Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
'Artful: Exploring self through art' - SHIFTING PATTERNS
This series focuses on the ways our thoughts, rhythms, and habits shape daily life - and how they can be gently reimagined through art. Using media such as clay, stitching, collage, and spacious watercolor painting, participants slow down, notice recurring patterns, and experiment with new ways of arranging, layering, and breathing into their creative process.
The sessions offer a mindful practice of presence and reflection, where repetition becomes rhythm and change emerges from small shifts. By embracing process over outcome, participants discover how creative play can soften the mind, open new perspectives, and create space for balance, calm, and renewal.
Artful Journeys: A Six-Week Mindful and Neuro Art Experience
Week 1: Fill your cup
Week 2: Shape your thoughts
Week 2: Shape your thoughts
Theme:
Self-care and intention
- Concept: Symbolic cup of flowers representing what nourishes you.
- Activity: Paint flowers, paint, cut and place them in a paper cup, giving each flower a meaning or intention.
- Materials: Watercolors, brushes, paper, scissors, template cutouts.
- Artful Element: Flowers as symbols of what replenishes and sustains you.
Week 2: Shape your thoughts
Week 2: Shape your thoughts
Week 2: Shape your thoughts
Theme:
Holding and releasing thoughts
- Concept: Using clay to externalize inner patterns - slowing down, noticing, and choosing what to keep or let go.
- Activity: Shape small trays with hands, focus on repeated thoughts, decide which to hold and which to release.
- Materials: Clay, surface for working.
- Artful Element: Creating vessels as symbols of reflection and choice.
Week 3: Space to breathe
Week 2: Shape your thoughts
Week 3: Space to breathe
Theme:
Calm through open space
- Concept: Using watercolor and negative space to explore presence and simplicity.
- Activity: Paint around shapes, leave areas blank, let water and color flow without control.
- Materials: Watercolour pencils, paint, brushes, paper.
- Artful Element: Quiet, open spaces becoming part of the artwork.
Week 4: Claiming space
Week 6: The Art of growing
Week 3: Space to breathe
Theme:
Explore personal identity and transformation.
- Concept: Create expressive or abstract self-portraits in non-judgmental way.
- Activity: Expressive or abstract self-portraits using mixed media with textures, personal drawings, and written words.
- Materials: Mixed media - magazines, printed textures, tissue paper, glue.
- Artful Element: Encourage self-reflection and exploring positive self-reflection techniques.
Week 5: Slowing down
Week 6: The Art of growing
Week 6: The Art of growing
Theme:
Reinforcing positive thinking and self-affirmation.
- Concept: Strengthen positive mental pathways through repeated affirmations.
- Activity: Creating a small gratitude or affirmation book using collage, watercolor, and hand-lettering.
- Materials: Handmade booklets, watercolor, markers, pens
- Artful Element: Setting artistic intentions for the future, closing the program with positivity.
Week 6: The Art of growing
Week 6: The Art of growing
Week 6: The Art of growing
Theme:
Bringing together all learned techniques for a final personal piece.
- Concept: Final piece to integrate mindful techniques and personal expression into one artwork.
- Activity: Creating a final personal artwork using techniques from previous sessions to embrace self-growth.
- Materials: Mixed media—participants choose their preferred materials.
- Artful Element: Reflecting on growth, setting artistic intentions for the future.
-
About AROUJ
Arouj Mufti’s creative journey is rooted in a family that celebrated art and innovation. After working in Finance and IT, she shifted to focusing on creativity and mindfulness.
Currently pursuing a Master’s in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health, Arouj is exploring the emerging field of NeuroArts, researching how art can enhance mental well-being and brain function. Her work reflects her belief in creativity as a tool for healing and self-expression.
