Online Workshop
Art for Wellbeing Workshop: Harnessing Painting For Health
October 24, 2026
10:00 am to 5:00 pm EST
For physician assistants and other health-care providers
This workshop combines evidence-based didactic education regarding burnout, wellness, and art engagement with an experiential painting activity, process painting. Process painting makes the experience of painting more important than the outcome. The goal of process painting is the creative act itself, without concern for talent, skill, or accomplishment. No prior painting or art experience is necessary.
Online Painting is a way to cultivate wellness with a home painting practice with the support of a virtual community of healthcare providers from around the country. You’ll receive personal attention from Stewart Cubley, the founder of The Painting Experience, Adrian S. Banning, and Nicole Cournoyer. There is no comparison or evaluation.
The Painting Experience is recognized by related professions that support and assist growth-related practices for vulnerable populations.
Stewart has a long history of supporting healthcare professionals and has provided continuing education credits for nurses, licensed therapists, and social workers for over forty years.
Adrian S. Banning, DHSc, PA-C, is an associate professor and dedicated physician assistant educator in the Butler University DMS-Bridge program. Her research explores the intersection of art and science in medical education, focusing on how integrating art appreciation and arts-integrated curricula—developed through collaborations like the Barnes Foundation—can foster clinical empathy, enhance communication, and mitigate burnout among students.
Nicole Cournoyer, MSPAS, PA-C, oncology physician assistant, educator, and founder of The Holistic PA Coach, supports colleagues navigating the deeply challenging landscape of medicine since the COVID-19 pandemic. Believing that the practice of medicine is a profound gift that can be sustained when a PA prioritizes their own well-being and wholeness, she integrates painting, meditation, and creative engagement into innovative educational opportunities that offer practical somatic tools for resilience.
This workshop is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to apply for five AAPA Category 1 CME credits from the AAPA Review Panel. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined.”
Workshop Information (Click for more information)
Workshop Schedule
The workshop will take place from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST. Please plan to attend the full session to get the most out of the experience.
Continuing Education Credits
This workshop is not yet approved for CME credit. Conference organizers plan to apply for five AAPA Category 1 CME credits from the AAPA Review Panel. The total number of approved credits is yet to be determined.”
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Location
Online Workshop
Cancellation Policy
If you pay in full when you register, you will receive a full refund minus a 15% handling fee if you cancel before October 1st, 2026. After that date, your payment is nonrefundable and nontransferable.
Why Paint for Process? (Click for more information)
The exhilaration of creating without the pressure to perform, produce or succeed.
The goal is free-expression. Process painting emphasizes the creative process rather than technique or expertise. No prior art experience is necessary. We all start from beginner’s mind.
The personal power that grows from being present in the moment.
Process painting offers an exceptional opportunity to inhabit the present moment. It’s an engaged spirituality — a practice of equanimity, presence, and learning to stay present in the face of whatever arises.
The beauty of letting yourself be led rather than grasping for control or attempting to plan.
Through listening to your intuition — the color that calls to you; the placement of the brush on the paper; the shape, the form, the image that wants to be born — process painting invites you to unleash your inner wildness.
The rewards that come from experiencing doubt and carrying on anyway.
One of the myths of art is that you have to feel inspired, have endless ideas or feel confident in order to create. But not-knowing allows innocence. Accepting imperfection yields compassion. Risking vulnerability opens the door to breakthrough and awe.
The healing that comes from true completion.
Completion is one of the greatest mysteries in process painting. It can be a moment of astonishing surprise and release. Completion is an inner state of freedom that you experience when you carry a painting through to its natural end.
The development of an awakened stance towards life that is centered yet expansive.
The meeting with yourself that occurs in the painting process is meditation in action — where the circumstances of your life are seen as potentials rather than problems.
