“Creative Connections” Free Trainings on Colour Theory, Creative Therapy, and Youth Initiatives at NART

Conducted by: artist Jarõna Ilo
Location: NART (Joala 18, Narva)
Target group: teachers in Ida-Viru County
Duration: 3 academic hours
Language: Estonian, translation into Russian if needed
Participation: free, with pre-registration (registration closed)

The artist Jarõna Ilo shares her experience in colour therapy workshops. Through a hands-on activity, Jarõna will demonstrate how to mix all of the other colours from the three primary colours. The focus will be on the relationship between colours and emotions and how mixing colours affects children emotionally. An art therapy workshop based on the teaching of colours will allow children to understand and express their feelings. Feelings and colours meet on a subconscious level and participants learn more about themselves in the process.

JARÕNA ILO is an Estonian artist of Ukrainian origin. Since 2017 she has conducted art therapy workshops in Ukraine, which have primarily benefited children, but also teachers and school psychologists. In 2022, workshops led by Ilo were held in Estonia for young people from Ukraine. The aim of the art therapy activities was to support students’ adaptation, mental health and better contacts with teachers. Ilo has also taught drawing at the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Old Town Education College, the Viljandi Culture Academy and the Australian National University in Canberra.

Conducted by: design educator and researcher Eva Liisa Kubinyi and art curator Hanna-Liis Kont
Location: NART (Joala 18, Narva)
Target group: youth workers, art teachers, and artists working with children and young people in Ida-Viru County
Duration: 5 academic hours
Language: Estonian, translation into Russian if needed
Participation: free, with pre-registration

During the workshop day, participants will learn to visually plan how to inspire children and young people in generating ideas and how to supportively guide children and young people (and yourself) in implementing these ideas. Whether you are a teacher, an artist, or a parent, the process will help you to think through potential challenges in a simplified way and how to approach them creatively. Participants will be able to start designing their own collaborative process.

EVA LIISA KUBINYI is a design educator and researcher at the Design Faculty of the Estonian Academy of Arts, currently pursuing her PhD on the topic of youth mental health. Her design practice focuses mainly on children’s roles within society, resulting in creative workshops or service concepts. She holds an MFA in Child Culture Design from HDK-Valand (Sweden) and previously worked as a designer at VIVISTOP Telliskivi (EST), a creativity accelerator for kids and young people.

HANNA-LIIS KONT is an art curator and researcher. Her exhibitions and education projects are driven by her desire to contribute to the social well-being of individuals and communities through art. She often uses participatory approaches in her work. One of her interests has been supporting children’s social skills development through contemporary art. Her most recent exhibition “The Secrets of the Leaning Building” was curated with children and awarded the Exhibition of the Year 2024 Award by the Estonian Annual Museum Awards.

Conducted by: creative therapist Mariliis Tähepõld
Location: NART (Joala 18, Narva)
Target group: social pedagogues, school psychologists, school and kindergarten teachers, hobby group instructors working in Ida-Viru County
Duration: 3,5 academic hours
Language: Estonian, translation into Russian if needed
Participation: free, with pre-registration (Training is fully booked, the waiting list is opened)

A workshop on art therapy with a small trick for professionals working with children. In a practical workshop, we will carry out group art therapy activities aimed at supporting children’s creativity, self-confidence, self-management and social skills in the school and classroom environment.

MARILIIS TÄHEPÕLD is a professional creative therapist. She graduated from Tallinn University in 2019 with a master’s degree in art therapy and works as a creative therapist in rehabilitation and private practice. Her main target groups are children and adults. Most of her professional life has been dedicated to supporting parent-child contacts and relationships through art and hands-on activities in a group environment. In her work, she focuses on supporting the expression of creativity, because creativity is health.