Foundations of Expressive Arts Course

Are you a social worker, teacher, therapist, artist, youth worker or other professional wanting to expand your professional skill set?

WINTER SESSION 2026
(8-wk Online)

March 9 - May 4
5:30pm - 8pm
(no class March 16)


Cost: $900
Registration Deadline:  March 4

*Register before February 16 to receive a $100 discount 

Expressive Arts can expand and enhance your work with individuals, groups and communities.

This 8-week Expressive Arts course is designed to help professionals expand their working skills to include the principles and practice of expressive arts.
The course will teach the basic principles and practice drawn from the core literature in the field of intermodal expressive arts as used in therapy, coaching, education and social change. The instructor is responsible for teaching the basic concepts while 2 guest artists will present specific artistic modalities, for example, voice, music, dance/movement, writing, theatre and visual art.  Because The Create Institute emphasizes experiential learning, you will be encouraged to explore how different dimensions of artistic action can connect to your professional  work and to your own art practice.

This course can be taken for professional as well as personal development.
Instructor: Lee Shields, RP
To register, complete registration form and send to [email protected]
This program does not require approval under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005
"I loved my time in Foundations at CREATE. It was energizing, fun, and I met lots of interesting people. It also let me explore lots of different art modalities, and see which I was most drawn to. It also introduced me to a variety of teachers, and to find my way into further art explorations. I'm really glad I did it."     

                                                                                                        Sandra Flear, Psychotherapist.
"The foundations of EXA course provided me with a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and experiential practice of expressive arts therapy. I regularly use techniques I learned in the course, such as "harvesting", in my private practice work with clients. I learned about concepts such as "expanding one's range of play" or "decentering through art-making" which had been overlooked in my traditional psychotherapy training" 
                                                                                                                          Lesley Miller, PHD