The Creative Campfires are a monthly opportunity to gather online for 90 minutes and create art in a safe and supportive community.
Pricing:
$20 per month or save with an annual subscription and pay $200 per year
(you get two months free!)
In 2025, as we face dramatic changes in our collective world, I have been doing some soul searching and found that instead of the natural desire to protect, close-in or run away, my inclination is to open myself up, take more risks, try new things and live more lightly and adventurously.
I am reminded that we need opportunities to help us dream and sometimes that means getting out of our comfort zone and giving ourselves permission to explore and be our authentic selves. I want to challenge and confront some of these fears and limitations through a safe space of art making and community and so I have decided to launch the Creative Campfires, starting April 2, 2025.
The Creative Campfires are a monthly opportunity to gather online for 90 minutes and create art in a safe and supportive community. Each month I will share an art-making practice that is freeing, fun and restorative; living in full colour, finding your way from darkness to light. These practices are ones I've used in my own art, writing and music, as well as the art making programs that I have developed in my therapeutic and educational work and communities.
It will be a creative meditative space to still your mind, stretch your art making and gain new insights. We will take time to reflect, share discoveries, challenges and invite change. In this community, you will find the support you need for your personal growth and in turn these skills will help in your day-to-day life.
Throughout our workshops, I will share art tips, techniques, resources and self-care strategies. I will teach you to work with new materials and guide you through many different art-making practices such as, mindful watercolours, smashbooking, mixed media painting, songwriting and zine making.
You will also have access to a private online community where you can connect and share with fellow members.
I am Isabel Fryszberg, founder of Arts-Based Well-Being, a practice and program to nourish one's capacity for wellness through the arts.
I am a registered Occupational Therapist and inter-disciplinary artist (painter, singer/songwriter, filmmaker) from Toronto. As a maker, devoted to process, play and engagement, I have spent my career dedicated to finding ways that the arts can be a natural part of our lives that offer community, nourishment and well-being.
I have gathered over thirty years of experience developing arts-based programming and online resources for hospitals, diverse communities, individuals, students and health practitioners. In my years working in this field, I have learned about the power of visceral art making which has inspired me to return to my own painting practice and to be fully present. I have witnessed first-hand how the arts can be transformative and bring out our best, especially our sense of vitality and aliveness.
Expand your creativity and increase your confidence to create
Boost your wellness and reduce stress
Give you permission to do the things that make you happy
Make your art practice a commitment and natural part of your life
Allow you to be part of a creative community that supports your art and wellness
Teach you new art skills
Provide you with support using a range of mediums such as watercolour, acrylic and collage, to name only a few!
Help you quiet your inner critic and perfectionist tendencies and embrace your inner creator
Guide you in developing a compassionate approach to your own self-care
Connect with other like-minded creatives working to carve out and strengthen a regular creative practice
Participants who have taken Isabel's previous online courses, are saying the following:
If you have ever felt stuck, have difficulty getting started or become paralyzed by your negative self-talk, this membership will give you the confidence to begin a sustainable creative art practice.
Together we will find simple and effective ways of overcoming resistance that can impact other areas of your life and provide you with a new sense of resilience and energy.
No, this membership is designed to bring out the creativity in you at whatever stage of development you are at.
This membership is for anyone; novices who have been wanting to develop an art practice but haven't been able to find the time, seasoned artists who may be blocked, those who would like to create and connect with others or are dealing with anxiety, stress or trauma and are looking for new approaches and tools for self-regulation.
We will meet once a month for our live workshops and you are welcome to raise any questions you may have. I will also be available by email if you need to reach out separately.
Yes. We will meet once per month for a live Creative Campfire Art Workshop. The replays will be available if you can't make it to the live session. There is also a private community where you will be able to connect with other members.
20$ per month or save with an annual subscription and pay $200 per year (you get two months freee!)