Heart Journal 14-18

Use art journaling to explore your identity, plan for your learning year and explore your dreams.

Youth will explore the intersectionality of identity through art and writing and activities like visualizations, and metaphors. They will plan for their learning year with vision boards and creative goal setting. They will tap into their dreams through writing and drawing.

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Heart Journal 14-18
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1 Your Guide

Amber Santos Learn more about me

Amber Santos is an art educator and artist with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in online education and creating 65+ activities for the HomeLearners Network. Her multidisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in her German heritage and reclaimed Métis and Anishinaabe culture and includes paper craft, textiles, painting, and more. Amber inspires kids and youth to draw inspiration from nature and their gardens and yards. Her activities combine technical fundamentals like colour theory and the elements of art with somatic, wellness-centred art practices. A painter and muralist with an on-going studio practice, she also spent seven years curating the Nelson International Mural Festival of which she is a co-founder. All of the visuals that you see in Amber's activities were created by her hands!

When I'm not making art, find me listening to music on full blast in the kitchen, dancing and making food for my family:)

2 Materials Needed

Paper, card stock, scissors, glue, tape, stapler (optional) needle and thread (optional). Drawing and painting supplies.

3 Learning Focus

  • Communicating
  • Creative thinking
  • Personal awareness & responsibility
  • Positive personal identity & culture

4 Registration

You’re selecting a Realtime Series A one-time Livestreamed Activity led by a qualified Guide.

5 Best Suited For:

Stick figures of varying sizes waving

My age is between 14 - 18

Yellow and blue gear

All experience levels are welcome.

Child and mother stick figure standing

I can do this independently.

An open book

All reading levels are welcome.