Insider Art Gallery

The Insider Art Directors, like all Art Psychotherapists, are dual trained. Like many we have a dual practice, as artists and psychotherapists. We believe that working effectively with people is facilitated by thinking like an artist, and that working as artist is often facilitated by thinking psychologically and emotionally. These processes feed one another! One of the advantages of working across fields in the arts and health is that we believe it helps keep the artist identity of the art psychotherapist vibrant.

Some of our current and recent work is here, and you’ll find more on our separate gallery pages in the archive, where you will also find the ‘Show and Tell’ page. We will be using this space to show work by our colleagues, from across the arts and health spectrum.

 

THE BIRD TABLE

Pictures from the Heathercombe Sculpture Trail 2011

There will be photographs of more birds and of the hopes left at the Bird Table once the project ends. There will also be more information about the project but basic info is available through the link on the home page to news and events.

 

THE NEST OF LOST HOPES

Heathercombe Sculpture Trail 2010

Working creatively with loss and change often shows that embracing ‘giving up’ and letting go is when change becomes possible, and hope is reborn. Insider Art, when working with group endings and transitions, have devised creative rituals giving form to ‘What to Take’ and ‘What to Leave Behind’ helping this to happen. This collaborative, public sculpture project is an elaboration of these rituals.

For a four page PDF about the project click here.

The Heathercombe Sculpture Trail: 4th to 27th September 2010.

For more details about Heathercombe and the Sculpture trail see: www.heathercombe.com

 

BEACH BESTIARY

Beach Workshop and Picnic 2010

Once again Insider Art again invited all former participants from both of our longer part time courses (Art in Mental Health: a Foundation Course in Art Therapy, and Arts & Health for Participatory Visual Arts) to a sand sculpture, generally creative and sociable beach workshop and picnic on Saturday May 15th 2010.

You can see more pictures from the Bestiary by clicking here to download a five page PDF

 

MYTHICAL ZOO

Beach Workshop and Picnic 2009

Insider Art again invited all former participants from both of our longer part time courses (Art in Mental Health: a Foundation Course in Art Therapy, and Arts & Health for Participatory Visual Arts) to a sand sculpture, generally creative and sociable beach workshop and picnic on Saturday May 9th 2009.

You can see more pictures from the Mythical Zoo by clicking here to download a four page PDF

 

IMAGINARY MENAGERIE

Beach Workshop and Picnic 2008

Insider Art invited all former participants from both of our longer part time courses (Art in Mental Health: a Foundation Course in Art Therapy, and Arts & Health for Participatory Visual Arts) to a sand sculpture, generally creative and sociable beach workshop and picnic on Saturday July 19th 2008.

You can see more pictures from the Imaginary Menagerie by clicking here.

 

BANNER

This Banner was made by various Insider Artists to form part of an Arts & Health exhibit at Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum. It is approximately 4' x 8'.