The Impact We Create Together

Dear Kathy,
I am so grateful to you and the Arteteka team for organizing such a wonderful upcycling event yesterday, with some good pizza and the most lovely banter!

I met some really cool people yesterday and events like these are a blessing to international students like me to meet and know other people and socialize .

I am truly excited to make it to the future events. This is such a wholesome way to meet amazing people and learn some wonderful things.

Can't wait to show you my finished coaster and also meet you for further upcoming events!

I really liked the workshop facilitators. Kathy and Isobel were great 🙂

I enjoyed the laughter yoga today. I felt that the group size and makeup and guidance was a perfect setup to feel comfortable doing something new outside of my comfort zone.

Loved it, it was so funny to see every individual improvise (so creative).

Everything was explained very clearly and well. The laughter yoga was brilliant, very enjoyable and fake laughter turned into real laughter. Creating puppet props and a show offered a great oppurtunity for creativity and teamwork. The shows created fun and laughter and the guessing element also made it interesting.

Amazing activity by Arteteka! Very well delivered and interesting.

I enjoyed the theatre storytelling best. It had low pressure and created natural laughter and connection.

The puppet show I loved the interaction crafts and giggles, and to just not care it was super freeing

The girls made it easy to access and if travel was an issue to pay so I couldn’t honestly fault in anyway.

I would like to thank you both for making me feel so comfortable it was so much fun

Keep going forward with this. It will definitely help.

Puppets are a fabulous medium for imagination, self expression and creativity, and this has been my first day in a long journey through puppetry

I really enjoyed the storytelling and collaging activity because it created a space for silliness and fun. I feel like direction can be so helpful in creativity and having a goal of telling a story made it feel like we were accomplishing something. It made me feel like a kid again in the best way.

The laughter yoga warm up. I felt it had become more familiar since the first time and it was good to have the same concept with different games/applications.

I really enjoyed all of the activities. The laughter yoga was kind of uncomfortable at first but I thought it was a great way to start things off and to help everyone get out of their heads a bit and into their bodies.

The storytelling. I felt it was difficult collaborating with another person I hadn't properly met before on the activity and combining thoughts to make a story.

Fabulous I love Isobel and Kathy

There was a very relaxed and laid back atmosphere, we were never put under any pressure, we were free to do things our own way and the instructors were very kind and understanding.

I fell like the the workshops were really good as you had time enough to get as creative as you wanted and there was lodes of different materials available to help you do so.

I really enjoyed all the activities we did. Very relaxed and laid back. Very understanding of my needs. Everything was catered for. I enjoyed the exhibition the best.

I really enjoyed getting to know everyone during the few days, the setup of the exhibition each day and the various activities we did during the exhibition were super fun.

To try new things, step out of my comfort zone, explore a new place and culture and meet new people. All of these expectations were met.

Yes, my daughter was so proud to be included in this trip and has given her self esteem and confidence a much needed boost.

I felt very accommodated. I felt comfortable asking for help when needed, the space was well set up and the organisers were fab.

I really appreciate the accommodations made for me during my difficult time. It's an honour to be involved with a project.

I really feel like inclusivity was practiced as it has been preached

Very relaxed environment. Felt no pressure. Very patient and explained everything.

Good location and facilitation

I honestly had so much fun, I woke up the day after the last session totally clueless as to what to do with my day.

I like how much creative liberties are offered.

Variety of art to try and freedom of expression. Given freedom without too much interference.

Really enjoyed this workshop though initially I was terrified of trying something new. Enjoyed the chats.

Laughter yoga as it helped ease my anxiety

Laughing yoga is nice like ice breaker.

The final activity of drawing a figure on a folded sheet. Found myself more at ease during this part of the class more light hearted whimsy

Amazing workshop run so well, what incredible young women.

Very interesting as I feel laughter is very important to wellbeing.

Really enjoyed today will be recommending to others

I thought all activities were especially greatly lead in terms of them suiting the different ages and abilities of the group.