Play with Paint: An art workshop for adults

Name: Play with Paint: An art workshop for adults
Start: 2026-08-22T09:00:00+1200
End: 2026-08-22T12:00:00+1200
Location: Tāwera, the new Whakatū Nelson arts hub

Sat, 22 Aug, 9am - 12pm NZST

Tāwera, the new Whakatū Nelson arts hub

Nelson, New Zealand

Hikitia! RISE’s ACC funded primary Prevention Mahi

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Whether you're an experienced artist or have never picked up a paintbrush, Play with Paint is an invitation to explore creativity through curiosity, play, and experimentation.

Guided by artist Loren Griffin, this welcoming workshop encourages participants to let go of perfectionism and limiting beliefs while discovering the joy of working with colour, texture, and mark-making. Through gentle creative prompts and music, you'll be encouraged to notice what feels right, trust your intuition, and create from feeling rather than appearance.

As Loren says, "Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers."

More than an art workshop, Play with Paint is an opportunity to slow down, connect with others, support your wellbeing, and simply enjoy the creative process in a relaxed and encouraging environment.

An art workshop for adults, recommended for ages 16+.

Ordinary Wonders includes a five-week programme of FREE workshops, performances, conversations, film screenings, and creative activities designed to celebrate connection, belonging, and the memories that shape our lives.

All events are FREE, but registration is encouraged, with limited places available for some workshops.

About Loren Griffin

Loren Griffin is inspired by colour, pattern, and the natural world. With a background in graphic design and photography, she now focuses on creating spaces where people of all ages can reconnect with their creativity through intuitive art-making. She also facilitates the popular after-school Art Club at Tahunanui Community Hub, where tamariki (children) explore art through play, imagination, and self-expression.

Explore more about Loren's practice:

Art with Loren.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Hikitia! is a community-led initiative funded by ACC as part of Te Aorerekura, the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence.

This work is focused on creating long-term change by transforming the conditions that lead to and maintain sexual violence, family violence, and child sexual abuse in our communities. Five organisations gained contracts in the first round, and RISE is happy to be one of these first five groups.

In Te Tauihu, Hikitia! For Our Future works across a geographical area that includes Whakatū (Nelson), Waimea (Richmond), Mahua (Golden Bay), and Te Waiharakeke (Marlborough).

What the Hikitia! kaimahi (staff) are focused on/doing?

More than 2000 men have engaged with RISE’s non-violence and dad’s programmes over the years and RISE consistently receives feedback from men that they want to do more.

RISE Hikitia! works with men as powerful allies and leaders in their communities who can challenge harmful behaviour.

Drawing from the insights of these men, alongside the voices of tamariki (children) and rangatahi (youth), whānau and families, those working in the Family Violence and Sexual Violence fields, and research and literature, Hikitia! contributes to three overarching long-term national and regional outcomes:

Mokopuna Ora: protecting the whakapapa of our tamariki, rangatahi and whānau;
Communities are safe, inclusive spaces where children, young people and whānau flourish; and
Primary prevention is prioritised across the family and sexual violence system.

Hikitia! aims to address the underlying causes, or drivers, of sexual and family violence (e.g. social norms, practices and structures that influence attitudes and behaviours) through a systems change approach to primary prevention.

This could look like local storytelling activities to shift mindsets and social norms towards safety, equity and respect. Or partnering with local councils to address high-risk areas.

Crucially, Hikitia! is not focused on service delivery – it focuses on building the infrastructure (workforce, strategy, etc) to support a high-functioning prevention system by working with partners and the community to:

Increase coordination and alignment of sexual violence and family violence prevention (including child sexual abuse prevention),

Identify, implement and leverage initiatives that strengthen protective factors and transform the conditions (including policies, practices, resource flows, relationships, power dynamics etc) that hold sexual violence and family violence in place, and

Enable and activate local leadership to take action to prevent violence.

Together, we will build a future where mana is upheld, whakapapa is honoured, and healthy relationships are achieved.

Meet RISE’s Hikitia! team working to prevent family violence and sexual violence — RISE

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Sat, 22 Aug, 9am - 12pm NZST

Tāwera, the new Whakatū Nelson arts hub

Nelson, New Zealand

Hosted by Hikitia! RISE’s ACC funded primary Prevention Mahi

Play with Paint: An art workshop for adults

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