CREATIVE EXPRESSION PROJECT

Collaboration with Envisage Creative Arts Therapies

Our Creative Expression Project is part of our Community Arts & Culture program at Heart Place. We value our partnership with Envisage Creative Arts Therapies & Sharon Cody. Over the year Creative Expression offers weekly classes , monthly drop in sessions, specialised term classes & outreach services. Sharon is available by email for questions around our class sessions or outreach.

See below for current offerings.

EMAIL SHARON

New Term Begins November 13th - Booking Now

Community Creatives: 5 wkTerm

𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 invites you to our open community art-based Creative Expression group. To be held in the welcoming space of the 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, upstairs in the arty vibe of the

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞.

𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭...
• Provides an opportunity to express your experiences, perspectives & story within a therapeutic art-based approach
• Provides a nurturing environment for all participants to feel comfortable to engage in the process of artmaking
• Gives a supportive space to create, share or just be
• To ensure this we limit group numbers
• The main focus of creative expression is on your own process in artmaking, not the end result
• No judgement attached, no art experience needed
• Just a sense of openness to connect with your own creativity
*𝐓𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞-this program is not based on art lessons.

An integrative approach merging an array of artmaking mediums such as: 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 & 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬:
"I enjoyed being able to connect with others and express myself through art and that it was afflordable for me. Helped to connect to my truth and to open up."

"Thank you Sharon, the group was well supported & encouraged. The materials were well considered & abundant - it made it easy to create work."

𝟓-𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦: Thursdays
13th November - 11th December'25
𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭: Pay with your heart (to cover room hire & materials). Fully funded places available

For further details and to book pls PM 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬
or email: 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬@𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨𝐦

Our Collaborator Sharon: Envisage Creative Arts Therapies

ABOUT SHARON CODY

"I am a registered Counsellor (ACA) and a process-orientated Creative Arts Therapist (B. Couns, UNDA, GradDipArtTherapy, MU) working in the evidence-based psychotherapeutic field of Creative Expression. My approach firstly is to provide a welcoming, safe, open, non-judgmental, creative space for participants to explore and view conscious and unconscious thoughts, feelings and beliefs. My belief is that image making within a therapeutic framework has tremendous potential for communication beyond words and for enhancing a sense of wellbeing.

My work is also based on an integrative approach combining the practice of Creative Arts/Expression and Mindfulness. I introduce art making in the present by using a multimodal approach of art mediums including drawing, painting, collage, clay work, expressive writing and music to develop a more cohesive sense of self, bringing together an increase of self-awareness and acceptance. It gives us permission to become a non-judgmental observer of ourselves and our own environments...I look forward to sharing love of art with you and exploring creative expression in the heart place space."