Group Opportunities
PLEASE NOTE
All group sessions take place at 907 Main Street, Elk River, MN 55330 in the Subjective Art Tattoo Building
All art groups are therapeutic in nature but are not considered therapy.
Holy Fire Soul Painting
Do you want to paint a pretty picture? If so – this group is NOT for you! Holy Fire Intuitive painting takes you on a journey of trust and discovery. During this weekly 90-minute group, which meets for 4 weeks, we will use the power of paint, paper, and the mighty brush to learn to listen to the voice of our soul and to trust our wise intuitive self. Brenda uses movement, music, and sacred shaking that allows the group to express the often hidden places of our being. This is a place to get a little messy, maybe laugh, maybe cry, but mostly a safe space to express your precious self. All supplies are included for all classes.
Facilitator: Brenda Tonn
Tuesdays,8-9:30 PM (4-week sessions) $180
- Session 1: February 4-25
- Session 2: March 4-25
- Session 3: April 8-29
- Session 4: May 6-27
Parent/Child Communication Through Mixed Media Art Journaling
This group meets for 60-minutes once a week for 4 weeks. Brenda uses a variety of techniques and weekly home play activities to help you develop a way to openly and honestly create a dialogue between parents and their children. Come prepared to get a little messy, have a lot of fun, and learn how to truly hear each other through art journaling. All supplies are included for all classes.
Facilitator: Brenda Tonn
Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 PM $150/session
- Session 1: March 4-25
- Session 2: April 8-29
- Session 3: May 6-27
Grief and the Mixed Media Art Journal
This group meets for 90-minutes once a week for 4 weeks. Brenda, who is a widow, will gently guide you in creating a mixed-media grief journal. Here, we can use our journals as a sacred vessel to safely hold all that grief has to say. Here we can begin the journey of healing, All supplies are included for all classes.
Facilitator: Brenda Tonn
Fridays, 6-7:30 PM $180
- Session 1: March 7-28
- Session 2: April 4-25
- Session 3: May 2-23
Daily Creative Joy
We all have the Divine Spark of Creativity living in our being. Unfortunately it often gets buried, lost or overlooked in the stress of daily life. We forget the joy and aliveness of our bliss- our creative spark.
Daily Creative can help you reignite that creative fire- and bring joy back into your day!
This will use mixed media art, collage, found item art, prompts, play and silliness to help you find 15 minutes a day to just create! This 15 minutes is your sacred time just for you and your creative bliss.
This is class is for everyone looking for ways to bring joy back into their life. Be prepared for some zany, serious and outside the box ways to get your Creative Fire reignited!!!
Facilitator: Brenda Tonn
All materials included in the workshop fee.
Saturdays,10-11:30 AM 1st Four Saturdays of Every Month $100/session
- Session 1: April 3rd
Junk Journaling for Stress Relief
What the heck is a Junk Journal? And how can it help with stress and anxiety?!!! Join Brenda in this fun, zany, hands on 4 week workshop and see how the Magic happens!!
Whether you are a meticulous, organized and slightly type A personality or an anything goes hot mess this is for you!! Junk Journaling uses items you already have on hand to create a daily glimpse into your day to day life AND gives you a tool to slow down, reflective and have fun!!
Each week will build on the ideas presented the week before. At the the four weeks you will have a completed Junk Journal- and a new found delight in the everyday !!! This workshop is perfect for beginners as well as seasoned creators! Be prepared to get a little messy and have a whole lot of fun in this hands workshop!!
Facilitator: Brenda Tonn
All materials included in the workshop fee.
First four Mondays of every month, 6:30-8 PM $100
Begins March 3rd
- Session 1: Begins March 3rd
From Pain to Expression: Junk Journaling for Healing
Mental health is a huge black hole in our society- and in many people100’s lives. Anxiety, depression, cutting, suicide- all dark things we often don’t want to talk about.
Let’s bring it out into the light. Let’s normalize asking for help. Let’s be ok with looking for coping skills. Let’s be ok with being in community and holding sacred space as we use creativity, honesty and our own uniqueness to find a path forward. Naming the bogies in the darkness won’t cause someone to cut or commit suicide- but it may give them the courage to seek help.
Cutting often starts in the tween years. In this series of classes we will use the art of Junk Journaling to explore alternatives to cutting.
The techniques of mixed media art, positive self talk and reflection and sensory seeking solutions combine to create a unique journal containing insights, coping mechanisms and tools created by each participant.
Junk Journaling for Cutters meets the first four Wednesdays of the month. Follow the link for more information and to register.
Facilitator: Brenda Tonn
All materials included in the workshop fee.
First four Wednesdays of every month, 6:30-8 PM $100
Begins May 7th
- Session 1: Begins May 7th
PLEASE NOTE
All group sessions take place at 907 Main Street, Elk River, MN 55330 in the Subjective Art Tattoo Building