The Art of Self-Expression: Mindful Mask-Making with Niki Lopez
The Art of Self-Expression: Mindful Mask-Making with Niki Lopez
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Create. Reflect. Reveal. A guided mindful mask-making experience exploring identity, creativity, and self-expression. Women’s Wilton Week
Join artist and social practitioner Niki Lopez for The Art of Self-Expression: Mindful Mask-Making, an immersive creative experience designed to inspire reflection, creativity, and personal expression.
This special edition of the workshop is presented as part of Wilton Women’s Week 2026.
Through guided prompts and intuitive art-making, participants will create their own expressive mask while exploring identity, storytelling, and imagination in a relaxed and supportive environment. This workshop invites you to slow down, reconnect with creativity, and engage in meaningful self-expression — no prior art experience required.
Rooted in mindfulness and creative exploration, this experience encourages participants to step outside their comfort zone while discovering new ways to express thoughts, emotions, and personal narratives through art.
Whether you consider yourself creative or simply curious, this workshop offers a welcoming space to experiment, reflect, and create freely.
What You’ll Experience
✨ Guided mindful art-making exercises
✨ Creation of a personalized expressive mask
✨ A supportive and inclusive creative environment
✨ Opportunities for reflection and self-discovery
✨ Connection through creativity and shared experience
All materials are provided.
Who This Workshop Is For
• Beginners and experienced creatives alike
• Anyone seeking creative expression or inspiration
• Individuals interested in mindfulness through art
• Community members looking for a meaningful creative experience
No artistic background needed — just come as you are.
Event Details
Date: Sunday, April 26
Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: 📍
Island City Stage (Office)
2406 N Dixie Hwy
Wilton Manors, FL 33305
Tickets
$45 Individual Ticket
$80 Two Tickets
Includes all art supplies and light refreshments.
About the Facilitator
Niki Lopez is an Afro-Latina interdisciplinary visual artist and social practitioner whose work uses art as a tool for mindfulness, dialogue, and community connection. Her mask-making workshops are rooted in her ongoing artistic practice, where masks serve as symbolic self-portraits exploring identity, culture, spirituality, and personal transformation.
As the founder of What’s Your Elephant™, Lopez creates immersive creative experiences that invite participants to engage in reflection, storytelling, and self-expression through art in welcoming and supportive community spaces.
Accessibility & Experience
This workshop is designed to be welcoming, supportive, and accessible to participants of all creative levels.
About What’s Your Elephant™
Founded in 2014 and officially established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2023, What’s Your Elephant™ is an arts and educational organization that uses creativity to address the unspoken.
Through exhibitions, workshops, wellness gatherings, and interactive art experiences, we create spaces for storytelling, mindfulness, and community connection.
Our work centers mental health, LGBTQ+ identity, social justice, gender equity, and collective wellbeing — uplifting marginalized voices and fostering transformation through art.
To learn more, visit whatsyourelephant.org
About Wilton Women’s Week
What’s Your Elephant is proud to partner with The Pride Center and Women With Pride for this year’s Wilton Women’s Week. This workshop is a dedicated, inclusive safe space designed specifically for LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary individuals to connect through creativity, mindfulness, and the power of the arts.
To see the full schedule of Wilton Women’s Week events (Apr 25 – May 3), visit wiltonwomensweek.org.
