OUR SUNSHINE COAST ART WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
One to one art
as therapy sessions
Chony is facilitating one to one art as therapy sessions for NDIS funded and non-NDIS funded people of all ages, abilities and creative interests.
This offering is inclusive of all ages including young children who may require sensory art experiences, to children, teenagers, adults and seniors.
Based on each individuals NDIS goals, individual goals and creative interests Chony uses her wealth of experience to develop a series of weekly or fortnightly hour or two hour sessions that are engaging and well-being focussed.
Participants may like to experience some of the following art materials and techniques;
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Acrylic painting
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Clay
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Nature art
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Water colour painting
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Painting with inks
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Sketching using pencils, pens, charcoal, soft past or oil pastels
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Hand built clay vessels and small sculptures
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Weaving
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Abstract or realistic art style
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Print making using gel prints
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Print transfer
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Brush making
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Tissue paper flower making
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Collage
Well-being benefits of art as therapy sessions with Chony;
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Increased self-confidence & self-acceptance
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Developed fine motor skills
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Emotional regulation
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Self awareness, body awareness & strategies to communicate feelings
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Processing of feelings
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Decreased feelings of anxiety and low mood
Location
The MET Space space in Maroochydore
And
Coolum HeARTS Shed in Coolum
Please contact Chony for further information about availability or with any other questions
Email – chonysartschool@gmail.com
‘Expressive Art Group’,art as therapy group
for NDIS funded adults
Expressive Art Group, is an inclusive adult art group for people who enjoy socialising and learning how to express their creativity using a variety of art materials and techniques.
This art group is unique to the Sunshine Coast as founders Chony Bowden who is a QCT registered and experienced arts facilitator and Sally Cuthbert who is an ANZACATA registered art therapist interweave their decades of experience to provide a creative refuge for adults who are supported by all funding streams including NDIS. This weekly session is a small group of no more than 13 participants, so that the facilitators have time to spend with each person.
Each term local artists are invited to facilitate alongside Chony or Sally which aims to provide opportunities for our participants to learn art techniques from people who are passionate about a particular art medium.
Both Chony and Sally use their extensive art networks to support their participants to gain confidence in the community by (when possible) exhibiting their artworks at gallery exhibitions, attending local art galleries, making art to contribute to exhibitions and attending workshops led by local and international artists in gallery spaces.
The art materials and techniques offered to participants may include –
• acrylic painting on canvas
• watercolour painting techniques
• weaving
• printmaking
• print transfers
• collage
• multi-media artworks
• wet felting & fibre arts
• pigmented & alcohol inks
• sketching using pens, charcoal and soft pastels etc
• book making
• clay vessels
• craft
• nature art
(just to name a few!)
Well-being benefits of art as therapy sessions of ‘Expressive Art Group’;
• Increased participation in the wider community
• Building connections and friendships
• Goal setting
• Learning skills for inner calm & mindfulness
• Increased self-confidence & self-acceptance
• Developed fine motor skills
• Emotional regulation
• Self-awareness, body awareness & strategies to communicate feelings
• Processing of feelings
• Decreased feelings of anxiety and low mood
Venue
The MET - Cnr of First Avenue & South Sea Islander Way, Maroochydore
Day
Wednesday's (School term time)
Time
9.40-11.40am
Term 1
2024 Wednesday the 31st of January - Wednesday the 27th of March
Community Kindergartens, Early Learning Centres
and Bush Kindy’s – Visual Art, Art as Therapy Workshops
Interweaving her Diploma of Early Childhood & Care, Visual Arts Education degree and Art Therapy qualifications Chony designs engaging and diverse art experiences for all ages, abilities, interests and educational establishments learning goals.
How Visual Art Workshops benefit young children;
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Increase in self-confidence
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Use, describe and trust their imagination
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Develop early stages of literacy through drawing pictures and explaining ideas
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Fine motor control
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Communication – forming words and sounds
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Spatial awareness & body awareness
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Social, verbal and sharing strategies
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Self-expression
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Decrease feelings of anxiety
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Process emotions and feelings
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Promotes curiosity & trust
Chony consults with the Director and educators to gain an insight into the goals of the centre, individual interests and learning needs of the children to specifically design Multi-Media Visual Arts Workshops that are tailor made to ACECQA, EYLF – Early Years Framework.
These workshops can be on-going, term time, during school holidays or project based – to design a mural or develop creative mindfulness practices within your centre.
I have a post-graduate Degree in Education, a Diploma of Early Childhood & Care, a blue card, yellow card and extensive education experience from babies to adults.
To Enquire as to how Chony’s Art Room can facilitate a quality learning experience that sets your learning establishment apart from others email – chonysartschool@gmail.com
Educational or Home Schooling Visual Art Workshops
Chony is a QCT registered and 20 year experienced teacher and Visual Arts educator whose career has led her to facilitate educational experiences in the arts in locations around Australia such as; some Indigenous Communities, Melbourne & Sydney, also internationally in countries such as; London, Scotland, Papua New Guinea and San Fransisco.
She has been invited to collaborate with artists such as Mirka Mora’s son William Mora, The Royal Botanical Gardens, The City of Yarra Indigenous Species trails, Jeffrey Feeger & PNG community arts, Sharing Stories art program & ABC arts. More recently collaborating with Man and Wah, The Horizon Festival, artist Anne Harris, Marni Stuart, The Caloundra Gallery and The Maroochy Botanical Gardens Gallery.
Using her wealth of pedagogical and curriculum design knowledge, Chony listens to the assessment criteria, goals and interests of the students, educators and educational facilities to build an engaging, diverse and inspiring visual arts curriculum.
Programs can be designed for;
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Professional Development – arts-based education for teachers
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Specialist Visual Art Teacher – school-based, short or long contract
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Home School – Term time (numbers dependant)
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Specific goal – mural, arts-based project/recycled arts etc
Chony has a warm, positive and engaging approach to teaching that works to inspire confidence in her students to trust their inner artist to create unique works of art.
Price depends on the number of children, location and duration of workshops. For more information contact Chony by Email – chonysartschool@gmail.com
Art Workshops for Seniors and Retirement/
Aged Care Centres
Based on the therapeutic principals of art therapy, mindfulness and visual arts education Chony can tailor all visual art workshops to suit participants individual creative interests.
Whether in a small group or one to one session Chony can provide art lessons that focus on learning new art techniques or refining the participants existing skills.
Some of the art materials that Participants may choose to learn about could be:-
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Inks
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Soft pastel
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Wet felting
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Oil pastels
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Acrylic painting
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Water colour painting
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Weaving
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Sculpture
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Clay play
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Charcoal – portraits and still life
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Collage
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Multi-Media
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Painting on canvas and high quality paper
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Printmaking
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Acrylic pour
Providing all art equipment at each session every participant will take home with them a work of art that is a lovely reflection of their artistic interest and growing skill.
Price is dependent on number of participants, location and duration of workshops.
Paint & Sip Workshops – Tailored to you!
Immerse yourself in a fun and interactive environment in which you and your friends are guided by an expert art facilitator to create a work of art of your choosing or of a provided selection of images.
There is absolutely no artistic skills required, however, every participant will take home a unique piece of art, a joyful memory and moment of connection that they have created with their friends.
Available upon request for 6 people or more and perfect for life celebrations of all kinds including birthdays, hens parties, baby showers!
These events are a wonderful way to create connections with colleagues as a team building exercise and have a memorable keep sake of the moment on your wall at home!
For more information email
Boutique Visual Art Workshops –
Intuitive Mixed Media & Mark Making
Breathe, let go and express your inner selves onto paper during an Intuitive Mixed Media Art Workshops. These workshops are based on the principals of art therapy and visual arts education.
Designed to offer an opportunity for participants to intuitively express their ‘inner voice’ onto the page to create a uniquely individual abstract artwork that is playfully composed using high quality art materials that include:- superior pigmented inks, artist quality acrylic paints, charcoal, soft pastels, oil pastels, posca pens which are applied using pipets, textured rollers and brushes of all sizes.
Beginning with a whole group visual meditation participants are guided to tap into their deep intuition, finding flow, letting go, manifesting or seeking. Channelling this inner consciousness participants are provided with teaching around visual art techniques and then invited to listen to music set to inspire the inner mark maker.
Birthday Painting Parties
Birthday painting parties are a great deal of FUN!
Designed to suit all ages and abilities, the birthday person chooses an image from a selection that is provided or one that they already like for their friends to paint.
The Space at The Coolum Hearts Shed, will be set up with easels, canvases and paints for all of the young artists to sit down, learn, laugh and enjoy a one and a half hour painting session.
Cakes and yummy food treats follow the painting experience and are supplied by the parents.
Beside each child taking home an individual art work and momento of the birthday persons special day… you can go home without having to clean up a thing!.
For more information email Chony on – chonysartschool@gmail.com
Rehabilitation, Respite Centre &
Health Retreat Art Workshops
Chony is facilitating one to one art as therapy sessions for NDIS funded and non-NDIS funded people of all ages, abilities and creative interests.
This offering is inclusive of all ages including young children who may require sensory art experiences, to children, teenagers, adults and seniors.
Based on each individuals NDIS goals, individual goals and creative interests Chony uses her wealth of experience to develop a series of weekly or fortnightly hour or two hour sessions that are engaging and well-being focussed.
Participants may like to experience some of the following art materials and techniques;
-
Acrylic painting
-
Clay
-
Nature art
-
Water colour painting
-
Painting with inks
-
Sketching using pencils, pens, charcoal, soft past or oil pastels
-
Hand built clay vessels and small sculptures
-
Weaving
-
Abstract or realistic art style
-
Print making using gel prints
-
Print transfer
-
Brush making
-
Tissue paper flower making
-
Collage
Well-being benefits of art as therapy sessions of ‘Expressive Art Group’;
-
Increased participation in the wider community
-
Building connections and friendships
-
Goal setting
-
Learning skills for inner calm & mindfulness
-
Increased self-confidence & self-acceptance
-
Developed fine motor skills
-
Emotional regulation
-
Self-awareness, body awareness & strategies to communicate feelings
-
Processing of feelings
-
Decreased feelings of anxiety and low mood
Coolum Hearts
Monday Morning Art Class
Monday morning art class at the Coolum Hearts Shed is facilitated by Chony and a team of experienced volunteers.
Starting from 9.30 am - 11.30 am, participants are welcome to bring in a canvas or buy one upon arrival to paint on. Easels, brushes, a jar of water, paints and a hot drink are set up and supplied for each person.
Students often bring in an image or idea of their choice to draw or paint, or the facilitators assist participants in finding a picture in magazines or on google that they would like to reproduce with their artistic style.
Coolum Hearts Shed Monday morning art class is an inclusive art space for people of all abilities to have a laugh and connect with other like-minded people. They have a timetable that includes many exciting workshops that are run during school term times.
For more information or to book, please contact Coolum Hearts -
Coolum Hearts Shed
Corner of Elizabeth & Sunrise Avenue, Coolum Beach
Phone - 0478 646 330
Email - coolumhearts@gmail.com
Galleries, Grants,
Festivals & Artists Workshops
Galleries, Grants & Artists Workshops
Chony has many years of experience facilitating visual arts workshops, including curating gallery exhibitions, workshops that are supported by government funding and developing group learning concepts based on exhibiting artists.
Using her dynamic and diverse arts based experience Chony has successfully created workshops based around many art mediums, styles and concepts.
Recent events Chony has been involved in -
- Mirka Mora's, commemorative mural in Richmond, Melbourne. Using Mirka's iconic images, Chony produced a large painted mural with the assistance of the local community in commemoration of her life.
- Hiromi Tango's 'Healing Garden' exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Gallery
Facilitated community paper flower making workshops over a month, which were
then hung in the gallery for Hiromi's exhibition
- Man & Wah & Sue Davis, 'Xpollinate' Exhibition at the Maroochy Botanical Gardens. Assisted in the design and teaching of nature based photography workshops for people with a variety of health diagnosis. Cut and hung photographs for the exhibition of works.
- Sunshine Coast Council's, World Environment Day community art event. In celebration of World Environment Day, Third Nature projects and the Sunshine Coast Council approached me to create an arts based concept that was community driven, engaging and suited to all age & ability levels. Supplying printed photographs of local endangered flora and fauna, the community collaborated to apply a eucalyptus transfer technique to develop a large mural.
- Experience Eumundi, children and community local flora paper making workshops. A community engagement workshop series, to encourage local residents to visit Eumundi and the events that take place there.
- Horizon Festival, Sunshine Coast Council. Spiegeltent, childrens workshop area. 'Mindful Magic', an activity in which children mindfully interact with
- Coolum Disability Art Exhibition, employed to assist with the completion of students art works, collate and exhibit them as part of the Coolu, Disability Art Exhibition at the Coolum Civic Centre.
For more information about how Chony can use her experience to design and deliver workshops and curate exhibitions please contact her -
Email - chonysartschool@gmail.com
Festival & Community Events
Chony has many years of experience facilitating visual arts workshops for all places, spaces and abilities. Using her arts based knowledge to design concepts that link with the demographic and objective of the event or festival. Her workshops in these spaces are memorable, adding another element of joy, creativity and learning that is experienced by the participants.
Some recent festival events that Chony has been involved in -
- Man & Wah & Sue Davis, 'Xpollinate' Exhibition at the Maroochy Botanical Gardens. Assisted in the design and teaching of nature based photography workshops for people with a variety of health diagnosis. Cut and hung photographs for the exhibition of works.
- Sunshine Coast Council's, World Environment Day community art event. In celebration of World Environment Day, Third Nature projects and the Sunshine Coast Council approached me to create an arts based concept that was community driven, engaging and suited to all age & ability levels. Supplying printed photographs of local endangered flora and fauna, the community collaborated to apply a eucalyptus transfer technique to develop a large mural.
- Experience Eumundi, children and community local flora paper making workshops. A community engagement workshop series, to encourage local residents to visit Eumundi and the events that take place there.
- Rainbow Serpent Festival, Melbourne Victoria. Childrens chill out space, water colour and upcycled animal sculpture workshops.
