What Does Joy Mean to You_ - SS - 3.26.21 - Presentation

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Welcome to
Sanctuary
Space!
Today’s event:
What Does Joy Mean
to You?

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Campus workshops • Monthly short film competition
Short film production grants • Global community
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About Your AWI Host
- AWI Founder and
Executive Director
- Champion of artists
- Lover of trees and water
- Mama and partner
Cary McQueen (she/her)

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POLL: Who’s here today?
A
B
College or
university
student
Somebody else
(share in chat!)

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POLL: Where in the
world are you?
A
B
United States
Canada
C Another country

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HERE’S THE PLAN
● Setting the scene together
● Guest Simone Côté
● Evaluation (and a chance to enter to win
a $25 Amazon gift card!)
● Virtual Mingle / Q&A

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HEADS UP
● Mental health is personal – YOU are the
expert on your own experience
● We are online - this is a public, shared
space
● We are recording this session for internal
training and evaluation purposes
● Please take care of yourself however you
need, including asking for help

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2 WAYS TO ENGAGE
We welcome your participation!
CHAT BOX: Use the
Public Chat to connect
with the whole group
#1 POLLS: respond
to a Poll when
prompted
#2

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For technical
assistance, ask…
Look for the person whose name begins with
AWI Support and Private Chat them with any issues.

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Simone Côté (she/her)
Our Guest Today
- MA Graduate, Mental Health
Advocate, Art With Impact
Online Ambassador
- Department of Integrated
Studies in Education
- Research:
- Student distress
- Art Hive spaces and
positive affect
- @artistrywellness

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OUTLINE
● Centering Exercise
● Intention
● Creating Time
● Show and Tell
● Reflection

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Continue to Live
By Paolo Riveros
Voices With Impact 2020
CONTENT HEADS UP
bullying

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Centering
Exercise

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Letting go
- This time is for you
Cleansing Breath
- Close your eyes
- Rest comfortably in a seated position
- Roll shoulders away from ears
Inhaling and exhaling through the nose
- Close mouth and continue deep breathing in and
out through the nose
Source: Inviting Peace and Compassion Yoga class by Five Parks Yoga
CENTERING EXERCISE

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INTENTION
Draw/paint/doodle/colour
what “joy” means to you, or
envision what it could look like
for you.

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INTENTION
• Experience
Self
• Reflect
Others

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CREATING
Draw/paint/doodle/color what
“joy” means to you, or envision
what it could look like for you.

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- Using a piece of scrap paper,
what might a description of your
creation be in two or three
sentences, poem, bullet points?
- Write it out!
GALLERY CARD

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SHOW AND TELL
If you feel comfortable, share your
creation (via video) or gallery card
(via chat) with the group.

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Reflection: What was your experience of this
activity?
Cleansing Breath: How did it feel expressing
yourself through a different medium? How
can this teach us about people’s experiences
communicating about their mental health?
Application: How might you integrate
creative expression into your life? Are there
ways you are already creatively
decompressing?
DEBRIEF

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Please fill out
the evaluation!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org
You can enter for a chance to
win a $25 Amazon gift card!
Evaluation responses will
remain separate and
anonymous.

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Stay in touch!
...and don’t forget to
copy/paste the
resources in the Shared
Notes!
@artwithimpact
info@artwithimpact.org