Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association

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Expressive Arts Therapists offer interventions that integrate the use of visual arts, creative writing, drama, music, voice and movement as catalysts for personal inquiry, discovery and growth.

02/07/2026
02/07/2026
02/07/2026

"Christi's teachings and group discussions brought profound insights, highlighting how art can advocate for causes without aggression or causing harm. While listening, I created two pieces, reflecting on the symbolism of often overlooked night walkers, critters that bring value to our ecosystem. The second was a turtle with a river flowing beneath it, reflecting on clean water providing sustained life, allowing the turtle to thrive. Respectful conversations in class reminded me of the hope in connection and the power of disarming hate within ourselves and others as a form of resistance. It starts within. Connection is healing. Art is medicine."

- Métis Creative Arts Certificate student on the Métis Arts and Activism: An Exploration of the Iconic Imagery of Christi Belcourt course, January 17 - 18, 2026

Individual courses are open for drop-ins this spring! Contact info@wheatinstitute.com to learn more.

Registration is open for the next Métis Creative Arts Certificate cohort beginning August 2026.

02/07/2026

6th Annual Virtual Spring Summit
Body Questions: Decision Making & Professional Identity in DMT
Presenter: Thania Acron-Rios
Saturday, March 28 at 4:30 PM EST
CEUs: 2 ADTA, 2 NBCC

This workshop is based on a new book Body Questions in Practice: Decision Making through Movement and the Arts (Routledge). The book focuses on a multimedia approach to develop embodied skills and examines their role in decision-making for people undergoing or working with clients going through crucial life transitions. Participants will creatively map out and engage with the stages of a decision, enhancing their ability to articulate and visualize the decision-making process. The workshop will feature original composition from the book and interactive materials, with examples of the interdisciplinary collaborations involved in its publication.

Registration information: https://bit.ly/4aubvdm

02/06/2026

Creative Drama
May 16 - 17, 2026 | In Person at Painted Sky Studio

This two-day course helps students develop their creative imagination, self-expression, self-knowledge, and social relatedness through active participation in a variety of improvised dramatic activities. Students will become more comfortable with engaging in improvisation techniques and facilitating improvisation for others. The place and use of drama games will also be explored, as an important method of helping group members warm up both to drama and to other group members. This course is ideal for those wishing to learn more ways of incorporating drama into their expressive arts practice.

Open to drop-in participants! Email info@wheatinstitute.com to register.

02/06/2026

Recreating our Relationship with the Land and Water through the Lens of Indigenous Pedagogies
May 11 - 14, 2026 | In Person at Painted Sky Studio

This four-day course will be co-facilitated by an Anishinaabe Kookom and a nêhiyaw-Scottish Metis kôhkom who are both Water Walkers and traditional Knowledge Keepers. Students will enter, or reinforce, their relationships with the Land and Water in an interactive and experiential manner. Through the mediums of art, sound, movement, meditation, stillness, storytelling, sharing, and teachings, students will learn about their place in Creation, understanding their roles and responsibilities as Indigenous people and/or as helpers/allies in the process.

Open to drop-in participants! Email info@wheatinstitute.com to register.

02/06/2026

🌿This is a held space for exploring, trying a new healing process and deepening our understanding of where we are at right now. There will be facilitated grounding, writing, art creation and light movement. Imagination, creation and group sharing help to offer clarity into what comes up for us. No art experience is needed.

📍In Person Workshop
Friday, Feb 27th 6:30-8:30pm
Unfolding Body, 3276 2nd Street, Cumberland, BC
$45

📍Online Workshop
Saturday, February 28th, 2026
10:30-12:30pm PST
$45

🌿Register for In Person Workshop link in bio, or at
Www.hollyexpressivearts.com.

🌿Register for Online Workshop by:
emailing hollyexpressivearts@gmail.com.

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Who Are We?

OEATA’s Mission is to develop, steward, and promote the Expressive Arts Therapy profession and the interests of Expressive Arts Therapists. As the united voice of OEATA members, the organization serves to uphold high standards of competent and ethical practice in alignment with the Ontario College of Registered Psychotherapists.

OEATA’s Vision is for people everywhere to share in the creative powers of Expressive Arts to transform their inner worlds and communities. OEATA recognizes and fosters the essential values of imagination and creative expression through the arts in psychotherapy, education, social justice and community development.