MindSketch

MindSketch is an intensive training course for youth workers focused on using art as a tool for mental health support. From July 6–16, 2025, Bansko became a creative and emotional haven for participants — the course began by drawing a clear line between mental health and mental wellbeing before moving into practice.

Activities

• Feelings Wheel and abstract painting
• Neurographic drawing and constellation mapping
• An outdoor reflection day — nature-based reflection, land art and Lithuanian polyphonic singing by a mountain stream
• Participants designed their own activities and tested them on each other in the final days
• Youthpass ceremony

Result

The MindSketch Manual — a complete guide to using art for mental health, featuring exercises like "Body Poetry" and "Blind Voices". Download the manual (PDF)

"I never saw myself as an artist. But we redefined what art could be: everything can be art if it holds intention." — course participant