Enjoyed creating this graphic recording for OEATA in December as the membership
looks forward to 2023! These sessions always begin with a blessing and a land
acknowledgement, and always wrap with a playful connection through dance and
song! This lively meeting structure proves once again that OEATA leads the way
in showing us all what organizations can do to do business and still
energetically connect their many members- even by Zoom!
For the recording I used their new logo which has a strong splash of red and black,
and beneath it blocks and circles of green-blue and blue. I chose to add extensive land
acknowledgments for both Tkaronto and Ontario in uppercase letters, forming two
large blocks of text that challenged the rest of the design. I then introduced
contrasting blocks of colour to balance out the rest. When I graphically record
for the Expressive Art Therapists, I always enjoy adding quite a bit of colour.
In this case I included magenta, tangerine, baby blue and lime green, while
other colours appear throughout the notes.
As usual the OEATA membership had a
lot of awesome things to talk about! Thanks to a lot of effort by both committed
long-term board members and several enthusiastic new ones, OEATA membership is
on the rise once again and OEATA is both expanding in terms of membership
services as well as gaining professional ground by making their presence known
at conferences and to various organizations that require their services.
As different committees reported their progress it became clear for another year
and the OEATA membership has reason to anticipate great things for 2023! It is
always an honour to work with this group and I am grateful for the honorary
associate membership granted to me for my efforts.