Events
Upcoming and past student, alumni, and community events at TATI.
Upcoming Events
Thriving Future Horizons: Gatherings of CATS
We are inviting creative arts therapists and students (CATS) to a special gathering, designed to explore the essential elements of thriving in our community, in our present and for future generations. All CATS are welcome – art, expressive arts, creative arts, drama, music, poetry, and more.
In challenging times, thriving can feel like a lofty and distant concept. It is therefore all the more important for us CATS to bring our best tools – creativity and imagination – to our shared timeplace. This gathering is developed from the belief that if we can collectively envision, in vibrant details and vivid descriptions, what thriving will look like 150 years or 7 generations into the future horizons, then we can access the wisdom about what thriving means to us now, and practice that thriving future into being.
As Norma Kawelokū Wong Rōshi wrote,*
“Instead of a predestined trend line, think of and experience the future as the living story that descendants live in, in which they describe how ancestors imagined it and then made it true. Creation requires just that – both the imagining, and the hard work of making it true… Where do we start?”
We hope you will join us in one of our upcoming gatherings, which will be facilitated by Alexis Flanagan and Ed Heisler of the Collective Acceleration Network, and hosted by TATI community and friends Suzanne Thomson, Jean Tsai and Patricia Ki.
Sunday March 30, 2025
1:00-5:00 pm
In-person at TATI (124 Merton Street, Unit 407, Toronto)
With snack potluck
Sunday April 27, 2025
1:00-5:00 pm Eastern Time
Online via Zoom
Please register for either in-person and online gathering here: https://forms.gle/p4kbY5mvsfaWhFfd6
Please note: In order for Alexis and Ed to make out-of-country travel arrangements to come to Toronto for the facilitation, the in-person gathering must have a minimum of 20 people registered by March 7 in order to proceed.
Space for both circles are limited to 25 participants. Organization of further circles is possible if there are more interests.
In terms of what to expect – no preparation is necessary. All that is needed is your whole brilliant self, an open heart, and your full attention for this session. We will have roughly three hours to talk story together, with breaks and refreshments throughout.
Our gatherings of CATS are part of a broader network of Thriving Future Horizons circles taking place across Turtle Island, led by travelling trained facilitators who visit local communities. Learn more about Collective Acceleration Network.
For community care, masking is required for those attending in person. We will have masks available onsite.
We hope you can join us!
TATI x OATA Art Hive
Friday March 7, 2025
3:00 – 6:00 pm ET
In-person at TATI (124 Merton St., Unit 407, Toronto)
& Online via Zoom
Registration required to attend: https://forms.gle/wvqGh7KF4Sx8h9um6
TATI and OATA community members are invited to our upcoming hybrid art hive: Mending, Weaving, Repair.
There will be skills-shares of cardboard weaving by TATI instructor/supervisor cc Chau, and visible mending by OATA member Susan Beniston.
Art supplies provided; participants are also welcomed to bring their own art projects and supplies to create together in the hive.
This art hive is organized by TATI students & instructors and OATA members. Poster images from April Penny (top left), Unsplash (top right), and cc Chau (bottom left and right).
For community care, masking is required for those attending in person. We will have masks available onsite.
Past Events
Emergent Play: Connecting to Play Through Art, Eco, & Body-Based Practices
A virtual professional development series facilitated by Dave Cho, Jacquie Compton, and Dr. Evelyn Kissi
Explore the inherent connection between play and creativity in a transformative journey of self-reflection and discussion. This virtual professional development series invites participants to engage in art-based and somatic inquiry to redefine play, understand its significance in working with children, and integrate it into their practice. Open to students and practitioners in psychotherapy, art therapy, care work, and education practices.
- Self-paced learning with video presentations available from August to October 2024.
- Two live facilitated sessions for discussions and connections on Sept 27 & Oct 9, 2024, 2:00-4:00 pm ET / 6:00-8:00 pm Ghana
TATI x OATA Student-led Research Symposium
Sunday June 23, 2024
10am – 5pm ET
Read the Symposium Zine here, created by Sheridan intern Liv Hara, with support by TATI student Kate Moo King-Curtis.
The TATI x OATA Research Symposium was a student-led event that featured research and projects by art therapy / creative arts therapies students and new grads, with the intention to:
- Connect research and practice
- Make space for new voices to be heard
- Promote diversity in art therapy / creative arts therapies knowledge
- Learn from and inspire each other and make research more accessible
Presenters:
Sydney Adams (Concordia University)
Mollia May Weidman (TATI)
Candice Burnett (KATI)
Emmily Lai (Concordia University)
b Hope (KATI)
Leanna Scheitrowsky (TATI)
TATI student / grad organizers:
Rhys Castro, Fern de la Mora, Rachel Karantayer, Liviya Hara (student intern, Sheridan College).