Workshops & Artist-Led Activities

empowering people to engage meaningfully with the arts and each other

workshops in art galleries, museums, communities & schools

for Museums & Art Galleries

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. . . interacting with & Animating collections

. . . Finding Meaning in Art

. . . intercultural engagement

. . . Hands-on workshops

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Mask Making
Mask Making

. . . full scale projects — 3 weeks to 6 months

. . . Interactive Installations created with visitor collaboration

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Glove Forest
Glove Forest

. . . installations & exhibitions

. . . Performance Happenings • spontaneous collaborations

for Corporations & Non-profit organizations:

. . . cultivating awareness & understanding

For Arts Schools, Colleges, Universities, Elementary & Secondary Schools

Workshops & Artist-led Activities are designed to:

  • cultivate compassion, learning and understanding through feeling and knowing

  • open doors to empathy and compassion through storytelling and sharing

  • bridge cultural, linguistic and generational gaps

  • enable people to see aspects themselves through others’ stories and creations

  • further intercultural awareness and understanding through listening, feeling and doing

  • provide a safe environment where people may express themselves and be heard

  • motivate personal expression through the arts

  • combat loneliness, isolation and alienation

  • connect people through play, storytelling, song, movement, painting, performance, and laughter

  • empower and enable us to appreciate new values, priorities and perspectives

  • develop awareness of subconscious bias through collaborative activities

  • demonstrate the power of the arts to communicate and explore relevant personal issues

  • present multiple options, avenues and vehicles for communicating through the arts

  • explore tools for coping with depression and present alternatives to substance abuse, self-harm and suicide

  • deepen personal connections with the arts

  • demonstrate why the arts matter

  • deepen public engagement with art

  • bring together people of all ages, cultural backgrounds and abilities, including: seniors, adults, youth, children, Indigenous people, newcomers, disenfranchised individuals and people with special needs

  • include people speaking in up to eight languages. Translators are welcomed
    (Amanta speaks English and Spanish, with basic French and Japanese)

Given the power of the arts to trigger strong emotions and poignant memories, Workshops and Artist-led activities are also conducted in association with mental health, spiritual and/or career counsellors, as required.