Do you remember when you enjoyed art as a child, without judging your ability or results? These easy-going art sessions will help you to deal with anxiety, stress and daily worries.
The Mindful Art Club® is for fun and relaxation!
Mindful Art Club® weekly groups offer coffee, creativity, and company online, in cafes and within community support services. They help to combat social isolation and offer peer support for anxiety and depression. They are also really good fun! This organisation offers a wide range of ways that you can access the group, including zoom if you are unable to go out.
Artists Peggy Melmoth and Emma Sprawson were part of the support team at Broadreach House Addiction Treatment Centre, Plymouth, offering a number of activities to the resident clients, including arts and craft workshops. When Broadreach House closed, due to a lack of funding, in July 2019, Emma and Peggy decided to bring their combined skills into the community to offer mindful art as a way to manage anxiety and stress.
Missed Mindful Art Club? No problem
Catch up with the video replays
Catch up with the video replay, comment in real time. Enjoy a short mindful meditation and an easy art project. Coffee, creativity and company with Emma and Peggy.
Want to know more? Listen to Peggy and Emma’s interview on BBC Radio Devon.
BBC Radio Devon Breakfast show host, Caroline Cook, asks:
- How does a mindful art class differ from any other?
- Why did you want to help recovering addicts and alcoholics?
- Do you have to be good at drawing to join in?
Because everything matters
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Just want to leave a comment here because I attended the online session yesterday for this group. It’s the first time I’ve joined an art therapy group and I have to say I loved it! The online event is £3 paid via eventbrite, the link details arrived promptly and it was no bother joining the group. Peggy and Emma are really friendly and helpful and even tho sometimes online events can be a bit hectic or hit and miss – this wasn’t. I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt very relaxed after the session.
I am definitely signing up for this again!
Great to get your feedback on this Debby, good to know it was beneficial! EW.