Welcome to the Expressive Arts Studio at CMHR, where creativity meets healing through our transformative Expressive Arts programs. Our studio harnesses the power of creative arts—including visual arts, music, drama, and movement—to promote personal growth, healing, and self-discovery. Perfect for therapy and community settings, these programs offer individuals a unique opportunity to explore emotions, process trauma, and cultivate effective coping mechanisms.
We integrate various art forms such as visual arts, music, drama and creative writing as therapeutic tools, providing a holistic and creative approach to healing and self expression.
Arts and crafts, games and movement, mindfulness practises and more! Join us in our inspiringly colourful art room and have the BEST day off school!
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
PA Days, March Break, and the first two weeks of July 2026
Relationship-building painting/mixed media process art project. Designed to help people work collaboratively, enjoy quality time, appreciate each other's unique differences and make memories!
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
Clients would work on a large single canvas using many different painting tools and processes to create a collaborative artwork together.
Paint a garden pot and then plant your chosen seed inside. Water every day and watch it grow!
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
Art journaling is a versatile tool for inspiring creative self expression in children, youth and adults. At Expressive Arts Studio, we use therapeutic art journaling as an early intervention to help reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and emotional issues. Having a special place to express themselves freely and creatively helps develop confidence, self awareness and mindfulness. We provide a safe and cathartic space to communicate and create by using art and words to process thoughts and emotions. The groups are guided step by step through the stages of artful journaling and emotional expression.
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
Group setting = 6 Weeks x 1 hour Sessions
Individual sessions = 1 hour Sessions
Creative art activities specifically designed to teach and enhance mindfulness practices using a wide variety of different mediums.
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
A play-based therapeutic drawing class with a focus on creative mindfulness. Each client receives their own doodle sketchbook and each week we try different drawing exercises designed to get people thinking and drawing outside the box!
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
Everyone wears a mask when they interact with the world around them; this therapeutic creative workshop is designed to help artists explore who they present themselves to be on the outside and who they really are on the inside using mask making. They will decorate the front of their mask to be representative of that exterior facade (how I believe others see me), and then decorate the inside of the mask to represent what is going on inside (how I see myself).
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
An creative activity designed to help children with anxiety create a space to hold their worries.
Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
* Acting Up! Theatre Program: Ages 7-13 / 1.5 hr/wkly for 1 month acting class / $100 +hst
* Dungeons & Dragons: Ages 7-13 / 1 hr/wkly for 12 weeks / $300 +hst
* Therapeutic Art Journaling: Ages 7-12 / 6 week program / $100 +hst (Group setting)
* Therapeutic Art Journaling: Ages 13+ / 6 week program / $100 +hst (Group setting)
* Therapeutic Art Journaling: All Ages / 1 hr sessions / $100 +hst (Individual sessions)
* Collaborative Creating Program: All Ages / 1 hr workshop / $100 +hst
* Paint & Plant Program: All Ages / 1.5 hr class / $60 +hst
* Mindful Art Making Program: Children 7 – 12 / 1 hr/wkly / $120 +hst
* Mindful Art Making Program: Teens 13+ / 1 hr/wkly / $120 +hst
* Doodles & Daydreams Program: All Ages / 1 hr/wkly / $80 +hst
* Behind The Mask I Wear Program: All Ages / 2 week program / $50 +hst
* Worry Boxes: Ages: 7 – 11 / Program / 1 hour workshop / $25 +hst
Artistic Director of Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio
Nicole (Nikki) Campbell is a 36 year old multi-disciplinary artist and playwright living in rural Norfolk County with her two children. She has been teaching visual and theatre arts for over 13 years in various settings across Southern Ontario, with students of all ages and abilities. In 2013 she founded a popular non profit arts organization in Norfolk County called Art with Heart Studio and works in Set Design/Construction in the summer with Lighthouse Theatre’s Young Company. To date, Nikki has written, directed and produced 17 plays/musicals for youth actors. She happily serves as the Artistic Director of Brantford Theatre Company and Expressive Arts Studio, and works in Peer Support as a Therapeutic Art Coach at Concepts in Mental Health and Resilience.
