Oakville OASIS Drawing Bee

Record #: OAK0039
Last Full Update: 12 Sep 2024

Contact Information

E-Mail oakvilleoasisdrawingbee@gmail.com
Website sites.google.com/site/oasisdrawingbee
Contact Form sites.google.com/site/oasisdrawingbee/contact-us
Social Media Facebook Facebook
Primary Contact David Foster, Co-facilitator; Phone: 416-892-8819
Alternate Contact Paul Tomas, Co-facilitator; Phone: 289-681-9933

Agency Information

Description (Agency)

An informal group of adults, mostly mental healthcare survivors, thriving as we meet weekly to draw or work on art and other creative projects, as we socialize over coffee.
Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Established March 2010
Funding Donations

Description and Service Details

Description (Service)

A social group that meets to work on their own art (drawing) projects, with their own materials

  • most participants collaborate on publishing comic books as well as other books, including textbooks
  • some participants do limited painting (small watercolours)
  • some participants work on writing projects
  • drop-ins are welcome - coffee, good company, paper and pencils available
Hours
  • In-Person: Mon 10 am-12 noon at St Aidan's Anglican Church
  • Online (meet occasionally) Mon and Tue 7 pm through Google Meet
  • Outdoors (meet occasionally) Sat in Oakville municipal parks
Areas Served Burlington ; Milton ; Oakville
Eligibility Ages: 18 year(s) and up 
 
Mental Healthcare survivors, and any artistic adults interested in practising drawing and producing other creative projects in a social setting
Application

Contact through email, or get the link to join on website
Languages English ; Polish
Fees None

Site Information

Located In Community Oakville
Address & Map
St Aidan's Anglican Church (in-person meeting location)
318 Queen Mary Dr
Oakville, ON L6K 3L6
Intersection Kerr St and Speers Rd
Physical Access Fully Accessible ; wheelchair ramp on Stewart St side of building * call ahead to ensure door is unlocked

Categories and Classification

HCSD Main Heading Arts / Culture ; Mental Health / Addictions ; Sports / Recreation
HCSD Sub Heading Social Clubs ; Social Clubs/Events ; Support Groups
Service Categories Peer to Peer Networking ~ Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities ; Psychiatric Resocialization ; Social Clubs/Events ~ Mental Illness/Emotional Disabilities