🍏 Event Details:
Date & Time: Sunday, March 16th @ 1:30pm - 3:30pm. Drop-in as you please, anytime between 1:30pm-3:00pm considering the time needed for art!
Location: Decipher Counselling Art Therapy Studio, 207 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC in room 315
Cost: Suggested $15
Tickets: Available here; 6 spots max!
🍎 About the Open Studio Workshop:
Join us for an open studio-style workshop where we'll transform old materials into something special! Bring your favourite or old magazines you don't mind cutting up, past artworks ready for a second life, and an open mind. Through collage and mixed media, we'll explore how it feels to let go without the pressure to make something 'perfect', and just play.
This is a cozy space where you can explore letting go of 'good' art, and instead explore what feels good in cutting, tearing, and reworking pieces of past artworks and magazines into something new—using collage!
🍏 What You Can Expect:
the art of releasing: mobilize creative energy to create freely—no 'good art' pressure, no perfection, just play.
making new meanings from old pieces of you: reimagine them to reflect who you are becoming.
soft-guided open studio style: focus on the creative process in a cozy community - minus the overthinking.
🍎 No prior art experience needed—just bring your creativity! Whether you're an artist or it’s your first time making collage, you're welcome here. Everyone will leave with a personal collage or reworked piece of art that can symbolize them in their journey.
What to Bring (encouraged!): Old magazines, newspapers, past artwork you’d like to rework, stickers.
Policies:
Age: 18+ (all genders welcome)
Cancellation: Notify Chloe within 24hr for a refund. Please inform us if you can no longer attend so we can open your spot to someone else.
About the Facilitator:
Chloe is a Taiwanese-Canadian practicum counselling art therapy student at Adler University. As a recovering perfectionist and art school graduate, she aims to create a space where art isn’t about being ‘good’ or ‘bad’—but simply about the joy of creating.
Lately, she’s been obsessed with ripped collages—gathering bits of old art, magazines, and postcards to make something fun and messy. The process reminds her of taking pieces of her past self—forgotten art that no longer serves her—and transforming them into something new and meaningful.
✂️ Let’s cut, layer, and create something meaningful together!
For more inspiration, check out Chloe's art @hichloekwok
If you’d like to join us for future workshops, check out @deciphercounselling