Creative Arts & Wellness Symposium 2023

March 19 - 31, 2023

Promoting Health and Wellness Through The Arts

Downtown Art Center is excited to present the first Creative Arts & Wellness Symposium, a series of events taking place inside DAC’s Main Gallery and Inner Gallery, including art, self-care and wellness workshops, live local music, comedy by Improv Hawaii, life drawing sessions – even a Loco Kine Tea Party in partnership with our neighbors, Tea at 1024 — all with a focus on how art promotes good health and wellness.


Symposium Workshop & Event Schedule

Sunday, March 19

2-4 PM: Self-Care Through Collage Art with Jocelyn Cheng - $20

Monday, March 20

11 AM - 3 PM: FREE Aura Readings with Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi - Free!

2 - 3 PM in the Inner Gallery: Walking for Better Health with Dorian Cuccia - $10

3:30 - 4:30 PM: Caregiving & Fabric Art Workshop with Pat Bemis - $20

5:30 - 8 PM: Cultural Exploration of Himalayan Ritual Arts with Lianne & Lama Lopsang Sherpa -$20

Tuesday, March 21

12 - 1:30 PM: Brown Bag Live Music Lunch Hour with Nate Hatico (BYOL - bring your own lunch) - Free!

2 -3 PM: "How to Give a Presentation Tomorrow & Sleep Well Tonight" with Pam Chambers - $20

Wednesday, March 22

2 - 4 PM: Mindfulness & Morning Papers by Jo Kamae Byrnes - $20

Thursday, March 23

No Symposium Events Scheduled

Friday, March 24

8:30 AM - 12 PM: Work Smart, Work ART with Theresa Wee & Su Atta - $20

5:30 - 7 PM: IMPROV Hawaii Live Show: Laughter is the Best Medicine - $Pay what you like!

Saturday, March 25

1 - 3 PM: Gentle Movement for Stress Relief Workshop with Carol Miyasato of Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi - $20

5:30 - 8 PM: Tantalus Band Live Music and Models Sketching Night - $Pay what you like!

Sunday, March 26

11 AM - 12:30 PM: Quilling Workshop with Yvonne Manipon - $20

1-4 PM: Private Workshop

Monday, March 27

2 - 3 PM in the Inner Gallery: Walking for Better Health with Dorian Cuccia - $10

Tuesday, March 28

12 - 1:30 PM: Brown Bag Live Music Lunch Hour with Shoji Ledward (BYOL - bring your own lunch) - Free!

Wednesday, March 29

9:30 - 11:30 AM: Lama in Transition: Mana’ olana Hope, Help and Healing with Su Atta and Pua Kaninau-Santos - $20

Thursday, March 30

1 - 4 PM: Loco Kine Tea Party catered by Tea at 1024 - $20

Friday, March 31

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Art and ‘The Luck Factor’ Book Talk & Workshop with Theresa Wee & Su Atta - $20

Register Here!

  • Self-Care Through Collage Art with Jocelyn Cheng (Sunday, March 19 from 2-4 PM)

  • FREE Aura Readings with Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi (Monday, March 20 from 11 AM to 3 PM)

  • Caregiving & Fabric Art Workshop with Pat Bemis (Monday, March 20 from 3:30 - 4:30 PM

  • Cultural Exploration of Himalayan Ritual Arts with Lianne & Lama Lopsang Sherpa (Monday, March 20 from 5:30 - 8 PM)

  • Brown Bag Live Music Lunch Hour with Nate Hatico (Tuesday, March 21 from 12 - 1:30 PM)

  • "How to Give a Presentation Tomorrow & Sleep Well Tonight" with Pam Chambers (Tuesday, March 21 from 2-3 PM)

  • Mindfulness & Morning Papers by Jo Kamae Byrnes (Wednesday, March 22 from 2-4 PM)

  • Work Smart, Work ART with Theresa Wee & Su Atta (Friday, March 24 from 8:30 AM to 12 PM)

  • IMPROV Hawaii Live Show: Laughter is the Best Medicine (Friday, March 24 from 5:30 - 7 PM)

  • Gentle Movement for Stress Relief Workshop with Carol Miyasato of Body & Brain Yoga Tai Chi (Saturday, March 25 from 1 - 3 PM)

  • Tantalus Band Live Music and Models Sketching Night (Saturday, March 25 from 5:30 - 8 PM)

  • Quilling Workshop with Yvonne Manipon (Sunday, March 26 from 11 AM - 12:30 PM)

  • Brown Bag Live Music Lunch Hour with Shoji Ledward (Tuesday, March 28 from 12 - 1:30 PM)

  • Lama in Transition: Mana’ olana Hope, Help and Healing with Su Atta and Pua Kaninau-Santos (Wednesday, March 29 from 9:30 - 11:30 AM)

  • Loco Kine Tea Party catered by Tea at 1024 (Thursday, March 30 from 1-4 PM)

  • Art and ‘The Luck Factor’ Book Talk & Workshop with Theresa Wee & Su Atta (Friday, March 31, from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM)