This professional learning workshop introduces mindful art techniques using visual art and poetry to support well-being for K–12 teachers and their students. Collage, poetry, and other creative practices provide pathways into reflection, helping participants explore inner experiences, acknowledge challenges, and envision a positive future. Teachers will engage in guided activities to experience these strategies firsthand and learn how to adapt them for meaningful classroom lessons that allow students to process emotions, reflect on loss, and reconnect with their dreams.

Designed for art teachers and other content-area teachers, the workshop emphasizes deep creative engagement and emotional exploration.

Educators will leave with practical tools to cultivate creativity, emotional awareness, and self-expression in students across grades K–12

Aligned Standards: New Jersey Visual & Performing Arts Standards, Social-Emotional Learning Standards