About US
Welcome to Unstuck Studios!
Unstuck Studios is an inclusive creating community! We create opportunities for people to connect with creativity for the benefit of wellbeing and the chance to work through difficulties in community with others. Our goal is to create a safe space in which everyone can engage, tap into flow, and discover in a way that allows each of us to flourish and grow through creativity, connection, and play!
The Story of US
Unstuck Studios came to life during the pandemic in response to increased feelings of isolation, fear, struggle, and loss as a result of the global situation, lockdowns, and news cycles. We were kind of dealing with a lot at that time, and noticed that it was particularly challenging to get into creative flow. And it wasn't just us!
Believing in the benefits of creativity and community, and feeling the need for structure and support, we decided to invite some family and friends to join us virtually -- to share in community and to allow space for creativity to come up and start to flow again; to process everything that was going on, and to get Unstuck! With that, we launched our first initiative, Creating Club, an online open-studio based on an Art Hive model. We continue to welcome people to come together virtually, for one hour a week, to create space for creative practice and connect with a supportive community.
Since then we’ve been inspired by our community to offer virtual workshops. We've collaborated with each other and with other facilitators to create unique opportunities for our community to play in creative flow and share in a variety of novel and familiar experiences (baking, macrame, and papercraft workshops, gamifying goal-setting, the Art Game, just to name a few).
Unstuck Studios has partnered with Dark Horse Designs in fundraising for CAMH with their Sunrise Challenge since its initiation in 2021. We continue to raise awareness regarding mental health and the benefits of community and creativity.
With all we offer, we aim to inspire, to celebrate creativity in all its forms, and to highlight the reality that we are all creative by nature. Wherever you go, however you feel, stuck or unstuck, your studio, your creativity and community are with you!
Lurissa Kelland, BFA (hon), DTATI, RYT-200
Lurissa Kelland is a creativity and wellness practitioner with a background in expressive arts, art therapy, and yoga. Through her education and experiences, she has come to recognize the potential for healing and growth that can be supported with mindful arts and movement practices. Lurissa is passionate about joining together with community and connecting through the processes of creative play. She is truly inspired by collaboration and learning from others. Grounded in a belief that each individual is creative by nature, her practice celebrates unique, and beautiful ways of tapping into and expressing that creativity with each shared experience – workshops, community art experiences, classes, and retreats. For over a decade, Lurissa has been dedicated to sharing a safe, accepting, inclusive, and collaborative space in which everyone is welcome to explore and express emotions, thoughts, and experiences in order to enhance an awareness, acceptance, and celebration of the authentic self.
Amanda Currie BA (hon)
Amanda Currie a.k.a. Dark Horse Designs is a jewellery designer and maker with a background in fine art and philosophy. She works intuitively with clients to create customized wearable art that facilitates personal growth through the curation of gemstone energies and design style that aims to tell the story of their journey. She is inspired by the wonders of the natural world and by connecting to Spirit in nature. Her work aims to help people to feel seen and understood as they grow through transformative healing experiences, realizing their own potential and reconnecting with the fullest expression of their true authentic self.