This document summarizes the activities of Love Project, an art program that provides creative engagement opportunities for marginalized youth and women. It discusses the program's goals of using art to improve well-being, build confidence and life skills. Love Project hosts regular art workshops and exhibitions. Participants digitally document their work, which is shared on social media. This helps build self-esteem. Artists can sell their work. The program has engaged over 140 women and 245 youth through workshops in 2015. It has also participated in 37 community events. Charts show participant numbers each month. The program aims to be accessible and is grateful for community support through donations and space.

1. Britney Layne Blaney

2. International Women’s
Day
Art Show and Event
March 5th 2016
Featuring Female Artists
Maddi Brown
Chloe Travares
Frances Chard
Hosted by Love Project Women and Art Creative Ideas: Art for Health and Wellness Program and The Creative Engagement Strategy
Thursday and Friday Mornings
The Art Work presented in this booklet also features:
Gypsy Corner—Britney Lane, Elain Wilson, Sue Johnston, Sue
Leissa & Emily and Belinda’s Place—Women and Art Participants

3. Note from the Facilitator, Karen Theresa Cowderoy
Love Project is organic in its being. I had come into my own Health and Healing
Practise through Art-making and I knew in my heart this would help our
marginalized youth , even if just give to them an option that there may be
another way, so I pitched it as a pilot project for research and documentation.
I just show up and invite our youth to explore mediums and make products
which they are able to sell at our events and earn 100 % of what they sell, giving them a little money. Artists have great barriers and myths around them over
money and I just wanted to model that you can make money with your Art practise. I am more interested in the bottom line of a smile though.
We have had great success as our community partners also believe in accessibility to Art for Health and Wellness, and we keep growing. Over a year ago Love
project implemented a Women and Art Program first at the Women’s Support Network and then the Georgina Art Gallery. Same idea and model had already
been proven to work. In turn, Our Women and Art supported Youth and Art and helped us by donation to achieve many more success: The Pan-Am Cultural
Pavilion for 17days with the Mississauga of New Credit and Suzanne Smoke and The 3rd
Power of Art National Forum in which our youth participated in the
Cultural Integration and Community Instructions Workshop in Ottawa.
What a gift it has been.
Love Project: Women and Art / Love Project: Youth, continue to show up make Art and to engage in a Creative Process.
As it is a free model, we are grateful to Salvation Army Sutton Youth Shelter and Belinda’s Place / Women’s Support network of York Region, / Suzanne Smoke:
Biindigen Youth Council, York Region festival Alliance . York Region Arts Council for all your support. Who provide art supplies and materials and space. A Spe-
cial Thank You to the Town of Georgina and the Economic Development Grant. Our Community members and business who also donate supplies and our silent
auctions. Also we thank our cherished volunteer’s and Art teachers and Louise Vahey for her tireless help and collaboration with the event process.
If you would like to donate monetarily, a receipt can be issued by The Salvation Army for over $20.00. or more Please just put Love Project Program on
Cheque. We welcome Art Supplies and any help you wish to extend. We partner gracefully and extend the invitation to co-collaborations’. All inquiry welcome.
Loveproject2@gmail.com
Facebook group post.

4. The Value of Creative Practice and Health Benefits of Love Project.ca for Youth,
Women and Community in the Town of Georgina and York Region
The Program of Love Project.ca
1. The Creative Contract (Giving Yourself Permission, Courage.)
2. Dare to Dream (Visualization to overcome fear.)
3. Love Anyways (Forgive others so you can learn to forgive yourself.)
4. Action and Creating - Expressive Art Engagement. (In the ‘now’ meditation)
5. Event process. (Each artist documents digitally their own work turning it in to social media which create self-esteem.)
6. Exhibition - Work is then a part of Gallery Events, Art Shows, Video, TV, print publication and social media. Artist sell own work – no
commission fees. (Self-sustainability.)
7. Ongoing support of mentorship in education and or business and Health and Wellness.
Measuring Outcomes: In regards to social media, Love project ca Facebook page, Love project Facebook group; Love Project Women and Art
and Creative ideas page and International Women’s Day group are the ongoing documentation of process. These pages are the collection of
evidence based outcomes and data collected and researched by Karen Cowderoy on youth involvement, women involvement, community
involvement, and community collaborations and new formed partnerships. We believe that these are truly amazing outcomes. Feb 22. 2016
Intellectual copy write by Karen Cowderoy. Please feel free to model program but if you could credit love Project this would be very much
appreciated..

5. DREAMS
DREAMS OF THY PEACE NOW
BE PEACE BE IN MOMENT NOW
THE PEACE IS NOW
SANDRA
2016

6. Our Beautiful Dream Books
Dare to Dream
As women we spend a lot of time helping
others, our families and doing our jobs.
There is not much time to Dream . We
need to visualize our Dream Our Goal.
We need to want something for ourselves.
The 10 minute Creative Challenge allows us
10 minutes to practice a new or dormant
behavior: Giving Ourselves permission to
create.
Allowing our selves to explore mediums , To
engage in having a little fun.
To share with others in a safe and secure
space.
It is like fanning a flame, to a tiny ember.
The Creative process ignites the ember .
And off you go inspired, creating and being
well. A few moments of joy and happiness.

7. Being Here
Encourages Us To
Love Ourselves Unconditionally
In Times Which Are
Not the Best, But They Will
Do their Best to
Assist Us in Times Of
Stress and Chaos But The
People Are Able to Adapt and
Encourage Us To
Live a Better Life
And Give Us The Ability to
Change and
Enhance Our Lives to Their Fullest
L I Love Japan
O Oh not, I’m Sweating, My Hands
V Violets Are One of My Fav Plants
E Educate Yourself
P Prepare Yourself
R RESPECT
O OTHERS
J Jade is One of My Favorite Stones
E Expect Each Day To Get Better
C Computer– I would like to Learn Better
T Today Myself, I am Treating to Love Project
By Sheron L. By Debbie M.

8. Love Anyways
As I build some self esteem and confi-
dence, and learn to like my self and oth-
ers by creating, I overcome fear by be-
ing vulnerable, open and excited.
The more I practise over coming obsta-
cles. The stronger I become. I can cre-
ate , I can believe in my self and others.
Zen Doodles
Making our own coloring pages.
Drawing out of the box. No rules Apply.

9. Action and Creating Engagement
Molding clay for 10 minutes— 3 dimensional
When we are hands on with our mediums, we give our self time
to have a new experience. When we are in the now, in the mo-
ment ,we are happy.
So the discipline and practise making art gives us a respite from
our troubles.

10. Self Portraits: by Leissa
Beginning of Event Process.
Each Artist Digital records their own work and uploads
to Social Media.
The creation and the sharing creates Self Esteem.
This is also the beginning of Print Media and Video
Documentation.
The creative Process begins to be come a product or
idea of which the Artist may decide to pursue..
Leissa Karen
Lee Emily

11. Exhibition - Work is then a part of Gallery Events, Art Shows,
Video, TV, print publication and social media. Artist ‘s sell
their own work .– (Self-sustainability.)

12. Action and Creating Engagement
Molding clay for 10 minutes.
When we are hands on with our mediums,
we give our self time to have a new
experience. When we are in the now, in
the moment we are happy so the
discipline and practise making art gives us
a respite from our troubles.
Dare to Dream
As women, we spend a lot of time
helping others, our families and
doing our jobs. In this, there is not
much time to Dream. We need to
visualize our Dream Our Goal.
We need to want something for
ourselves. The 10 minute Creative
Challenge allows us 10 minutes to
practice a new or dominant behav-
ior—Giving Ourselves Permission to
Create.
Allowing ourselves to explore
mediums, to engage in having a little
fun.
To share with others in a safe and se-
cure space.
It is like fanning a flame, to a tiny em-
ber. The Creative Process ignites the
ember, and off you go inspired,
creating and being well and a few
moments of joy and happiness.
Love Anyways
As I build some self esteem and confidence,
and learn to like my self and others by
creating, I overcome fear by being vulnera-
ble, open and excited.
The more I practise over coming obstacles.
The stronger I become. I can create , I can
believe in my self and others.
Zen Doodles
Making our own coloring pages.
Drawing out of the box. No rules Apply.
Beginning of Event Process
Each Artist digitally records their
own work and uploads to Social
Media.
The creation and the sharing
creates Self Esteem and this is also
the beginning of Print Media and
Video Documentation.
The creative Process begins to be
come a product or idea of which
the Artist may decide to pursue.
Measuring Outcomes: In regards to social media, Love project ca Facebook page, Loveproject Facebook group; Women and Art and Creative ideas page
and International Women’s Day group are the ongoing documentation of process. These pages are the collection of evidence based outcomes and data collect-
ed and researched by Karen Cowderoy on youth involvement, women involvement, community involvement, and community collaborations and new formed
partnerships. We believe that these are truly amazing outcomes.

13. For your continued support of Love Project Youth and Love Project:
Women and Art. #5YearsAndCounting
The Sutton Youth Shelter
16-26 Years of Age
20898 Dalton Road
Sutton, Ontario L0E 1R0
(905)722-9076
Belinda’s Place
Emergency Shelter for Single Women
18+ Years and over
16580 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario L3X 2N8
(289)366-HOPE

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Love Project Participated in 37 Community / National Events 2015