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Commune for Arts is a community-based project that aims to improve mental health through arts Goals:

1.

Commune for Arts
is supported by CENDANA Malaysia,
in collaboration with the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre & Malaysian Mental Health Association. We offer the use of artistic expression in an encouraging and supportive environment to effect positive change and personal growth while fostering a sense of community. To promote the therapeutic value and the positive well-being message associated with art-making, at a personal and societal level.

2. To facilitate a safe and welcoming space for the community, especially for individuals living with mental health issues.

3. Expand and contribute to the development of accessibility, representation, inclusivity, and diversity within the arts scene in Malaysia.

4. To integrate arts into the community; to bring people together through art-making.

19/08/2025

Had a lovely dance/movement therapy session with AIA Insurance today.

Thank you and .life for the recommendation.

23/10/2024

Yay! Amal will continue to offer free counselling services throughout November 2024 to January 2025!

P/s: There is great value in counsellors with lived experience 🙌🏼🙌🏼

22/05/2024

Here’s a checklist for the session this Sunday, May 22 at :
- Do wear comfortable clothings you can move in
- Bring some water to stay hydrated
- Arrive on time
- Come with an open mind and open heart!

What to expect:
- A time and space to slow down to focus inwards, to listen, and connect to our bodies and it’s impulses.
- A safe space to allow our bodies to express through bodily story-telling while integrating our conscious and unconscious beings.
- There may be invitations to check in with ourselves, guided movement warm ups, body scans and moving meditation, movement/dance circles, use of “mirroring”, use of music, use of art materials as a reflection tool, and verbal sharings and reflections.

Registration in bio.

21/05/2024

Join us at this Sunday May 26. This time round, we’ve been called for an Embodied Movement session.

Looks like there’ll be a ton of other artsy, fun, and communal sessions for kids, adults, and families.

08/12/2023

We’re doing our Mindful Journaling session and Art Therapy session at Amnesty International Malaysia’s Human Rights Day.

Building our Toolbox Wellbeing Toolbox: Workshop on Mindful Journaling by Amanda Xavier
10am - 11am, Saturday Dec 9

Building our Toolbox Wellbeing Toolbox: Workshop on Art Therapy by Dana Kaarina
10am - 11am, Sunday Dec 10

Check page for registration

02/10/2023

Thank you everyone but we unfortunately have to close our registrations even for the waiting list as the numbers were getting too high. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

28/09/2023

Oh, we are loving your energy! It’s so exciting that our sessions are almost fully booked. Do register before they are all full!

What happens when sessions are full? We will be accepting participants for the waiting list. Those on the waiting list will be notified on either Oct 9 or 10 on whether there is a slot!

The free mental health screening on the other hand, will be available throughout the event from 9am-1pm.

If you have any queries or worries, drop us a message. We hope to answer your queries and provide more information on the sessions to ease any worries about them.

A gentle reminder that these sessions are not to replace clinical therapy intervention.

27/09/2023

In conjunction of World Mental Health Day 2023, commune for arts this Saturday, 14th October for our first physical project, Arts & Wellbeing! We are offering you an experience to explore the healing power of creative arts therapy through a taster of Dance/Movement Therapy session, mindful journaling, and a taster of an Art Therapy session.

All sessions are offered at no cost; voluntary contributions on the day to support what we do is welcomed!

There will also be Free Mental Health Screening available throughout the event!

Registration forms can be found in the link in bio or at www.linktr.ee/communeforarts.

REGISTER BY 7 OCTOBER 2023. Sessions are limited to 18pax only! (Except for the panel discussion).

Note: These sessions are not meant to replace clinical therapy intervention.

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23/09/2023

About time we did something 🎉

Join us as we commune for arts on Oct 14 for World Mental Health Day 2023. Get a taster of creative arts therapies at our Arts & Wellbeing event. 💃🏻🎨🖌

Stay tuned for more info!

08/08/2023

Yay! We’re doing a thing after almost 2 years!

We are offering a Moving from Within workshop at the Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival at klpac this Aug 19-20, 2023.

Moving from Within gently guides you back to your body; subsequently, exploring sensations, feelings, thoughts, and movements that arise from them. Dance/Movement Therapists, Chloe Tan and Ho Lee Ching will be facilitating the workshop.

The festival runs from 11am till late. Our workshop will be at 5pm - 6pm at AD Studio, Level 3. Unfortunately, I believe Level 3 is not wheelchair accessible. 😩😩
We will be working on our accessibility in our coming Cycle 2 programmes.

28/01/2022

Thank you for your openness, generosity, and sharings. Thank you for showing up
and joining us from October - December 2021. We hope you were able to take away something beneficial for yourself. It’s been wonderful to have you all. ❤️❤️

Personally, it was an eye opening project for me. I was not even sure if people were keen on creative arts therapy. And honestly, I have learnt so much from my team and all of you. This is only a beginning! I am looking to continue this but in the mean time, we’ll take a break from our sessions. But, we will continue to be active on soc med!

From the bottom of my heart, I would like to thank these people listed below. Commune for Arts Season 1 ran as smoothly as it did because of every single one of them. I cannot ask for a better team. Thank you trusting in the project. 😭😭

CFA team
Thong Jiamin
Amanda Xavier
Tinesh Raman
Kamilia Roslan
Miza Marsya
Coebar Abel
May Lyn
Emlynne Shauna Tham

Facilitators
Shivani Sivagurunathan
Dana Kaarina
Janet Moo

Collaborators & Supporter
CENDANA
MMHA
klpac

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
We will be back ✌🏼
We are also open for collaborations!

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Ching

25/12/2021

Our heart goes out to all affected by the floods and everyone who has had a tough year.

In times like these, we need one another even more. Thank you fellow Malaysians who have gone your way out to offer help in the ways you can. You truly make the country a better place.

List of places to donate/volunteer and what they are looking for:
initiative - you can find a list of places to volunteer with.

- volunteers to clean up Karak, Pahang, volunteers to pack, 4x4 needed.

- volunteers

- monetary donation (Hulu langat, Pahang, selangor)

- volunteers, 4x4, essential items (pj)

-volunteers for packing/loading and essential items (pls check beforehand) (Shah Alam)

- volunteers for cleaning up, doctors

- monetary donation & schooling items

- emergency supplies & monetary (orang asli bukit tandom)
Iconstruct.my - for building materials

- monetary & volunteers (kl)

- looking for clean up volunteers
my - monetary donation & essential items

- monetary donation, food & essential items
Womengirls- monetary RM120 pay it forward food relief & essentials

- monetary donation and cleaning up tools (bangi)
my - baby items
- monetary

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Petaling Jaya
47301

Website

http://linktr.ee/communeforarts

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