Create Well | Self-care & sustaining your creative practice with Karen Barry
A workshop exploring practical strategies for maintaining your well-being while nurturing a sustainable creative practice.
Brought to you by Creative Youth Network and Super Culture, Creative Futures presents Create Well | Self-care & sustaining your creative practice, a free, practical workshop exploring practical strategies for maintaining your well-being while nurturing a sustainable creative practice.
For creatives from all disciplines aged 16 - 30
When: Tues 11th Nov, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Stacks Lounge The Food Court, The Sovereign Centre, Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1HE
Building Access: Stacks Lounge is a wheelchair accessible venue with ramps to each level of the room. It also has a wheelchair accessible toilet.
Tickets: FREE - RSVP here
Join artist Karen Barry for a workshop exploring practical strategies for maintaining your well-being while nurturing a sustainable creative practice. Through guided discussion and group activities, participants will explore themes such as:
- Burnout prevention
- Setting boundaries
- Managing self-doubt
- Building routines that support long-term creativity
Whether you're an emerging visual artist, performer or maker, this workshop offers tools to help you stay connected to your work without compromising your health. Come away with a self-care plan, a deeper understanding of your creative rhythms, and ideas to sustain your practice with clarity and resilience.
Karen Barry
Karen is an artist who works with communities in various care settings and groups, including refugees & asylum seekers, people in recovery, adults with learning disabilities, young people, and people experiencing mental health issues. Her practice supports people to learn new creative skills and find joy and connection in their local community. Karen views her creative practice through a social lens. Her work is heavily influenced by her relationship with the coastline, nature and care-centred practice.
