Art Therapy - Term 1 2027

Art therapy is a powerful tool to create, heal and thrive. Through these weekly art therapy workshops, you will be introduced to tools which will help you express yourself through painting, nature, clay, movement, music, and meditation. Our facilitator, Bree Marchbank, will create a safe space for you to explore how art therapy feels and how it can support you. The sessions help build community and connection

You are welcome to attend a one-off session or as many sessions as possible to gain the full benefit of this great experience and the amazing skills of our Art Therapy practitioner.

When: Thursdays during school term from 10.30AM—12.30PM (8 weeks only)

Term 1, 28 January—18 March

Term 2, 15 April—3 June

Ages: 18+

Cost: FREE

This program is generously supported by the Benalla Art Gallery Foundation and though funding from the Scobie & Claire Mackinnon Trust.

About the facilitator:
Bree Marchbank has extensive training and experience in community healing and art therapies. Bree holds deep care in unconditional space to allow and support participants to move towards healing trauma, allowing each person’s own perfect rhythm and harmony. Bree promotes expressing, sharing and tending to the deep landscapes that we belong to, and which make us up. Bree offers a trauma informed, inclusive practice and is a qualified Initiatic Art Therapist. Her practice is centred in Transformative Justice, accessibility, self-determination and joy.

Image: Participants creating a group artwork during an Art therapy session in 2026, using water colour paints, oil pastels, acrylic paint, and spices.