Resilience by Fran
TED Therapeutic Art with Sophie*
Wednesday, November 5th 2025
1pm PT * 3pm CT * 4pm ET
1 hour
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Art Prompt: Reimagined Play Space
In this group, we will indulge our inner child by exploring childhood play. We will create an imaginary play space, rooted in childhood memory but reimagined to include anything we could want or need. Anything is possible in your reimagined play space! This art-making will inspire us to consider how we can bring play, and the positive feelings associated with play, into our present lives.
Suggested Art Materials:
Identify art materials you enjoyed using as a child and consider using them in your art-making.
Craft materials (such as felt, popsicle sticks, and sequins). Found objects and recycled items (cardboard boxes, toilet paper rolls, etc.) could be used to create a 3-dimensional play space. Hot glue would be helpful in construction on 3D artworks.
Zoom Credentials:
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*Sophie Restall is an Art Therapist (ATR-P) and an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) with a passion for using creative expression to help people flourish.
The Aurora in Me by Marilyn
TED ART & Creative Studio with JACQUE*
Saturday, November 15 – 1pm PST, 3pm CST, 4pm EST
1.5 hours
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“Intertwined Voices” – Seeing through TED together
In honor of TED Awareness Week and the ConnecTED 2025 conference, we’re coming together to be heard, to be seen, and to be understood. We invite everyone to listen, to share, and to see through TED—together. Because when our stories intertwine, they create something stronger. Together, our voices don’t just raise awareness—they inspire change!
Objective:
Bring our voices together to share our personal journeys with TED, celebrate the power of community and connection and create a visual representation that raises awareness and hope.
Examples:
- You could use materials like string, twine or branches to represent threads of connection, with words hanging from them.
- Use symbols, colors, shapes or words that reflect your journey with TED through the lens of story (experience), science (knowledge) and solidarity (connection).
- You could also include elements that make you feel empowered, centered and seen.
Supplies:
- Mixed Media Paper – for paint, collage and layering
- Acrylic paint or paint pens – for color, expression, and highlighting key elements
- String, twine or branches – to represent stages, connections, or intertwined voices
- Different fabrics – for layering and adding depth
- Found objects – shells, buttons to symbolize connection and texture, or any other found items
- Glue/glue stick
*Jacque Boogher is the Director of TED ART & Creative Studio, a TED patient, and the highly talented leader of our monthly TED ART sessions as well as our special projects.