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!
Ocean Week Victoria Event June 4th, 2025
Photo by Rosie Poirier
Fall Art Workshop Series
Are you a young person (18 - 30) concerned about climate change? Are you seeking a community in which to express these thoughts and feelings?
Join Creating Climate Resilience for a free Thursday evening workshop series utilizing artmaking and dialogue to explore your thoughts and feelings about climate change in a supportive space.
As we head into darker months and the end of the year, we offer an opportunity to explore seasonality, your hopes and fears for the coming year and how you want to nourish yourself amid the demands of everyday life. Over this series of three art workshops we will delve into themes such as how climate change feels in our bodies, the importance of rest and care amid the urgency of the crisis, and our relationships to marine and terrestrial environments. This is a safe space to create 'bad art' to process your climate emotions. No prior artmaking experience or expertise about climate change is required. Snacks and supplies provided!
Dates: Thursdays November 5th, 12th and 19th
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Nova Arts Hub, 4489 Viewmont Ave, Victoria BC
What to bring: a water bottle and yourself. Food and all artmaking supplies are provided!
Registration is required, please see the ticket link beow:
Summer 2026 Series Recap
Past Workshops and Events
Stanley Park's Past, Our Climate Future: Zinemaking Workshop
Stanley Park's Past, Our Climate Future: Zinemaking Workshop
Stanley Park's Past, Our Climate Future: Zinemaking Workshop
On March 3rd, 2026 CCR partnered with the Stanley Park Ecological Society (SPES) to host a collaborative zinemaking workshop in the Nature House on Lost Lagoon. Participants learned about the park's colonial past and anticipated climate change impacts, and then created zines reflecting hopes and teachings for the future.
Champlain Heights Mural Community Consultation
Stanley Park's Past, Our Climate Future: Zinemaking Workshop
Stanley Park's Past, Our Climate Future: Zinemaking Workshop
In partnership with the Invasive Art Initiative and Free the Fern Society in Vancouver, CCR hosted a consultation to inform a mural in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood. On March 1st community members joined Sabrina at the Killarney Community Centre to brainstorm important landmarks, stories and teachers that should be included.
Climate Wellness Network Climate Emotions Art Workshop
Stanley Park's Past, Our Climate Future: Zinemaking Workshop
Climate Wellness Network Climate Emotions Art Workshop
On July 30th, 2025 Creating Climate Resilience collaborated with the Climate Wellness Network to facilitate an arts-based climate emotions workshop at the Creekside Community Centre. Community members of all ages gathered for snacks, dialogue and visual artmaking relating to climate resilience.
Waves of Emotion Ocean Week Victoria Event
Waves of Emotion Ocean Week Victoria Event
Climate Wellness Network Climate Emotions Art Workshop
As part of Victoria's Ocean Week, Creating Climate Resilience facilitated an artmaking workshop at the Ecologyst on June 4th, 2025. This engaged community members of various ages in conversation and artmaking about their relationship with marine environments and species.
Common Horizon Victoria Climate Jam
Waves of Emotion Ocean Week Victoria Event
Seniors for Climate Victoria Day of Action
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
Waves of Emotion Ocean Week Victoria Event
Seniors for Climate Victoria Day of Action
On National Seniors Day (October 1st, 2024) Creating Climate Resilience 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, Creating Climate Resilience 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
Spatial Matter Climate Grief Circle and Collage Workshop
At CityHive Vancouver's Youth Climate Festival on July 31st, 2024, CCR 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
CCR 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
Fire Season Climate Circle and Artmaking Session
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
SSEEPSA K-12 Educators' Climate Action Day
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
SSEEPSA K-12 Educators' Climate Action Day
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
Fall 2025 Series Recap
Spring 2025 Series Recap
