Join us for “Looking at Grief through Art and Mindfulness,” a 4-week programme where we explore the theme of grief through a blend of mindfulness, looking at art, and art therapy-based activities.

Join us for “Looking at Grief through Art and Mindfulness,” a 4-week programme where we explore the theme of grief through a blend of mindfulness, looking at art, and art therapy-based activities.

At Artinfusion, we facilitate a fusion of mindfulness, looking at art, and art therapy-based activities, each designed to guide you through the multifaceted aspects of grief. This programme is open to all—whether you’re on a path of personal loss, supporting someone else’s journey, or simply seeking to understand and approach grief from a new perspective.

Over four weeks, the integrated approach will help navigate our experience of loss, moving through stages of noticing, processing, transitioning, and ultimately renewing our perspective on grief. Throughout the programme, you will engage in creativity and reflection, and we will provide tools and insights that can support personal growth and wellbeing.

Everyone’s grief journey is profoundly personal. Our programme honours this diversity, creating a nurturing space where art and mindfulness unite to cultivate meaning and resilience.

We are hosting a closed group with a limited participants to ensure an intimate and supportive setting. Secure your spot for a nurturing experience with the soothing presence of art and the stabilising practice of mindfulness.

Dates: 4 Weeks on Zoom – Tuesday Evenings 7:45-9:15 PM (BST)

• 30th April
• 7th May
• 14th May
• 21st May

Week 1: Noticing Grief

We enter the process together.

• Group Dynamics: Co-creating a compassionate conduct agreement for our time together.
• Looking at art: Exploring grief with artworks themed around war.
• Art therapy-based reflections: Creating a short comic to start the process of making and creating.
• Mindfulness: Introduction and practice in how mindfulness can be a grounding force during the unpredictable journey of grief, emphasising presence and noticing.
  
  
  Week 2: Processing Grief

We begin to take care of ourselves.

• Looking at art: Reflecting on memory, sense of self, and the impact of creativity on wellbeing.
• Art therapy-based reflections: Sculpting a ‘self-care doll’ to represent our care practices.
• Mindfulness: Introduction and cultivating self-compassion to navigate grief with kindness.
  
  
  Week 3: Change, Transition, Renewal

We contemplate the natural cycle of life.

• Looking at art: Finding connection with the earth and nature through art.
• Art therapy-based reflections: Crafting a collage from found natural materials.
• Mindfulness: Embracing acceptance with the wisdom of nature.

Week 4: Celebration and Commemoration

We think about treasuring in loss.

• Looking at art: Thinking on the symbolism, metaphor, and replenishment in loss.
• Art therapy-based reflections: Building and contributing to a treasure/memory box.
• Mindfulness: Learning to savour pleasant memories and feelings to enhance emotional wellbeing amidst grief.

Materials Needed: Some simple art materials, details of which will be provided a week before the workshop begins.

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Facilitators:

Sabine Casparie: I worked as a lawyer before making a career change into art, completing a Postgraduate Diploma in art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2011 and a Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art at Christie’s Education, London in 2012. Since then I have led contemporary art tours in London and contemporary art engagement sessions in the museum, the classroom and on Zoom. I teach art history at Morley College and work as a collection consultant for CW+, the charity that owns and manages the art collection of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Zelda Elliott: My background is in visual art, writing, shopkeeping and teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) in community settings. I currently work as wellbeing officer in adult education and art therapist with children experiencing the care system in London. As an HCPC registered art therapist, I also have an online practise using a sliding scale approach, to make therapy reachable and affordable. All work is underpinned by psychological safety and theoretical innovation.

Buse Yıldırım: Blending a fine arts and film background with a career spanning media roles in Istanbul to talent management, I’ve always pursued a passion for creativity and wellbeing. In London since 2019, I founded a digital marketing firm and deepened my wellbeing journey by becoming a yoga teacher in 2020, followed by completing internationally accredited mindfulness and compassion trainings. As the co-founder of Artinfusion, I now fuse mindfulness, compassion, nature, and art, aiming to enhance wellbeing for individuals and communities alike.