Creating Climate Resilience Artmaking Workshops
Creating Climate Resilience artmaking workshops can come in various formats depending on the needs of the partner and participants. The standard workshop is 2 - 3 hours long and involves an opening and closing climate circle (dialogue) and 1 - 2 art making activities. These tend to cover climate emotions (such as climate anxiety, ecological grief) and visions for what a climate resilient future could look like.
Other variations include 1 - 1.5hr artmaking sessions, artmaking stations at events (drop-by), guest lectures involving a presentation on research and facilitated art making, and more! See the past workshops and events below for examples.
Interested in collaborating on an event or hiring Sabrina to facilitate? Fill out the Contact Us form for more information!
Are you a young person (15 - 30 years old) who experiences climate anxiety?
Creating Climate Resilience invites you to sign up for a series of artmaking sessions to address your climate anxiety. Each session will start with a free meal and be followed by dialogue circles and visual artmaking (all materials provided). The program runs on Tuesdays May 6th, May 13th, May 20th, May 27th, June 3rd from 5:30 – 8pm at the Multifaith Centre on University of Victoria campus. Participants are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible, and at minimum must commit to attending the first and last sessions. No prior artmaking experience or expertise about climate change is required. Click the register here button for more information and sign up by May 4th at the latest!
Past Workshops and Events
Artmaking with University of Victoria Students
Artmaking with University of Victoria Students
Artmaking with University of Victoria Students
Sabrina has facilitated artmaking five times for ES407, ES480 and SOCI437 courses at at the University of Victoria. She also hosted a Climate Resilience Crafternoon for the Environmental Studies Students Association (ESSA) on March 20th, 2023.
Common Horizon Victoria Climate Jam
Artmaking with University of Victoria Students
Artmaking with University of Victoria Students
Hosted an artmaking station about "what might a future without billionaires look like" for the Common Horizon Climate Jam at theDock Centre for Social Impact on February 27th, 2025.
Seniors for Climate Victoria Day of Action
Artmaking with University of Victoria Students
Spatial Matter Climate Grief Circle and Collage Workshop
On National Seniors Day (October 1st, 2024) Sabrina was invited to facilitate a Thinking Like an Ancestor artmaking activity for the attendees of the Seniors for Climate event at the BC Legislative Assembly.
Spatial Matter Climate Grief Circle and Collage Workshop
Spatial Matter Climate Grief Circle and Collage Workshop
Spatial Matter Climate Grief Circle and Collage Workshop
As part of the Spatial Matter Life and Death Exhibit at Fortune Gallery in Victoria, Sabrina hosted a free climate grief circle and collage workshop for community members on September 22nd, 2024.
Youth Climate Festival Art Station
Spatial Matter Climate Grief Circle and Collage Workshop
Fire Season Climate Circle and Artmaking Session
At CityHive Vancouver's Youth Climate Festival on July 31st, 2024, hosted an artmaking station for youth to create a collaborative art piece about what a climate resilient and socially just future could look like.
Fire Season Climate Circle and Artmaking Session
Spatial Matter Climate Grief Circle and Collage Workshop
Fire Season Climate Circle and Artmaking Session
Facilitated a climate circle and artmaking session featuring collage at the UVic Legacy Art Gallery downtown as part of their Fire Season Exhibit July 30th, 2024.
A Living Canvas: Bridging Art and Restoration
A Living Canvas: Bridging Art and Restoration
A Living Canvas: Bridging Art and Restoration
Facilitated artwork for community members at Gorge Waterway Action Societies' (GWAS) sold-out event A Living Canvas: Bridging Art and Restoration on March 21st, 2024 at the Esquimalt Park Pavillion.
SSEEPSA K-12 Educators' Climate Action Day
A Living Canvas: Bridging Art and Restoration
A Living Canvas: Bridging Art and Restoration
Sabrina was invited by the Salish Sea Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist
Association (SSEPSA) to facilitate an artmaking and climate emotions workshop for for the Climate Action Day of the K-12 Educators Tapestry Conference on February 16th, 2024.
OceanWise Youth To Sea
A Living Canvas: Bridging Art and Restoration
OceanWise Youth To Sea
Sabrina facilitated an artmaking and climate emotions workshop for the 2023-2024 cohort of OceanWise's Youth to Sea Program which engages 14 - 18 year olds in ocean conservation projects and capacity building. The workshop was at the Art Hub on February 15th, 2024