Art & Wellbeing Workshops: Presence in Practice offers a series of evening sessions exploring presence through spirituality, neuroscience, and therapeutic strategies. Across three workshops, expert facilitators guide participants to deepen focus, connection, and awareness through reflective engagement with art.
Each session begins with an exclusive, crowd-free viewing of Olafur Eliasson: Presence, followed by a guided workshop. No prior experience is required, and all sessions are suitable for anyone interested in art, mindfulness, and wellbeing.
Sessions
Wed 18 Feb | Dr Kwong Chan
Exploring wisdom, compassion, mindful living, and wellbeing through human relationships and social engagement. (Sold out)
Wed 18 Mar | Kate Raffin
Creative principles behind nonviolent social change movements and how embodying these practices supports personal and collective wellbeing.
Wed 22 Apr | Dr Jacob Thorstensen
Understanding how the brain regulates attention and the senses, and how to quiet the thinking mind to connect more deeply with art.
Schedule
5.30–6.30pm | Exclusive exhibition viewing
6.30–7.30pm | Art & Wellbeing Workshop
Tickets are available for individual workshops. Sessions on Wed 18 Mar and Wed 22 Apr are still available.
Image: Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 / Your negotiable vulnerability seen from two perspectives (detail) 2025 / Polarisation filters, steel, wood, LEDs, motors, electrical ballast, Polyhedron: PVC, resin, motor, control unit / Courtesy: The artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / © 2025 Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: Studio Olafur Eliasson
