March 10, 2023.
This group is sponsored by CancerCare Manitoba for individuals diagnosed or treated for cancer in the past 2 years. Contact Bevan for more information.

Video in Art and Expressive Arts Therapy: Sharing Stories from the Heart

This weekend online course is for art and expressive art therapists who want to help others to share stories and feelings by creating videos. Digital communication amplifies heart stories with sounds and images. This class will introduce a trauma-informed, expressive process using the Expressive Therapy Continuum as a map of how to pair video approaches with unique personal challenges. The group runs December 3 - 4th, 2022.
This group is sponsored by the Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Art Therapy (WHEAT) Institute as part of the Rivers of Solidarity Expressive Arts for Social Transformation Program for expressive art therapists or art therapists in-training or in a practice. Contact Bevan for more information.