Building a Resilient Artistic Identity: Art and the Day Job

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In-Person Workshop

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM-12:30 PM ET: Register here

Building a Resilient Artistic identity: Art and the Day Job

Building a Resilient Artistic Identity is a gentle expressive arts workshop series for artists who want to stay connected to their creative selves during challenging or transitional periods.

Art and the Day Job is the second workshop in the Building a Resilient Artistic Identity series. Being an artist isn't a title you earn by getting paid for it or being chosen. It's a way of seeing, thinking, and moving through the world, and that doesn't disappear because the bills need paying.

This session is for working artists carrying quiet grief about the gap between where they are and where they thought they'd be. Open to Artists at any stage who have had to take on work outside their art to survive, and feel the weight of that split.

This workshop is for artists of all disciplines

About the Workshop Facilitator

An actor at heart, Jennifer is a Registered Psychotherapist and a graduate in Expressive Arts Therapy at the CREATE Institute in Toronto. Her academic credentials include a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation from Douglas College, and a diploma in Personal Fitness Training from NAIT. As a lifelong learner, her therapeutic approach is collaborative, non-pathologizing, grounded in science, and recognizes the value of the arts in health and well-being. She is passionate about harnessing artistic expression to navigate life's complexities and her experiences have underscored the importance of a resilient and diverse artistic identity in fostering a sustainable and lifelong engagement with the arts.

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