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Pod Clare
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Mosaic, Other
25 happy years experience delivering participatory arts projects, large and small, in many art forms with any partners. Longstanding Chairperson of HAUL Arts in Health.
A Private Land
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Literature, Digital, Animation
A Private Land is a participatory arts project with Susan Adams & Penny Hallas. As artists we have been looking at the former Mid-Wales Hospital in Talgarth, crumbling and slowly being taken over by nature, and feel that there are stories missing that should be told before it disappears completely.
A4W Innovation CIC arts4wellbeing
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Theatre, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Mosaic, Ceramic
Harnessing creativity to improve lives and communities. Specialists in innovative, inspiring and engaging training, projects, events and workshops.
Abi Makepeace
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Mixed Media, Audio Video
I'm a mixed media artist focusing on textiles with an ecological and sustainable ethos. I run a wide range of participatory, health and well-being workshops and projects that engage people through patch-working, stitching and botanical dyeing.
Age Cymru / Gwanwyn
Age Cymru is the largest charity working with and for older people in Wales. Our vision is to create an age friendly Wales. Gwanwyn is a month-long national festival held across Wales in May each year celebrating creativity in older age.
Website | Email | 02920 431576
Aimee Renee Colville
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Mixed Media, Other
Over the past 8 years i have ran and organised community arts groups, Arts and craft workshops and worked within care/residential homes leading arts sessions. I have a passion for helping people through art and sharing my own art with others.
Website | Email | 07763364217
Aimee Marie Littler
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media
Hi I’m an artist based in South Wales (Swansea valley) I have always loved art and nature,so I’ve put the two together! I mainly use watercolour but also coloured pencils, graphite, acrylic and gouache. My main subject is birds as I just adore them!
Aimee Renee
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media
I'm a Community Artist/Voluntary Art Grp Coordinator. I have also worked as a creative activities coordinator at Park lodge residential care home. My Art group helps improve peoples lives, health & wellbeing & reduces social isolation. I work alongside Prestatyn Iachs OT & GPs social prescribing network
Website | Email | 07541039703
Aimee's Friday Art Group
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Illustration, Sculpture, Mixed Media
16/01/15 was the first ever Aimee’s Friday art group held at The Artisans Collective in Prestatyn. Our aim is to bring people together, share ideas, techniques, socialise, make arts/crafts, have fun & enhance lives through art.The group is open to anyone regardless of artistic ability or experience
Website | Email | 07541039703
Aisling Caffrey
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Theatre, Installation Art, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Digital, Other
A scriptwriter, creative writing, drama & visual arts facilitator with 15 years experience. Currently studying MA Arts, Health & Wellbeing at Uni of South Wales. I want to connect with creatives, companies & institutions to learn how creative writing & storytelling can support health and wellbeing.
Alec Shepley
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Sculpture, Audio Video
Alec is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Arts and Society at Wrexham University. He is an artist in his own right and has always been engaged in the societal and pedagogical aspects of creative practice; rooted in the firm belief that education is the key to transforming lives.
Aled Jones
Creative Practitioners, Funders & Policy Makers, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital
Freelance project manager with extensive experience of working within the Arts and Health sector. Managed the Cultural Cwtsh project, a creative wellbeing resource for health and social care workers, on behalf of the Arts Council of Wales.
Alex Bowen
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Theatre, Dance, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Mosaic, Ceramic, Digital, Animation
Strategic development, co-ordination and networking skills combined with a person-centred and proactive approach. Supportive and agile organisational and project manager. Proven track record in financial/ budget management and fundraising, with success in securing a wide range of funding streams.
Website | Email | 07368422907
ALEX STAPLES
Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
I work as an Arts Programme Manager at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. We have a thriving Arts for Health and Wellbeing programme supported by Cardiff & Vale Health Charity. My role mainly concentrates on inpatient settings - improving the lives of our staff and our patients through Art.
Alexandra Symons
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Mosaic, Ceramic
I’m a qualified Applied Artist specialising in ceramics also a qualified and HCPC registered Arts psychotherapist specialising in one-to-one art therapy and group art and craft therapy workshops I have a background working with children and adults with learning disabilities and disorders.
Website | Email | 07985854391
Ali Franks
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Spoken Word
Transformative Coach, Applied Theatre Practitioner & Educator Staff Wellbeing Coach at People Speak Up; Specialist in using drama as a tool for personal development and emotional health; Lecturer in Applied Theatre at UWTSD.
Website | Email | 07951 725912
Alis Poppy Davies
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Dance
Current community dance apprentice with Caerphilly Arts Development. Very passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of others in the community
Alison Harris
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Dance
Hi I'm Alison & I'm a Groove Facilitator in Swansea. Anybody can Groove, no matter your ability or experience, if you can move you can Groove! It’s super simple, we have up to three moves or rhythms per song & that’s it. There’s no front & back or left or right, and absolutely no getting it
Alison Moger Designs
Area of Art: Visual Art, Mixed Media
I am a practising artist working with free – stitch and mixed media, my work will always have a recycling, environmental and family ethos at its heart. I am an avid collector of vintage textiles and domestic objects that show the passage of time and the human interaction, embracing storytelling through the visual process. ; I have had experience of working with a wide range of vulnerable people from young carers at Craft in the Bay to care home residence with cARTrefu. I am able to run a diverse range of workshops to suite the ability of those participating in the workshops.
Website | Email | 07542748282
Alison Moore
Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
I work for Coed Lleol as the South Wales Coordinator, overseeing a team of Project Officers, who work locally to their areas, to offer a wide range of nature-based wellbeing activities in woodlands and green spaces. We engage communities to understand the benefits of being in nature, learning skills.
Alyson Powell
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art
I am an Artist/Printmaker and Expressive Arts Facilitator . My background is in Special needs support and education. I offer client centered practice offering creative opportunities in formal and leisure settings . With a safe non judgmental space for people to express their thoughts and ideas.
Amanda Jayne Padley
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Literature, Ceramic, Other
I am an Art Psychotherapist, artist, potter, writer and qualified teacher working particularly with all forms of pregnancy loss. I work with clients and teach in North Wales as well as using online platforms. Art therapy is an accessible and inclusive form of therapeutic intervention.
Amelia Huw Morgan
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Illustration, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Digital, Animation
Amelia Huw Morgan Illustrator and Senior lecturer in Illustration at Cardiff School of Art & Design her focus is on the action of the illustrated image in the world in hope of, what she refers to as, ‘The Participant Viewer’. Most recently 'Illustrations Saves Lives' collaboration with NHS Wales
Website | Email | 07778586334
Amy Joy-Jeffery
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Dance
Iam a reflexologist. I worked over 10 years in the care sector supporting individuals in maintaining their independence and dignity. I have run various dance workshops. I have done facepainting at parties festivals and community centres. I enjoy working with people. My passion, working with
Ananya Reynolds
Charities & Third Sector | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
I am a sexual violence support worker within Calan DVS supporting survivors of domestic violence who have also been subjected to sexual violence. Within this role I provide 1to1support, I facilitate a group programme for survivors and along side my team members, we provide workshops and training.
Website | Email | 07983805386
Andre Stitt
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Painting, Installation Art, Audio Video
André Stitt was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1958. He is a Professor at Cardiff School of Art & Design. A predominate theme in his artistic output is that of communities and their dissolution often relating to trauma, conflict and art as a redemptive proposition.
Andrew Clement
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
I run the Patient Storytelling programme for the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust & design and illustrate their educational materials. I am also an amateur musician and painter.
Angela Bowker
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Mixed Media, Other
Hello! I am a part time metalsmith near Cardiff and make jewellery using traditional techniques. I work mostly in silver and organic minerals/gems but like to experiment with other materials too including wood, leather, cold enamels and polymer clay. I am also a qualified adult teacher (PGCertHE).
Website | Email | 07794220981
Angela McMillan
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers, Researchers, Art Therapists / Supervisors, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Digital
I am an integrative therapist using creative approaches including imagery work and immersive technologies to help anxious young people tell their stories in non-traditional ways.
Website | Email | 07766764729
Angela Rogers
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Ceramic
Executive Director of WAHWN, supporting arts and health professionals to embed the arts within healthcare systems in Wales. https://wahwn.cymru
Website | Email | 07773856079
Angie Gomes
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Poetry, Ceramic
I’ve been in education, learning and development around 30 years and art and creativity all my life. I believe art can improve our wellbeing and mental health. I currently lead and teach autistic teens in West Wales and happy to link up with professionals who would like to engage in projects.
Anita Holford
Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Professional Services | Location: South East Wales
I’m a freelance comms, copywriting, fundraising practitioner. I work with arts/music organisations/individuals who have an educational, wellbeing or social purpose. Work egs: a campaign to promote voluntary arts to health; evaluation & project management of teen music/mental health project.
Website | Email | 01600 713758
Anna Amalia Coviello
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry, Mosaic, Other
I am a multidisciplinary artist with a diverse set of skills, I am mainly a painter, illustrator, muralista, while as a facilitator I enjoy up-cycling and working sustainably. I also write, move, photograph, make installations or mosaics, depending on what needs to be expressed and how.
Website | Email | 07756709169
Anne Brierley
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Mixed Media
I am a painter/ printmaker working with the public as a facilitator and tutor in healthcare settings. I have made pieces of public art in healthcare settings too alone and in collaboration with other creatives.
Website | Email | 07907847459
Anne Draper
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
I work with adults with learning disabilities in the Tenby Project CIC and for Tenby Twn Council as a Community Engagement Officer.
Anthem Music Fund Wales
Funders & Policy Makers, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Anthem’s vision is a Wales in which music can empower every young life. Music is a potent creative force for young people that feeds self-expression, personal development and wellbeing. Anthem enables access to music and nurtures diverse talent to take the next steps to musical careers.
Website | Email | 07966 450299
Anthony aka TonyLewis Brooks
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Music, Installation Art, Digital
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-6230 https://vbn.aau.dk/en/persons/tb
Website | Email | 01834 811805
April Heade
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
I am a Producer in the Programmes & Engagement department of Welsh National Opera with a specific focus on our growing arts and health programme.
Arts Care Gofal Celf
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Arts Care Gofal Celf (ACGC) believes in the power of the creative arts to transform the lives of individuals and improve community cohesion. ACGC was an early pioneer of arts in health and wellbeing programmes and has over 30 years’ experience of delivering transformational, creative projects.
Website | Email | 01267243815
Arts Connection - Cyswllt Celf
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North West Wales, Mid Wales
Arts Connection is a participatory arts charity based in Llanfyllin, Mid Wales. We work in North Powys, Wrexham and the border communities. We are revenue funded by the Arts Council of Wales and have provided high quality participatory arts projects in a wide range of artistic mediums since 1994.
Website | Email | 01691648929
Arts in Health at Hywel Dda UHB
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Kathryn Lambert and Dr Catherine Jenkins work closely together within the Patient Experience Department at Hywel Dda UHB to promote and encourage the use of arts in healthcare to capitalise on the powerful contribution the arts can make in supporting people’s health and wellbeing.
ArtWorks Cymru
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
ArtWorks Cymru is a partnership of Welsh organisations who are developing practice, supporting training and career development, and advocating for participatory arts in Wales. ArtWorks Cymru is project funded and creates programs of work led by different partners to further its aims.
Website | Email | 07966450299
Ash Cooke
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Music, Audio Video, Poetry
Ash Cooke is an internationally recognised improvising guitarist and artist from North Wales. Initially making his name in the 90’s Welsh band Derrero Ash has spent the last 25 years steadily building a reputation as an experimental musician, visual artist and arts facilitator.
Website | Email | 07946608261
Avant Cymru
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Theatre, Dance, Other
Avant Cymru are a forward thinking theatre company from the South Wales Valleys. Creating relevant, distinctive theatre, dance, Hip Hop and artistic activity with and for our community and championing this work at home and afar. Vision Statement: To artistically enrich and inspire all (locally, nat
Website | Email | 07834402953
Ayoub Boukhalfa
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Music, Dance
Ayoub Boukhalfa is a queer Moroccan singer and performer. He is a facilitator for the Oasis One World Choir and a member of the Coronation Choir. He has worked with National Theatre Wales on their production of Cost of Living, and has facilitated workshops with Sherman Theatre. His singing style is M
Website | Email | 07570159100
Babis Bach Babies
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Literature
Combining live music from classically trained musicians with storytelling, our sessions aim to support pre-school education by encouraging language learning in both Welsh and English, introduce topical themes through song and movement and develop confidence through participation.
Website | Email | 07897995887
Beatrice Carey
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Music
BBC National Orchestra of Wales deliver Arts and Health programmes in a variety of locations across Wales. This work is part of our BBC NOW CONNECT programme that aims to bring music to community and health care settings.
Becca May Collins
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Mosaic, Digital
I'm a project manager with experience in community arts for wellbeing and togetherness, arts in health and disability arts. I have worked with Disability Arts Cymru, Arts Council of Wales, Inside Out Cymru, WAHWN and many more!
Website | Email | 07972782248
Becca May Collins
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Mosaic, Ceramic, Digital, Animation
I'm a coordinator and producer specialising in visual arts engagement for wellbeing. I've organised programmes for professional visual artists with Disability Arts Cymru, ACW for Cymru Fenis 10. I currently work with WAHWN as Support Coordinator and Inside Out Cymru as a Programme Manager.
Ben Ewart-Dean
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Photography, Audio Video
I’m a film-maker and researcher, with a professional interest in the relationship between film and neurodiversity, particularly autism. My work employs participatory methods, and often explores the ways in which the process of film-making can empower, enrich and connect.
Website | Email | 07816331068
Ben Walker
Creative Practitioners | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales
Area of Art: Photography
Full time freelance professional photographer. I have worked with Bangor University & Pontio for over a decade on a wide range of photographic services. Primarily events coverage as well as academic showcase, promotional, documentary & arts coverage, especially with countless & varied Pontio events.
Website | Email | 07912068631
Beth Pickard
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Music
Beth is a music therapist and PhD researcher at the University of South Wales exploring pedagogy of disability. In addition, Beth is also Course Leader for the BA(Hons) in Creative and Therapeutic Arts degree, where visual arts students develop inclusive and participatory practices in the community.
Website | Email | 01443 654429
Bethan Page
Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales
As an experienced freelance arts consultant I have devised and managed creative projects with a wide range of communities and diverse sectors. Working in collaboration and in partnership is key to the success of these projects, along with involving participants in every aspect of the work.
Bethan Ryland Pili Pala Arts Wales
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
I am director of Pili Pala Arts Wales, which specialises in delivering high quality arts sessions to all ages, individuals, schools and communities. I am also PhD candidate at Liverpool Hope University, lecture at USW and Newman University and work part -time for Caerphilly arts service.
Bethan Wynne Phillips
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Music
USW MA Music Therapy Student starting 2022 Head of Music, Ysgol Llanhari 2017-2022 Music Teacher YGG Llangynwyd 2013-2017 Accompanist
Beverly Belshaw
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Mixed Media, Mosaic, Other
I am an artist and art therapist. I work with children and adults alike, using mosaics, silk painting, textiles and mixed media art. I believe my commitment to both professions inform my practice bye creating a balance that is fundamental to the work I do with others.
Bill Taylor-Beales
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Mosaic, Digital, Animation, Other
Creative Practitioner - I am a highly experienced freelance Creative Arts practitioner. I specialise in Film Making, Animation, Visual Mixed Media, Creative Text, Songwriting/Recording, Storytelling, Sculpture, Music and Portraiture.
Website | Email | 07870515984
Bla Translation Ltd
Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Award-winning Welsh translation company based on Anglesey, providing top quality translations to a vast client base in Wales and, indeed, beyond. Contact us with all your Welsh translation needs for a reliable, professional and friendly service.
Brad Carr
Creative Practitioners | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography, Poetry, Literature
I am an artist who uses the mediums of photography and writing to communicate with the world. Much of my practice is centred around deepening my connection to the landscape, and in particular trees, before creating photographs and then introspecting and reflecting using the written word.
Website | Email | 07479503324
Bronwen Wilson Rashad
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Dance, Poetry
I am a Movement Director and Wellbeing Coordinator within theatre. Recently I have been working on the 1000 Days Arts in Health project with Aneurin Bevan Perinatal mental health team and am one of the lead artists. I have a background in youth mental health services and social justice training.
Website | Email | 07812142877
Bryn Jones
Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: Mid Wales
I spent 13 yrs working with the arts in Mental Health in Aberystwyth and over 10 yrs working for the Arts Council of Wales including leading on the Arts and Health strategy development. For the past 10yrs I’ve worked within community development in Penparcau and Aberystwyth securing major funding.
Cai Tomos
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Dance
I am a dance artist and arts psychotherapist.My work centres around participatory practice and facilitating arts and health work with people of all ages in hospitals, care homes and in theatre settings. I work within the field of dance, performance, education, mental health and community arts
Website | Email | 07776137551
Caitlin Flood-Molyneux
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Mixed Media
Caitlin is an award winning contemporary Welsh artist that specialises in painting & collage. Caitlin has Masters in Fine Art and is PGCE Trained. Caitlin also specialises in facilitating creative workshops in hospitals and community settings. She has helped to create murals, exhibition.
CARAD Community Arts Rhayader And District
CARAD, (Community Arts Rhayader And District,) is an independent charity working in the field of arts and heritage. CARAD runs Rhayader Museum and Gallery.
Website | Email | 01597810561
Cardiff PI Diane Crone
Researchers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Diane is a Professor in Exercise and Health and Director of the Centre for Health, Activity and Wellbeing Research. Her expertise lies in the area of the design, delivery and evaluation of health promoting interventions. Her areas of interest are art for health and in physical activity.
Carol Downes
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media, Other
I am a Community Art Tutor and Artist/Crafter/Designer. I enjoy colour and texture in my work, and I love to inspire others to get creative. My specialism is Batiking, mixed up with freestyle stitching and layering. I enjoy working collaboratively, and coming up with the unexpected.
Caroline Schofield
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting
I am an artist and an eco-psychology practitioner with a background in mental health support. My practice is about expressing my relationship with the more-than-human world and local landscapes. I work with groups to support people to develop and express their own relationship with the natural world
Website | Email | 07890992576
cARTrefu - Age Cymru
Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
cARTrefu is Age Cymru’s flagship arts in care homes project that has been running since 2015, with funding from Baring Foundation and Arts Council Wales. The aim of the project is to improve the provision of creative activity in care homes and develop artist’s skills in running these sessions.
Cath Janes
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Illustration
An embroidery artist specialising in anatomy, I challenge viewers' perceptions of their bodies by replicating graphic anatomical images in thread. I've won five awards for my work from the Institute of Medical Illustrators and am commissioned by patients and medical professionals globally.
Catherine Nunn
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Music
We run sessions for individuals and groups who may be isolated in their communities, need to find common ground, or would benefit from the health and well-being properties that music has. We want to offer Music Anywhere to enhance people's lives, because we believe that music makes us better.
Catrin Ann Rogers
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
I'm an arts communications consultant & PR and have worked with several arts organisations in Wales, large and small, for almost 15 years. I'm also a Counselling Skills student, currently studying for a Level 3 Counselling Certificate at Cardiff & Vale College.
Website | Email | 07812190264
Catrin Jones
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Other
Catrin Jones is an award-winning specialist in decorated glass for architecture, with over 30 years' experience of contemporary and traditional techniques.. Her team can manage the complete process of commissioning modern stained glass, from design through to manufacture and installation.
Website | Email | 07913-705985
Celf o Gwmpas
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Installation Art, Sculpture, Spoken Word, Mosaic, Animation
Our purpose is: 'Creating social inclusion, inspiring artistic ambition & providing a recourse for the wider community'. We: Run arts & health projects for socially excluded groups; support, train & mentor artists, especially outsider & artists w/ disabilities & provide space & network for artists
Website | Email | 01597 822777
Celf-Able
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Mosaic, Ceramic
Celf-Able is an inclusive art group run by disabled artists in Powys. We are disabled- and artist-led, but open to all ages and abilities, artists and people who just want to have a go at art. We meet in Newtown, Machynlleth, Welshpool, Llanfair Caereinion and Caersws.
Website | Email | 01938 810058
Ceri Ann Harris BEM
Health & Social Care | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Hello! Shw mae! I'm Ceri Harris, Head of Equality in Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board. I have worked in the NHS in Equality for around 18 years now. I am always looking for creative ways to get people to engage in equality, diversity and inclusion. Interested in networking and working in partnership
Charlotte Wheeler
Nature & Environment | Location: North East Wales
I am the Nature for Health Officer based at Loggerheads Country Park. I work with the Ranger team to deliver sessions to promote the benefit of nature and our green spaces to health and wellbeing, utilising natural materials and the green spaces at our disposal.
Website | Email | 07775818345
Cherie Adamson
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Other
Wellbeing practitioner creating tailored wellbeing workshops for small to large groups/corporate/charity organisations. Workshops include breathwork and mindfulness activiites, creative journaling, breath based movement, nature activities and walks. Available online or in person
Website | Email | 07910872484
Chloe Louise Thomas
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Illustration, Digital
Living in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot & an MA Arts Practice (Arts, health and wellbeing) student at the University of South Wales in Cardiff. My focus is 'Who helps the helpers?'. Using my Arts practice to support those with burnout.
Chris Monk
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Theatre
Drama practitioner and educator with experience of working with children from 5 to 18. Passionate about the application of performance to develop communication, creativity, collaboration, confidence and critical thinking.
Chris Sherwin
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Illustration, Other
Museum designer for 30 years working in many national museums, stately homes, royal palaces and municipal projects. Project designer for Starlight Children's Foundation in hospital and caring environments across the uk. Also with The Probation Service and across Barnados residential units.
Christina Michelle Richards
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Music, Theatre, Dance
MT Performer turned Creative & Arts Education Specialist Using the Arts to teach resilience in adolescents & improving mental health NQT Drama. Affiliate of ISTD Qualified MHYFA & undertaking MA in Performance Anxiety AD of The Performance Centres where Wellbeing & Creativity is the root of how we train
Christina Thatcher
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature
I am a Creative Writing Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University with research interests in the role of creative writing as a therapeutic intervention. I have led hundreds of writing for wellbeing workshops in schools and communities. I am also a member of the Literature Wales Management Board.
Website | Email | 07754586081
Christopher Elliott
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media
I am an artist and woodland skills practitioner, running a wide range of creative nature activities in partnership with third sector organisations and charities, supporting wellbeing and mental health in my beautiful National Trust woodland in South Pembrokeshire.
Website | Email | 07773 856050
Christopher James Murphy
Creative Practitioners | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting
I am a painter specialising in figurative artwork of the male form, keen on finding opportunities to use art and painting to benefit charitable causes. Born in North East Wales and relocated to London I am particularly interested in LGBT issues, mental health and community.
Circular Economy Innovation Communities
Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South West Wales
The Circular Economy Innovation Communities (CEIC) offers fully-funded training programs in partnership with Cardiff Metropolitan University’s School of Management and Swansea University. These programs are designed to help organizations identify practical, straightforward, and effective strategies
Website | Email | 07423480131
Citrus Arts
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
A circus and outdoor arts company in Hopkinstown, Pontypridd. We run circus and aerial classes, community creative workshops, citizenship projects and stunning annual outdoor circus and arts spectaculars! We involve our community in everything we do.
Website | Email | 07785947823
Claire Cressey
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Claire Cressey, Head of Theatres and Creative Wellbeing, Awen Cultural Trust, with over 25 years specialising in bringing outstanding live music and multi arts opportunities to community audiences and socially excluded groups of all ages. Awen’s aim is to ‘make people’s lives better’, working in partnership to deliver a diverse range of projects, performances and workshops promoting community cohesion alongside physical and mental wellbeing, supporting those most at risk of social exclusion, isolation and disadvantage. Working within arts and health Awen’s creative wellbeing work seeks to make significant, lasting social impact on communities, groups and individuals, where feasible also connecting them back to their cultural venues as accessible, creative hubs for the locality.
Claire Hiett
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Mixed Media, Other
I am inspired by being in and interacting with Nature and the sense of wellbeing that follows this. I rarely go anywhere without a sketchbook, which enables me to return to develop ideas when invoked by a memory, a conversation or a piece of music. I also try to share this with others in my work.
Clara Watkins
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Other
Clara is Head of the Department of Design and Innovation at Cardiff School of Art and Design. Her research focuses on creating low-cost, sustainable medical products. Her work enhances patient care and education. Clara collaborates with international organisations like the Red Cross and NHS.
Clare Charles
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
I co-run several artist projects including Arcade Campfa, madeinroath and Yellow Back Books, as well as making my own work. In autumn 2019 Arcade Campfa will be working on a new project with Gail Howard and Llandough hospital, resulting in an exhibition across both venues.
Clare Robinson
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Poetry, Digital, Animation, Other
I am about to graduate from USW with a MA Arts Practice (Arts, Health and Well-being). I create digital animations using mixed media, including poetry, audio, text, organic artwork to tell stories. These stories may be personal, for awareness or information, understanding or compassion.
Website | Email | 07900816795
Clary Saddler Forget-Me-Not-Productions
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Music, Theatre, Dance, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Digital, Animation
Forget-Me-Not-Productions is a reputable, high quality, inclusive arts and assistive technology organisation based in Wales. We develop high quality inclusive arts projects and education & reminiscence workshops across the UK. We specialise in working with people with complex physical disabilities.
Website | Email | 07977383007
COBRA Music Studios
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Based in the Riverfront Theatre, COBRA Music Studios are a contemporary recording studio for traditional styles of music. We work predominantly with small ensembles and soloists at the studio, and are specialists in on-location recording, working with choirs, brass bands and orchestral ensembles.
Website | Email | 07555436644
Coed Lleol
Charities & Third Sector, Nature & Environment | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
We help to improve the health and wellbeing of people across Wales though woodland and nature based programmes and events, working with a Wales wide network of Outdoor Health providers and healthcare and third sector organisations, including monitoring and evaluation and training development.
Website | Email | 07966071073
Coedwig Creu Ltd
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Music, Installation Art, Sculpture, Audio Video, Ceramic, Digital
Coedwig Creu is a beautiful woodland in South Wales. We promote wellbeing, contemporary arts, heritage crafts and environmental projects here. We also deliver workshops with healthcare settings and community centres. Our team includes a musician, sound artist, visual artist, and psychologist.
Website | Email | 07947581902
Common Wealth
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Theatre
Common Wealth are based in Cardiff & Bradford and work around the world. We make site-specific theatre & public events that profile working-class people - as collaborators, participants, audiences and protagonists. Our work is political and contemporary and addresses concerns of our times.
Creu Conwy: Conwy County Borough Council
Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: North West Wales
Creu Conwy: Conwy County Borough Council adopted an ambitious new cultural strategy in December 2021, which places Culture as the spark for economic growth, wellbeing and connection. It clearly recognises the value of culture in promoting wellbeing as one of the key three strands of the strategy.
Website | Email | 01492 575572
Daniel KilBride
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Mixed Media, Other
As well as a traditional musician from Wales, I'm the Director of Trac Cymru, Wales' national development body for our traditional arts. We specialise in growing participation in our songs, dances, tunes and customs for amateurs and professionals working in both English and Cymraeg all over Wales.
David Baxter
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Theatre, Other
David is a freelance arts project manager, producer and consultant. David was the General Manager of the Borough Theatre, for Monmouthshire County Council and the Head of Arts Active - the education, community and audience engagement unit at St David’s Hall and the New Theatre, Cardiff.
David Rhys Webber
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography, Music, Digital
I've been working as a photographer for 20 years. In the last ten years I have been working in arts and health settings, delivering workshops to various health boards.
Website | Email | 07752510489
David Turner
Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
I am Professor of History at Swansea University and Director of the Research Institute for Cultures and Communities. I am an expert in disability history and am passionate about engaging the public in disabled people's histories using creative methods. I am also a Trustee of Disability Arts Cymru.
Website | Email | 01792 602975
Deborah Morgan
Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Researcher with expertise in loneliness and social isolation and background in health research. I am interested in Arts to address loneliness
Debra Winstanley
Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
As Information & Signposting Officer at New Horizons Mental Health, I am keen to connect with all who share our aims, to maximise the benefits of good mental health and wellbeing within our communities. New Horizons covers Cwm Taf Morgannwg and offers a range of services, activities and support.
Website | Email | 01685 881113
Denise Hammond-Webb
Charities & Third Sector | Location: South East Wales
Senior Connect Facilitator at United Welsh, responsible for the Connect Project. We aim to address isolation & loneliness in the over 50s who live in United Welsh housing. We help residents connect to each another, to the wider community and organise a range of activities in our supported schemes.
Website | Email | 07572 562419
Dewi Evans
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Installation Art, Spoken Word, Poetry
Theatre Practitioner, Artist, and Researcher currently undertaking a PhD in Performances of Mental Illness. My practice-based research PhD is titled 'Autobiographic Performances of Mental Illness: How can Autobiographic Performances Decolonise, Destigmatise, and Devictimise Mental Health'
Website | Email | 07731321313
Di Ford
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Mixed Media
I’m a multi passionate creative whose values are all about kindness and compassion. Throughout my career storytelling has been at the centre point of what I create. I specialise in collage art and facilitate a variety of creative workshops to encourage creativity in others.
Website | Email | 07581135865
Dom Belli
Health & Social Care, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: South East Wales
Industrial Placement Student - Environmental Specialist working for Velindre University NHS Trust. Focusing on sustainability and how this is intrinsically linked with arts, health and wellbeing, specifically in a healthcare setting.
Dr Andrew Cuthbert
Health & Social Care, Charities & Third Sector, Nature & Environment | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Dance, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Other
Retired academic after 35 years in biomedical research, NHS genetic counselling practice, mental health genetics, and R&D project management. Currently self-employed consultant in green-nature prescribing, director of operations at The Fathom Trust, and Director at Cynon Valley Organic Adventures.
Website | Email | 07920729690
Dr Angharad Harrop
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Local Authorities & Public Services, Researchers, Reflective Practice Practitioner | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Theatre, Dance
I have worked as a dance artist and academic for over 15 years. I work in a wide variety of settings across Wales , the UK . I have a great interest in how dance can support people's health and wellbeing and regularly lead Dance for Parkinson’s and Dance for Babies and new parents.
Dr Tracy Breathnach
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Spoken Word, Literature
20+ years experience as a participatory artist; performance artist, writer and researcher on the themes of birth trauma and the maternal; trained in Discipline of Authentic Movement + somatic teacher; Culture, Health & Wellbeing consultant; transformational coaching with Break Free & Thrive.
Website | Email | 07588871843
Dylan John Lougher
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art
Hi my name is Dylan and I am a Play and Creative arts Therapist based in the South Wales Valleys in a village called Cwmtwrch. I practice my Creative Psychotherapy both in the public sector and private , as I have a small private practice at home.
Ed Holden
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Music, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Other
Ed Holden (Mr Phormula) is a beat-boxer, live looping artist and education facilitator. With a career as diverse as the Welsh landscape within which he is rooted Mr Phormula’s inspired performances and vocal compositions have gained him recognition as a leading beatboxer, rapper and producer.
Website | Email | 07792677576
Eden Eva Ivicz
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media
Eden - Community Craftivist Queer community artist working across multiple media, focusing on social change, participants' mental health and wellbeing. Primarily interested in crochet/fibre arts, illustration, drawing, painting and other crafts.
Website | Email | 07397993658
Edward David Humphreys DAVE
Creative Practitioners | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Theatre
I have completed my Drama and Theatre Studies (BA Hons) and Master of Arts in Drama at the University of Chester, embarking on my PhD in October 2022 at Edge Hill University. My main area of expertise is creating participatory shows for young people as well as a theatre workshop facilitator.
Elaine Jones
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Painting, Mixed Media
I am a multi discipline artist based near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. I deliver various creative workshops from my studio centured around health, wellbeing and nature. I also have a current exhibition at Barry Hospital with 'The Hearth Gallery' & CAVUHB 'Arts for Health and Wellbeing' charity.
Website | Email | 07973687076
Elaine Moore
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Illustration, Mixed Media
I work as a multi-disciplinary artist/designer delivering creative workshops.
Eleanor Byrd
Health & Social Care | Location: Mid Wales, South West Wales
Occupational Therapist working in Hywel Dda University Health Board. Previously freelanced in the commercial photography industry, and co-owned a business making reclaimed wood furniture.
Eleanor Shaw
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Theatre, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Digital
PeopleSpeakUp is a social arts and well-being enterprise based in The Ffwrnes Fach, Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli. We work with communities to find their stories through artistic and personal exploration on speak up projects through visual arts, storytelling, creative writing & The Spoken word.
Website | Email | 07972651920
Elisabeth Webb
Area of Art: Performance Art, Music
I am a Welsh Singer Songwriter and HCPC Registered Music Psychotherapist. I am also a Yoga Teacher and Mindfulness and Breathwork Practitioner. I have a business called Mindful Music Therapy; I integrate Music Therapy with Mindful Practices to improve and enhance mental and physical wellbeing.
Emilie Parry-Williams
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music
Emilie is a classical singer and singing teacher based in Pontypool. She has a Postgraduate Diploma in Classical Voice from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and a First Class Music Degree from City University of London. She specialises in Classical and Musical Theatre repertoire.
Emily Underwood-Lee
Researchers | Location: South East Wales
I am Research Fellow at the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling. My research concerns first person and autobiographical storytelling and performance with a focus on feminist performance, narratives of illness, performance and the maternal and performance and disability.
Emily van de Venter
Health & Social Care, Funders & Policy Makers, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Consultant in Health Improvement working in Public Health Wales with a focus on promoting mental wellbeing. Previous experience in commissioning and evaluating arts and health initiatives and working within partnership settings across health, local authorities, academia and cultural organisations.
Emily Wilkinson
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Digital
I am a multimedia artist and wellness practitioner based in Llangollen, As a creative I blend art forms, make experiences and courses with communities and groups. I work on arts and wellbeing projects, and teach yoga and movement.
Website | Email | 07540246541
Emma Baker
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Sculpture, Ceramic
I am a former secondary school art teacher who now runs a ceramics business and works as a freelance practitioner in schools. I am inspired by body positivity and the beautiful Welsh countryside.
Emma Beynon
Creative Practitioners | Location: Mid Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Poetry, Digital
Emma leads creative writing workshops for Health and Wellbeing. She has managed projects for Bath Festivals and Peak, with funding from The Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Children In Need. Emma has witnessed the positive impact of creative writing to shape lives and develop confidence.
Emma Britton
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Music
Emma is a qualified music therapist who currently undertakes music therapy work within primary GP care, forensic mental health services and with care experienced and adopted children and their families. Emma also has MT experience in hospice care and working with physical and learning disabilities.
Emma M Price Co Director at Studio Response
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Theatre, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Digital, Animation, Other
At Studio Response we believe that artists can positively enrich the quality of our public spaces especially in healthcare settings. We curate and commission integrated arts programme that creatively engage with people, place and culture to promote health and well-being in their environment.
Website | Email | 07713150166
Erica Katherine Taylor
Area of Art: Theatre, Literature
BA English with Theatre, Bangor University MA Theatre and Performance, York St John Employment & Experience Dark Horse Theatre Rehearsal Room Assistant & Drama Facilitator Freelance Drama Tutor LBT Dramatherapist introductory training with 2 week school placement running 1:1 sessions
Esther Maria Ley
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Ceramic
I am an artist maker with 25 years experience making and teaching ceramics. I hold a Ceramics degree. My practice is firmly grounded in participation and collaboration. My own work is eclectic and generally has a social commentary element. I currently work for Crisis UK as Arts Coordinator.
Website | Email | 07917097758
Esyllt George
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment, Art Therapists / Supervisors, Wellbeing Facilitators, Reflective Practice Practitioner | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Dance, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Other
Creative and Therapeutic Practitioner with extensive experience in group facilitation, creative supervision, training, creative evaluation and project management. HCPC accredited Dramatherapist experienced in applying dramatherapy techniques to a range therapeutic and wellbeing contexts.
Ffotogallery
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Since its formation in 1978, Ffotogallery has been at the forefront of new developments in photography and lens-based media in Wales and beyond, encouraging public understanding of and deeper engagement with photography and its value to society.
Website | Email | 02920341667
Fiona Winter
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Dance
I'm a freelance embodied somatic movement & dance practitioner with over 40 years experience of working in community settings, offering movement for health and well being. I cover a wide range of specialist groups, and offer site & season specific outdoor 'Move in Nature experiences.
Website | Email | 07810 754964
Florence Browne
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Audio Video, Digital
Experienced documentary filmmaker, specialising in rural communities, heritage and wellbeing. Have produced short films across a range of social issues, and like to work 1:1 with contributors to build trust and support them to tell their story. Can also advise on funding/ project development.
Flow Maugran
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Illustration, Installation Art, Literature, Other
I've been working in the art sector for over 25 years and I took part of many community projects along the way. I've also created projects involving music, movement, creative writing, art and craft workshops for all ages. As a multidisciplinary artist I'm always developing my practice to grow.
Forget-me-not Chorus
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
The Forget-me-not Chorus is testament to the potential of song, music and shared creativity to enrich and enhance people’s lives. A charity for people with dementia & their families, we have created nine choirs who gather weekly across communities, care homes and hospitals in Cardiff & Newport
Website | Email | 02922362064
Four in Four
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Theatre, Dance, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Literature, Digital
Tamsin Griffiths and Paul Whittaker are cross disciplinary artists with a Mental Health (MH) diagnosis, based in Cardiff. We create participatory interactive projects that blur the boundaries of art-forms and challenge perceptions about MH, through form and content.
Website | Email | 07747414271
Francine Davies
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry
Artist & Creative Writer in South Wales drawing the viewer towards the energy of the natural world with detailed study of texture, movement & perspective. Exploring & communicating with Art, textiles & word, the powerful relationship between nature & art & its positive impact on everyday life.
Website | Email | 07780600932
Galeri Caernarfon
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North West Wales
Galeri Caernarfon is a not for profit community enterprise. Galeri Caernarfon Cyf’s vision is that: "anything is possible…through creative thought and sustainable action"
Gaye Poole
Area of Art: Theatre, Literature
I trained as a general then psychiatric nurse then actor/playwright, co- founded a theatre company(www.humanstorytheatre.com - plays about health and social care issues). I attracted regular arts council funding & national tours in England. I moved to Wales in 2020. Edges of Me is my debut novel.
Website | Email | 07557736557
Georgie Bailey
Creative Practitioners | Location: Mid Wales, South West Wales
We are aiming to provide Well-being in Nature days that provide a safe outdoor environment for people to come and join in - there will be basic green woodworking, crafts, working the woodland and the veg garden. Lunch will be provided. Our postcode is SA19 9TA - 5 miles from Llangadog.
Geraldine Hurl
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Dance
Geraldine has a 40-year career working as a dance artist practitioner in the fields of professional development/training, community dance and dance education. She has worked for several key dance organisations in Wales and is currently working as a freelance dance specialist in West Wales.
Gill St John Griffiths
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Other
Arts and Well Being Creative Practitioner. Initiating and facilitating co-created and co-produced projects. Sharing visual stories, supporting community connection, combating isolation, promoting creative ownership. Mentor - supporting professional Artists and Designers, Startups and Graduates.
Gini Hearth
Creative Practitioners, Art Therapists / Supervisors | Location: South West Wales
Registered and experienced Integrative Arts Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. Also very experienced community artist. Areas of specialism include end of life care, substance misuse, abuse survivors, trauma and refugees.
Ginnie Bateman
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Literature, Digital
Creative professional and qualified art educator in creative wellbeing and Illustration, with experience of working within the arts and health sector. I share my passion for the arts through the professionalism of teaching, developing my own art practice and promoting community connections.
Website | Email | 07581716682
Glen Manby
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music
I am an alto saxophonist working mainly in the jazz world. I teach privately, and at Cardiff University.
Website | Email | 07950920549
Graham Beadle
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Other
Hi I'm a spoon and green wood carver and teacher using mainly freshly cut or foraged 'green' woods. I enjoy sharing the processing of this ancient craft with others exploring together the benefits that come from creating mindfully. I have run courses as part of the Wellness in Green Spaces project
Guy O'Donnell
National Dance Company Wales creates extraordinary and inclusive dance which engages and resonates with audiences; we work with the best dancers and choreographers from across Wales and the world to make dance for stages large and small, in unusual spaces and online.
Website | Email | 07305534981
Guy ODonnell
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Dance, Spoken Word, Literature, Other
Communities Engagement Partner - Guy O' Donnell Guy works on delivering a wide range of engagement activity, working across every aspect of the College with potential students, community groups, schools, colleges, audience members, partner organisations, decision makers and the wider public.
Website | Email | 07305534981
Guy Roderick
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre
Born in Wolverhampton twelve days before the Sixties. Descended from economic migrants and political refugees. Degree in Community Theatre from Dartington College of Arts. Held leadership and senior management roles in Arts, Social Care, Health and Education in Wales over the past thirty three years
Gwella
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Researchers, Charities & Third Sector, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South West Wales
We are an Arts in Health not-for-profit organisation that empowers community connections and resilience through storytelling, spoken word, creative writing, music and visual arts. Engage with us through workshops, volunteer activities, training, events, and thought-provoking conversations.
Website | Email | 07823673833
Gwyn Melvin-Evans
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Other
I am a stained-glass artist and have been practicing for over 10 years. I run workshops in leaded and copper foiling methods - please see my website for more information.
Hafren, The Entertainment Venue
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: Mid Wales
We are a mid scale theatre in Newtown, Mid Wales with an active community engagement programme.
Website | Email | 01686614232
Hannah Jenkins
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Charities & Third Sector | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Music
Community Music Wales (CMW) empowers Welsh communities through accessible, participatory music programs. Founded in 1992, it supports all ages and backgrounds, fostering creativity, confidence, and social bonds. Through workshops and mental well-being projects, CMW champions music as a tool for posit
Website | Email | 07516679190
HAUL Arts in Health
Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales
Long established group using the arts to improve health care settings, and delivering participatory arts projects for hospital staff and all kinds of health groups, including a well received social prescribing programme - see Facebook
Heather Louise Chandler
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Live Music Now is the UK’s leading musicians’ development and outreach charity. We provide exceptional live music experiences to people with limited access to the arts, due to disability, illness or social disadvantage.
Website | Email | 02920488654
Heather Parnell
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Other
heatherparnell.wordpress.com Heather is a visual and public artist who has many roles in Arts and Health, including Artist in Residence at Cwm Taf University Health Board.
Helen Hughes
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
My passion is art and improving people´s well-being. Experienced in facilitating creative art workshops, for diverse audiences, activities range from arts, crafts and movement. I specialize in Participatory Art and Documentation Art, connecting people through art and documenting their experiences.
Helen Ingham
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Mixed Media
I'm an artist, HCPC registered art therapist, and educator with over 30 years experience of working with people through the arts. I offer individual and group art therapy from my studio near Machynlleth, as well as online.
Website | Email | 07791 632837
Helen Malia
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Ceramic
I have exhibited in ‘art the natural landscape ‘exhibitions nationally internationally. I work from a woodland in South Wales with groups on nature-based wellbeing activities. It may be suitable for one of your projects? I work in a variety of healthcare and community settings
Website | Email | 07947581902
Helen McGreary
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Dance
Hello! I'm a dance teacher based in Bangor, Gwynedd, teaching dance to people of al ages and abilities, in the styles of Hip Hop, Salsa, Jive, Burlesque, Creative dance, Zumba. I have 20 years dance teaching experience and I love it
Website | Email | 07751017157
Helen W Brown
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Photography, Illustration, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Animation, Other
Fully qualified & experienced teacher delivering bilingual educational & creative workshops age 5 to adult. MA BA Hons PGCE DBS Previous clients: Museums, Galleries, Storiel, Fusion & The National Library of Wales. Drawing, painting, photography, slate decoration, environmental art & silversmithin
Website | Email | 07814604130
Helpu Cymru
Health & Social Care, Charities & Third Sector | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
The Men's Mental Health Hub for Wales HELPU. WE ARE ALL ABOUT CONNECTION Connecting men to local help, support & each other Connecting men to life-changing stories Connecting men to events, activities, resources & advice Connecting & collaborating with others to help create change
Website | Email | 07779102943
heulwen bond
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Theatre, Literature
through my design training, have developed in many areas. window display,visual merchandising and interior design. im an avid photographer and have a part time sewingalterations service home based. im very interested in all art and art therapy
Website | Email | 07977462693
Hollie J Withers
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Theatre, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital, Animation
An experienced TV Art Director specialising in illustration, props & graphics. Links to Cardiff Uni Researchers. Experienced in organising comms & admin, & co-creating engaging teaching projects/products @YLab. I am interested in supporting communities, mental health & conservation through art
Website | Email | 07727871706
Howl Hubbard / Lone Worlds CBC
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry
Through Lone Worlds, Howl is looking to develop a line of creative work aiming at facilitating collective wellbeing for LGBTQIA+ community through working directly with groups and individuals. Howl is pursuing training as a therapist and is interested in humanist and mindfulness approaches.
Website | Email | 07817575145
Ian Smith
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital, Animation
Creating and colloborating with artists and creatives to create impactful films, video and digital experiences.
Website | Email | 07779102943
Innerconnect
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Music, Dance, Digital
Inner Connect promotes health & well-being using ancient high-quality arts like Indian music, yoga, and meditation.The session has long-term health benefits and is designed to enrich diverse communities using the engagement of the participants. It involves body movements, body rhythms, music making.
Website | Email | 07585953530
Inside Out Cymru
Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South East Wales
We're an arts and mental health charity that work with local authority, health boards and communities. We deliver arts for wellbeing workshops to those recovering form ill mental health or those who need help sustaining their wellbeing.
Website | Email | 07972782248
Isabel Benavides
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Illustration, Literature, Animation
I'm a Wales-based storyteller-illustrator, exploring wellbeing, nature & art. I’ve worked with heritage and environmental settings to explore their stories with the public. With focus on the child and family learning, I research and explore socially driven topics that affect us and the planet.
Isabel Passalacqua
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Theatre, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature
I am a MA drama student looking to further my education specifically regarding the hearts and mental health and well being. I joined this organisation to learn from everyone on here and I am open to anyone’s help and experience.
Iwan Brioc
Creative Practitioners | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Theatre
Iwan Brioc is a theatre director and mindfulness teacher. The theatre he directs is on the stage of the mind and the mindfulness he teaches invites us to find deep rest from all the drama that this character creates.
Website | Email | 07961733708
Jain Boon
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Theatre
Jain is an award-winning ACE Aware and Trauma Informed theatre professional with over 30 years’ experience of co-producing theatre and art that places people’s experience of adversity and trauma, centre stage, with the aim of reducing stigma and isolation.
Jane Hall
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry, Mosaic, Ceramic, Digital
I am an art psychotherapist currently working part-time with City Hospice. My long-term goal is to establish an Open Studio to provide a service to people who are discharged from an acute setting and who no longer qualify for NHS mental health input. It is a desperately needed art therapy provision.
Website | Email | 07949221525
Jane Mason
Creative Practitioners | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media
I am a freelance practitioner working sculpturally with found/recycled materials. I have been working as an Art and health facilitator using sculpture, print, paint and drawing since 2016 when I joined the team at Celf o Gwmpas in Llandrindod Wells where I have also developed their Artists Network.
Website | Email | 07833127410
Janet Wallace
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Music
Primary teacher: 35 years. Art specialist primary Fine artist since lockdown. Strted arts business "artbyjazzer" September 2023. Art for adults and children through afterschool clubs and parties.
Jasmine Frater
Creative Practitioners | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art
2006: First Art classes - student living with a Parkinson's like condition/severe asthma, causing profuse shakes and breathing- when painting, breathing/shakes calmed. 2022: First therapeutic Art classes with adults NAS Ogmore. 2023: Parkinson's Cymru taster class. Wellbeing Retreat begins.
Website | Email | 07375876528
Jasmine Jemma Frater
Creative Practitioners | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Other
Experience peaceful therapeutic sessions within a warm safe space. Sessions include: Drawing and painting with Jei-Art Knitting for all ages and stages Aloe seminar £3 per session includes all resources Light refreshments on sale Freebies Samples Gift ideas Every month from 01/10/2023
Jennifer Foster
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Theatre
Third year Speech and Language Therapist. Previously theatre producer. Currently working supporting communication with Adults with Learning disabilities and young theatre audiences through the use of Speech and Language tools.
Jenny Cashmore
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Digital, Other
Happenings / walks / ritual and routine / togetherness / connecting to each other / connecting to place / site specific and responsive. Working individually and collaboratively (with communities, groups, creatives and organisations) on projects. Living Welsh/English border. Working across Wales.
Website | Email | 07890679560
Jenny Stevens
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Audio Video
Hi, I'm an artist who works with a variety of media including paint, light and film. I've recently completed a MA in Arts Practice (Art, Health and Wellbeing). I facilitate Art of Dreaming Workshops which supports participants to discover their inner creativity through their dreams and imagination.
Jess Courtney
Arts Organisation Representative, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: South East Wales
I am the Visitor Experience Manager for Tredegar House, a National Trust property in SE Wales. Tredegar House is a place shaped by our local community. The house, its surrounding gardens and parkland stand proudly at the heart of Newport’s heritage.
Jess Tanner
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: Mid Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art
I am a nature-based practitioner, ecological-artist & community gardener living in the Black Mountains in Wales. My work finds itself at the confluence of human/nature relations, tending, growing and communal story making, and is located within community based organisations and in private practice.
Jessica Lerner
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Dance, Installation Art
I am a visual movement artist and lead workshops and private mentoring in movement and visual performance as well as Yoga. I work with young children and older people and everyone in between. I have a movement studio near the Black Mountain where I run workshops from.
Website | Email | 07790280402
Jill Blandford
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Music, Dance, Other
I am a Wellbeing Facilitator, using the modalities of yoga, dance, sound & meditation to promote self-confidence, social cohesion & wellbeing on all levels. I believe everyone can move & express themselves through sound. All my sessions are suitable for all ages & abilities.
Jill Powell
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Mixed Media
Creative, hardworking and enthusiastic art practise graduate with design and management skills in creative art projects. Able to work on own or part of a team. Flexible, motivated and interested in all forms of expressive and humorous art.
Website | Email | 07988882984
Jo Rigby
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Installation Art, Sculpture
I have been creating art for 60+ years. I have a BA Hons in Fine Arts. I am disabled and find art is an essential tool for my wellbeing. I have worked on community arts projects and exhibited and sold my own work. I love working with other people to bounce ideas and gain new skills.
Johan B. Skre
Creative Practitioners, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography, Installation Art, Audio Video, Digital
Arts on Prescription Manager and artist Managing HARBWR - the Arts on Prescription programme for Swansea Bay. Working with local partners to deliver a range of proven arts in health projects, we are enhancing wellbeing and reducing social isolation. Experienced art photographer.
Website | Email | 07982644623
Jon Dafydd-Kidd
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Jon is a Theatre Maker, Head of PAWB (Participation) at Hijinx Theatre and Transformational Coach & NLP Practitioner. He is the International Rep for ASSITEJ UK, and an Executive Committee Member for ASSITEJ International, and ex-Chair of the International Inclusive Arts Network.
Jon Ratigan
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Painting, Illustration, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital
I work across a variety of media from painting, through 3D to experimental video. I am particularly interested in bringing digital art making possibilities into care settings and in using virtual reality technology to aid reminiscence. I am currently an artist on Age Cymru’s CARTrefu project.
Website | Email | 01446401209
Jordan Forse
Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: South East Wales
I am the Libraries and Cultural Services Manager at The Vale of Glamorgan Council, leading the library services and responsible for the Arts and Culture service.
Jordan Sallis
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media
Jordan Sallis is a Pagan artist and practitioner. Working with materials that the natural world provides in forms of paintings, illustrations, mixed media and installation, her work aims to strengthen the connection we all have to the natural world through her creative practice.
Website | Email | 07490614414
Jordan Wilcox-Forse
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Literature
A Creative Practioner Excited about Arts, Wellbeing and Education
Website | Email | 07751302705
Julien Ball
I work for InterAct as a fundraiser and am also a professional actor
Website | Email | 02038861028
Juliet Barnes - Your Medicines Your Health
Health & Social Care | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
I am the National Co-ordinator for the all-Wales Your Medicines Your Health programme, promoting safe and effective medicines use. Our public information and engagement campaign has incorporated a schools art project and has worked in liaison with students from Cardiff School of Art and Design.
Juliette Cavanagh
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Music, Literature, Mosaic, Ceramic
I am a fine artist, voice leader and musician. I teach community arts and crafts for all ages, singing for breathing for the British lung foundation and singing for wellbeing. My background is in complementary health. My own art practice is primarily as a painter in mixed mediums and as a singer.
Website | Email | 07504957717
Karen Fitzpatrick
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Mixed Media
Artist and Holistic Creative Therapist in Carmarthenshire. I run creative wellbeing workshops to enhance physical and emotional wellbeing using creative processes such as Art Gratitude Journalling, creating Mandalas, Clay Work, Mask Making, and Creating Sanctuary combining meditation and painting.
Karen Gray
Researchers | Location: South East Wales
A freelance evaluator and academic researcher. I have particular expertise around arts for people living with dementia and an interest in supporting arts practitioners and organisations to develop their own evaluation resources and skills.
karen woodley
I am a Person Centred Accredited Therapist and Clinical Supervisor providing Counselling and Movement Psychotherapy to individuals and groups. I also Supervise therapists, social workers and holistic therapists. I believe in human kindness & each persons uniqueness as a creative link into life.
Website | Email | 07852873857
Karen Wynne Hughes
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Other
I'm a trained arts in health practitioner by the award winning company 'Re-Live'. I'm also a member of The Magic Circle and a professional actress. I offer magic sessions that help individuals with their self belief and to develop coping strategies to deal with difficult emotions.
Website | Email | 07979 547304
Kate Pawsey
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Kate Pawsey has an MSc in creative writing for therapeutic purposes from Metanoia Institute. She works freelance in a range of settings - museums and galleries, with women in sheltered housing, and with the team at Skanda Vale Hospice, West Wales. She is writer in residence at The Bakelite Museum.
Website | Email | 07866684265
Kate Philbin
Creative Practitioners, Reflective Practice Practitioner | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Illustration, Mixed Media
I’m an illustrator and adult education teacher in Conwy. I had a career as a support worker and manager in health and social care, before moving into teaching and then undertaking an MA in Illustration. I’m an Arts Award advisor at Discover and Explore levels and a reflective practice facilitator
Website | Email | 07590490078
Kate Wood
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Mixed Media
Owner of 'The Craft Junction' which provides art classes and creative workshops to children and adults in Bridgend as well as local charities and organisations. Currently studying MA Arts Practice (Arts, Health and Wellbeing) at the University of South Wales. Interested in art for mental heath.
Website | Email | 07736274604
Katherine Algar-Skaife
Researchers | Location: North West Wales
I am passionate about improving the quality of life and well-being of people living with dementia and those who support them, and in particular through the arts. Over the last 10 years, most of my research has focussed on the benefits of the arts for those who live in, work in, and visit care homes.
Website | Email | 01248 382226
Kathleen Wright
As a Creative Health evaluator, I specialize in community collaboration to assess holistic wellbeing initiatives. Recently, I evaluated Our National Health Stories for the NHS and have prior experience in evaluating a nature-based forest bathing programme for The Forest Bathing Institute.
Kathryn Gonzales
Area of Art: Poetry, Literature
Kathryn Gonzales is a debut author of the Poetry Anthology ‘It’s Not Just Celery’, which blends management of an enduring eating disorder, exploring faith and simply being human. Kathryn’s dream is for her work to rejuvenate hope and craft a platform for universal compassion and freedom.
Kathryn Lambert
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital
After more than 20 years of working in the arts sector, Kathryn is now an Arts in Health Coordinator for Hywel Dda University Health Board. She is responsible for promoting and encouraging the use of the arts in healthcare right across the health board as a tool for improving health and wellbeing.
Kathryn Martin
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Digital, Animation, Other
I am an artist and maker with a special interest in the arts as a way of managing mental health. As someone who has personal experience in this area, I can say honestly, that being creative has saved me, and I want to promote this to other people in the hope that it will save them too.
Katie Keeble
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Dance
having recently relocated to Newport Wales, from Bristol I am excited to learn more about the city and artists living and working here, both within health and well-being and creative performance/visual artists too. I look forward to meeting you, do write me an email and hope to see you soon. Katie
Website | Email | 07762624030
Katja Stiller
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Katja has been working for Valley and Vale since 1998. Development of Person-Centred Creativity combing humanistic principles with a range of arts activities to improve participants’ self- awareness, self-esteem and wellbeing. Specialises working with people with anxiety /depression and training.
Kelly-Marie Howlett
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Poetry
As a neurodivergent artist with an MA in Art Practice (Health & Wellbeing). I create bold, colourful, uplifting, sensory-inspired art / murals, often to music, and believe everyone has an artist within. My goal is to inspire creative bravery and confidence, making art fun and accessible for all.
Website | Email | 07530175962
Kestrel Morton
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Theatre, Spoken Word, Other
Kestrel is a queer, non-binary storyteller who enchants audiences with their vivid and energetic blending of myth, folklore and personal experience. As a workshop leader their focus on play as a learning tool allows participants to have fun developing their natural skills in a safe environment.
Website | Email | 07917167159
Kira Withers-Jones
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art
After many years working as a textile artist and arts facilitator Kira is now Service User Engagement Officer for Inside Out Cymru, a charity that provides creativity for wellbeing sessions in South East Wales. She still teaches and creates her own work on a part-time basis.
Website | Email | 07973539026
KIRAN Cymru
Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
KIRAN Cymru is a non-political and non-religious grassroots organisation in Wales promoting well-being by connecting people from diverse communities through different forms of arts. All of our activities are free and open to all. Our activities include workshops on Music, Drums, Arts, Theatre etc.
Website | Email | 07547254093
Krysha Osullivan
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Dance
Trained at Urdang , performed professionally for 14 years . Starting my journey into the arts and well being via creative dance practice. Based in Swansea and looking to collaborate with others in the arts and well being sphere . xxx
Lance Phillips
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Photography, Theatre, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital
We specialise in immersive digital storytelling with neuro-diverse content creators underpinned by our values of social inclusion, wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and co-creation.
Lara Ward
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Dance
I’m a freelance movement artist, a collaborative performer maker, and community practitioner. I’m a performer with The Gravida Project, which centres on inviting pregnant dancers and performance artists to explore their inner and outer creativity, with a focus on maternal mental health.
Website | Email | 07545562524
Lara Ward
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Dance
I'm an older people's project worker and practitioner for Motion Control Dance, in Barry and across the Vale of Glamorgan. We are currently delivering movement sessions in Care Homes and Day Centres, focused on improving health and well-being and increasing participation levels and mobility.
Website | Email | 07545 562524
Laura Oliver
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Theatre
Creative Learning Coordinator at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1st class honors BA in Performance Studies from Aberystwyth University LAMDA Tutor
Laura Reynolds
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Literature, Mosaic, Ceramic, Other
Freelance visual artist working with communities, education, individuals and businesses in the South Wales area and across the UK. Founder director of AMCO. (Applied Artists + Makers Co) grassroots community arts and virtual studios pilot project for Mother Artists.
Website | Email | 07857339351
Laura Roklicer
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Poetry, Literature
Laura is an author, poet, screenwriter, lyricist, freelance writer, and a PhD candidate in Psychology. She studies the link between lucid dreaming and creative writing, using innovative approaches for improving the creative writing practice and working with dreams in therapeutic ways.
Website | Email | 07519497587
Laura Rowan Bradshaw
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Mixed Media, Audio Video
Trained at RWCMD as flautist, composer. Became interested in Community Arts. Trained via CMW 1992 and now use creativity for health wellbeing, participation etc. Recent outdoor commission with Green Spaces Dark Skies Gower. MD of Oasis One World Choir, Mind , Zoom, video resources: Cultural Cwtsh
Website | Email | 07910570824
Lauren Heckler
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Local Authorities & Public Services, Researchers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital, Animation
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Leah Salter
Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Systemic psychotherapist working in Bridgend, working with arts in health on projects including: Storytelling for health Writing for wellbeing Not to be forgotten stories (community stories for recovery) Story capture and narrative research Evaluating social prescrbing model Learning communitie
Leanne Vaughan-Philipps
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Ceramic
Arts and wellbeing are key to my practice. With a PGCE, pcet, MHFA, youth work qualification, a BA Illustration and an MA Fine art, I am equipped to work with a diverse range of individuals exploring many subjects. I’m an experienced community artist thriving on skill sharing and collaboration.
Website | Email | 07479873771
Lee Aspland
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Photography
Lee is a mindful photographer and author, who's online courses and books will help you to develop photography skills and support you to live well through difficult times. If life is difficult then Lee’s books and online courses could make a significant contribution to your well-being.
Website | Email | 07952747776
Lisa Marie Mansfield
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Mixed Media
BA and MA graduate at USW. A creative practitioner and photographer with experience in participatory arts having facilitated photography workshops within C&VUHB. I explore a photographic method of practice enabling expression of challenging experiences through objects.
Website | Email | 07496089702
Lisa Mitchard
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Theatre
Actor and Creative Practitioner
Literature Wales
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Literature Wales’ role is to facilitate and stimulate literature programmes and events throughout Wales, and promote the best of our literatures internationally. We also develop and support the writers of Wales at every stage of their literary journey.
Website | Email | 02920 472266
Liz Exell
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music
I visit psychiatric wards and community settings to engage in music activities with a variety of people with MH and LD diagnoses including drumming group, jam sessions, song and music skill building. I am a trainee music therapist at USW. I am also an improvising drummer and visiting tutor at RWCMD.
Liz Thomas Soul Creative Circle
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media
I'm Liz, founder and facilitator of Soul Creative Circle. I use creative journal workshops & circles to enhance and improve mental health and wellbeing. I aim to provide participants with a safe space in which they feel held, heard and empowered to be creative and express themselves authentically.
Website | Email | 07885251983
Lora Morgan
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Mixed Media, Other
I'm a young community artist based in North West Wales. I love working with the elderly - within community art groups and focusing on mental health/wellbeing. I usually work with textiles and mixed media. I also own a handmade crafts shop in Caernarfon where I run craft for wellbeing workshops.
Lorna Bates
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Mixed Media
I have a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art, an MA in Art Practice from Glyndwr University and am currently on a PGCE in post compulsory education. Having worked as a caregiver for the elderly, I have realised that I would like to work with the elderly in an arts capacity.
Website | Email | 01978856000
Louise Jensen
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Illustration, Mixed Media, Poetry
Running arts projects for health and wellbeing within the community, I take inspiration from nature, experimenting with printmaking, watercolour, collage, writing and handmade books. Always excited to explore new processes, nurturing confidence and resilience through working together creatively.
Website | Email | 07503162783
Louise Richards
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Louise Richards is Community Participation Manager, Literature Wales. Her focus is on social inclusion - working with under-represented and marginalised groups to discover, address and give voice to community concerns through creative writing activity.
Louise Wyn Messenger
Wellbeing Facilitators, Reflective Practice Practitioner | Location: North West Wales
HCPC registered freelance Occupational Psychologist. Developing creative approaches to encourage reflective practice and promote healthy work-life balance; enabling people and organisations to thrive. Extensive experience of one-to-one career coaching, group facilitation and professional consultancy
Lowri Cêt
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North West Wales
Hello, I coordinate creative community projects for Galeri in Caernarfon. We are primarily focused on creating projects in Caernarfon town and the surrounding areas, but are actively reaching out wider throughout Gwynedd, Ynys Mon, and western Conwy.
Lucy Beggs
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Other
I'm a practicing community arts coordinator with experience in facilitating arts for health workshops. My specialism is in Printmaking, Illustration, Painting, Mural Art and Mixed Media Textile Art. I have experience of working in NHS and Third sector setting's with a variety of clients.
Website | Email | 07477876839
Lucy Bryning
Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Based at Bangor University I work as a Lecturer and Research Development & Innovation Officer to help implement health innovation in Wales. In my spare time I dance, do triathlon and volunteer with Welsh Cycling through the Breeze programme to help increase women's participation in cycling.
Website | Email | 01248388550
Manon Prysor
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Theatre, Poetry
A Welsh speaker and qualified Welsh language tutor with a degree in drama and performing arts. I have developed my work to incorporate art, storytelling,drama and willow lanterns/structures. I have extensive experience working with community groups such as Gisda and Bangor Indian association.
Website | Email | 07762745104
Manon Wyn Parry
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital
Hi! I'm a contemporary/conceptual artist based in Cardiff. My work ranges from film, photography, drawing, mixed media and moving image. I have experience of setting up/researching and putting on workshop for children/ young people. Portfolio available on request. Siaradwr Cymraeg.
Mara Cabral
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Photography, Dance, Digital
With a background in contemporary dance/mindful movement, my art practice is now more focused on photography, visual arts and the connection between all art forms as a whole. I am very interested in the use of art as a tool for wellbeing, empowerment and holistic balance.
Website | Email | 07503649924
Mari Gwent
Creative Practitioners | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Theatre, Sculpture, Mixed Media
Artist Cymunedol yn canolbwyntio ar hyn o bryd ar Gelf er budd Iechyd a Lles yn y maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol. Community Artist currently focusing on Art for Health and Well-being in health and social care.
Maria Hayes
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Painting
Dr. Maria Hayes is an award winning artist and artist facilitator. Currently Elysium Healthcare contracts her to create Recovery Tree murals with patients and staff in secure hospitals. She regularly trains and mentors other artists and facilitators, and is passionate about Arts in Health wo
Website | Email | 07817297922
Marian Haf
Creative Practitioners | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art
Hello, I’m Marian Haf a welsh speaking printmaker from Ceredigion. I work predominantly with print, it’s a hugely rewarding medium rooted in process making it accessible and versatile. Within my practice I regularly deliver workshops to a variety of audiences of all ages. I was recently commissioned to create a resource for the Arts Council Wales Cultural Cwtsh. https://culturalcwtsh.wales/
Website | Email | 07970450633
Marion Cheung
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital
I lead arts workshops both online and face to face to engage diverse communities in art-making or 'arting' as I like to call it - to support mental health and disability. I use a combination of print, paint, stitch and electroconductive materials, bringing years of experience into adapting processes to the needs of the participants. Open to collaborations, particularly with Occupational Therapy, Writers/Visual artists, Mental Health charities and Wellbeing Activities Co-ordinators.
Website | Email | 07974083369
Mark Smith
I run an arts and media social enterprise 'Sixty Six / Ninety Nine' that has a primary focus on suicide prevention and awareness. I'm currently working with the Mental Health Foundation and Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB. (May 2020) I'm the co-founder of the Welsh Mental Health Arts Festival.
Martin Sotelano
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Photography, Dance, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Digital
The Old Post office Art and Therapy Centre was established here in the Welsh Valleys so that Art, Culture and the Healing Arts can be readily available in solid ways that can be created by and given back to the community. Our desire is to create new exciting artistic experiences.
Website | Email | 01495793529
Martine Ormerod
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Mixed Media
Martine Ormerod is an Art Therapist & Community Artist and has been working as a community art tutor for 30 years specialising in Arts for Wellbeing. Her work includes working in community settings, hospitals and residential care.
Mathew Browne
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Photography
Shwmae! I'm Mathew, a photographer from Carmarthen offering workshops both in classroom and on location. I teach how to take better photos with an ethos that photography can be a rewarding creative outlet that can promote better physical and mental health.
Website | Email | 07814128340
Matilda Tonkin Wells
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Dance, Poetry
I am a Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Dance Artist based in Wales. I am interested in embodied awareness as a means of enabling connection, creativity and an understanding of interrelatedness. Through integrative creative practices, story telling can take many forms.
Megan Lloyd
Creative Practitioners, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Music, Theatre, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature
Megan Lloyd (she/her) is a bilingual writer and spoken word artist from Eryri. She writes poetry for the people, often writing about her queer Welsh identity, mental health and her love of nature. She works as a freelancer / community practitioner. She shares her work on Instagram as @gwaithpapur.
Megan Wyatt
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
I am a practicing artist and researcher and I have facilitated and evaluated numerous Arts in Health projects across health, care and community settings. My PhD research investigated how people living with dementia engage with and experience painting whilst working alongside an artist (myself).
Mel Roberts
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Mixed Media, Mosaic
My passion for mosaic began 6 years ago and I love recycling materials and vibrant colours. My business is Mazin Mosaics selling North Wales. As an enthusiastic reative practitioner I have worked with the elderly, local community & art groups, men & women's sheds and learning disabilities adults.
Melanie Antoinette
Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Other
An authentic & compassionate public speaker. Specialises in numerology reports, poetry through Spirit. Medium, Psychic to preserve good mental health. Lived Adverse Childhood Experiences. Passionate to discover, to recover to validate your true hearts purpose to navigate
Website | Email | 07961613129
Melanie Perry
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature
I am a poet, spoken word performer and therapeutic writing practitioner. I hold an MSc (CWTP) and am a Lapidus member. I have delivered writing projects for Literature Wales, Kultivera in Sweden, Creative Lives, People Speak Up, Disability Arts Cymru, Voices in Care Cymru, Stroke Association,
Melanie Wotton
Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Theatre, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Mosaic, Ceramic, Digital, Animation
I am an Arts in Health Project Manager and Curator at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. I worked previously as Exhibitions Coordinator for the Hearth Gallery, UHL, and am responsible for developing community based arts projects across Cardiff and the Vale, supported by Arts Council of Wales.
Website | Email | 07970 070170
Merideth Gattis
I study how people of all ages interact with natural environments and are influenced by them. I also study parenting during the transition to parenthood and early years. I am interested in working with artists around both topics, whether as a form of co-production or engagement and communication.
Michael Cousin
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Digital
I am a qualified Art Psychotherapist living in Cardiff.
Website | Email | 07852133772
Michael Cousin
Art Therapists / Supervisors | Location: South East Wales
I am a qualified Art Psychotherapist and EMDR Therapist living in Cardiff with eight years experience of working with clients. Art Psychotherapy training is extensive and intensive, and it provides us with a framework that can be useful with many with mental health issues up to the most complex.
Website | Email | 07852133772
Michele Heidi Sutton
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Other
I am an independent artist/teacher with many years experience working in community arts. I currently teach a variety of creative courses and workshops including: mindful, slow stitching; easy handmade books; pyrography; mono and block printmaking. I also offer a Creative Confidence Coaching service.
Website | Email | 07919952356
Mid Wales Arts Centre
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Ceramic
A highly successful Arts Centre, good access, in the middle of Wales. 3 large galleries, studios and pottery, sculpture trails and outdoor classroom. 9 regular clubs a week for the community, clay, tai chi, yoga, art talks plus workshops and events aimed at health, well being and art education.
Website | Email | 07970671819
Mike Mainwaring
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers, Art Therapists / Supervisors, Wellbeing Facilitators, Professional Services | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting
I have worked with Children and Young People for over 30 years. Currently working as a freelance trainer/consultant. Qualified as an Art Psychotherapist. He has undertaken art therapy work as a trainee in a Pupil Referral Unit, in an Acute Secure Adult Mental Health and Dementia unit and LGBT+.
Millie Griffiths
Educators & Trainers, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South West Wales
I am a Community Development Officer for PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicides. My role includes raising awareness of the charity and the services that we provide, such as our help, advice, and intervention line HOPELINE 247, as well as delivering training in suicide prevention.
Website | Email | 07776804722
Miranda Glen
Making Music is the UK’s largest membership organisation for leisure-time music. I represent the membership in Wales, which is approximately 167 members, made up of choirs, orchestras, bands and promoters.
Website | Email | 07708470976
Molly Macleod
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Audio Video, Digital
Molly Macleod explores new scientific research and questions cultural phenomena through collaborative projects with researchers, scientists and healthcare patients. She is an experienced workshop facilitator working with all ages and abilities. She has an MA in Art & Science from CSM University
Website | Email | 07968013151
Murals for health and wellbeing
Area of Art: Visual Art
We are a community initiative inspired to create murals as social prescribing project
Natasha Borton
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Researchers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Other
A Community Artist, Activist and Advocate, I specialise in writing and performance as a spoken word artist, creative producer and facilitator. I particularly enjoy working through co-creation and providing accessible cultural experiences within communities.
Website | Email | 07938772092
NATIONAL YOUTH ARTS WALES CELFEDDYDAU CENEDLAETHOL IEUENCTID CYMRU
Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
National Youth Arts Wales empowers the next generation of musicians, actors, dancers and makers to build a creative, confident and generous future for Wales. We support the most talented young performers through five national ensembles, whilst building the ecology of youth arts throughout Wales.
Website | Email | 02922 807420
New Horizons
Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
New Horizons is a mental health & emotional wellbeing Charity based in RCT, Merthyr and Bridgend. We run creative and social groups that provide community and a safe space, where people feel able to relax, to be themselves and to express themselves.
Website | Email | 01685 881113
Nia Lewis
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Mixed Media, Other
Freelance creative practitioner & project manager working in SW Wales working in textiles, mixed media, participatory and visual art forms. Experience with a wide range of beneficiaries, age groups & specialist groups. Qualified teacher & educator at FE & HE level at Carmarthen School of Art.
Website | Email | 07964806995
Nia Wyn Skyrme
Creative Practitioners, Reflective Practice Practitioner | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Mixed Media
I'm Nia, an Arts, Health & Wellbeing Practitioner and Producer, based in Cardiff, working throughout Wales. I am a fluent Welsh speaker, confident in working on projects through the medium of Welsh or English, passionate about collaborating with under represented artists and communities.
Nicola Edwards
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
I am the programme manager at Awen cultural Trust. We work to help people's well being by bringing cultural experiences to communities in Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf. I am passionate about outreach work and also the power of bringing people together through artistic practices
Nikkila Thomas
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Poetry
Welsh Soprano, Nikkila Thomas BMus (Hons)., PGDip., MSc is a very motivated individual with a strong musical background and knowledge. She is passionate about utilising her skills as both researcher and practitioner to deliver evidence-based and informed projects with and for people of all ages
Nikolett Kovacs
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Mixed Media, Other
I am a painter. I am interested in Multisensory art and making art accessible.
NoFit State Circus
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
NoFit State is the UK’s leading large-scale contemporary circus company. We produce Big Top touring productions, we deliver a significant sector development programme and through our creative community programme, we inspire people from some of the most deprived and marginalised communities.
Non Mererid Thomas
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Charities & Third Sector, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Ceramic
Art physchotherapist based in Cardiff. Currently working as a therapist for Blaenau Gwent Youth Services. Interested in facilitating art and wellbeing groups. Previous experience of working in schools as a creative practitioner.
Onismo Muhlanga
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Music, Theatre, Dance, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Digital
A Zimbabwean born creative and art curator based in Newport. My visual language is informed by my own journey, and interest for ritual and memory. My holistic creative approach combines youth work education with creative art media, poetic justice, visual representation & digital virtual performance.
Website | Email | 07879247137
Operasonic
Operasonic inspires people to access, develop and share their creativity through music so that everyone living, working or arriving in our city knows they are welcome and valued We create opportunities for people to use their creative power to tell stories and open up music for self-expression.
Website | Email | 07785947823
OUTSIDE LIVES
Health & Social Care | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Outside Lives connects people living across Flintshire and Denbighshire in North Wales. All our activities are focused around improving the wellbeing of people and our planet.
Website | Email | 07939655374
Page to Stage Wales
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Theatre, Literature
Serena Lewis and Sarah Bawler of Page to Stage Wales are creative practitioners who create bespoke drama workshops and projects for schools and community groups. We are particularly interested in social history and our work often explores the connections people have to one another.
Website | Email | 07788124526
Patricia Vallis
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Dance
I have been involved in dance all my life, firstly as a performer and later on as a teacher. I have facilitated sessions for children and adults to professionals and residents in care homes. I feel dance can benefit our health and wellbeing physically and emotionally.
Patrick Downes
Creative Practitioners, Charities & Third Sector, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Digital
On a sunny day you can see forever #MyView #Comms #MHFAInstructor #RadioPresenter #Podcaster #ContentCreator #TorfaenTalksCIC
Paul Midgley
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Digital
I have run Interactive Music workshops & events for over 25 years. Developed a large scale festival (over 50k attendance over a weekend) and won a Special Award for community development. I am keen to move to Wales and bring skills and experience. I am also a Wellbeing Mentor for a local council.
Website | Email | 07932 448627
Paul Young
Area of Art: Music
I am a qualified music therapist registered with the HCPC I work with autistic teenagers as a music therapist, and with older people in care home settings I also run two Singing For Lung Health groups in North Wales
Paula Jardim
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music, Dance
I am a freelance life-centred dance practitioner based in the Swansea Valley. My background is in music, community arts, integrative counselling, Eastern psychology & philosophy, and biocentric dance. I have worked with all sorts of groups in education, community and health settings.
Pauline Down
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music, Theatre, Other
Pauline Down is a singer & composer who currently leads choirs in South Wales and singing workshops and holidays internationally. She pioneered an award winning arts in health training programme in North Wales and has many years experience of leading arts in health trainings, projects and workshops.
Website | Email | 07952752823
Pauline Le Britton
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media
I am a mixed media artist living in Pembrokeshire, with an MA in sculpture from the Royal College of Art. As well as my own practice, I am passionate about improving health outcomes and supporting wellbeing through creative workshops, community projects and events with all ages and abilities..
Website | Email | 07760472421
Peak - Art in the Black Mountains
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales
Peak works creatively with professional artists and communities, responding to our unique rural location and environment. Peak's overarching goal is to offer opportunities for children and young people. Our targeted writing and visual arts and health activities support positive health and wellbeing.
Website | Email | 01873811579
Pen and Paper Theatre
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Theatre, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Mosaic, Ceramic, Digital, Animation
We at Pen and Paper Theatre Co. believe “Creativity for Everyone and with Everyone!” Standing firmly behind our beliefs, we creatively liberate our communities to Explore, Express and Exceed through arts, performance and theatre.
Website | Email | 07751302705
Penny Alexander
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Installation Art, Literature
I'm a visual artist and use text based mediums such as typewriters to record people's shared stories & memories. Following residencies with participants on acute wards several pieces of my art have been commissioned for hospital corridors. I also am a "phase 2" cARTrefu artist working in care homes
Website | Email | 07923935104
Peter Wyn Mosey
Creative Practitioners, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Music, Theatre, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Digital
Peter Wyn Mosey writes short stories, scripts, and poetry and is passionate about art, music, film, and performance. His lived experiences of mental health problems motivate him to help others find their voice and improve their well-being through creativity. He is a WAHWN Stepping In mentee.
Website | Email | 07703414422
Philip Thomas
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
I run make and play workshops creating musical instruments from found and recycled objects. Great for intergenerational activity and organisational team building.
Website | Email | 07870 212437
Pip Lewis
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Mosaic, Ceramic, Digital, Animation
Pip Lewis is a Director of spacetocreate, a visual arts organisation and is a practicing visual artist. Holding a Post-graduate diploma in Art Psychotherapy and BA Hons in Fine Art from Reading University, Pip has extensive experience as a trainer and educator and worked as a clinical supervisor. Arts, health and wellbeing projects have been taken a priority in her work please see website www.spacetocreate.org for documentation of this work. In 2022 Pip delivered two online art sessions for Hywel Dda UHB Creative Collective for NHS Staff, and is currently delivering an Arts and Wellbeing project in conjunction with Hywel Dda UHB Community Neurorehabilitation Service.
Website | Email | 07879335253
Platfform
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers, Researchers, Charities & Third Sector, Art Therapists / Supervisors | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Music, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Digital
We work with people experiencing challenges with their mental health, and we take a holistic and social justice approach to understanding mental health. Our work spans housing, young people, families, communities, workplaces, and dementia. We value co-production and creativity in our stories.
Website | Email | 01656 647722
Poppy Horwood
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Dance
Poppy draws from Hip Hop and Contemporary, Physical Theatre and clowning with a distinction in MA Drama. Poppy is pursuing a journey to grow closer to her identity as someone who is autistic and part of the LGBTQIA+, working with Microrainbow as a Movement Facilitator has supported this journey.
Popty Press
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Digital
Popty Press is a printmaking space in Haverfordwest. We offer a design and print service, small workshops and artist studio time. We offer bespoke training to help artists improve their digital workflow for printmaking. We want to offer funded workshops specifically around well-being and resilience.
Website | Email | 07974 929090
Prue Thimbleby
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Spoken Word
Prue has been leading the Arts in Health Team for Swansea Bay Health Board since 2012. As part of her role she has established an extensive digital patient story programme. Prue is also a freelance Artist and she was a midwife. Her passion is for the people to thrive and have their voices heard.
Website | Email | 07443336090
PuppetSoup
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Installation Art, Other
PuppetSoup is a five star multi award winning Wales based theatre company that creates ‘Puppetry. For everyone’. We offer shows and workshops and also run community events and projects. We collaborated with the NHS to make the Award Winning 'Fix Freddie!' and hope to make new partnerships
Website | Email | 07528576068
R E Price
Art Therapists / Supervisors | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Dance
Dance Movement Psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, trained at Dance Voice in Bristol. Subsequently employed by that organisation as therapist and as tutor delivering the MA in DMP for many years. My clinical practice over several years has been with a range of ages, differences and abilities in
R. Lyle Skains
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Literature, Digital, Other
A Senior Lecturer in Digital Writing at Bangor Uni, Lyle conducts practice-based research in writing, reading/playing, and publishing transmedia narratives. She is PI on the arts & health project "Infectious Storytelling", Co-I on the arts & science project "You & CO2" (both Welsh Crucible-funded).
Rachel Clarke
Creative Practitioners | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Music, Installation Art, Sculpture, Audio Video
I am drawn to issues of wellbeing, self expression and general morale and confidence boosting. My own art practice is predominantly sculpture and photography/short films. I feel extremely fortunate that I have had the opportunity to 'get to know my artistic self' during my degree/MA and would love
Website | Email | 07985 240183
Rachel Evans
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Other
Areas of interest & experience: ACE aware and Trauma-Informed Practice - Art as a vehicle to develop emotional literacy - Community engagement with local history and heritage – How the natural environment can benefit creativity - Arts Award/ alternative accreditation. Bilingual/ Welsh Learner
Website | Email | 07920066248
Rachel Jones
Health & Social Care, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: North West Wales
I manage Annedd Ni, Anheddau's Day Service based in Bangor, North Wales. We offer sessions such as art, drama, music, cookery and living skills to adults with supporting needs, such as learning disabilities, in the North Wales area.
Rachel Wiles
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Painting, Mixed Media, Poetry
Studying an MA in Arts Practice (arts, health and wellbeing) at Cardiff at USW. I am a contemporary Mixed media landscape Artist (Painter and textile artist). Living in Norfolk and inspired by land, sea and nature. Looking for work experience/voluntary in art, health and wellbeing to help me decide
Radha Patel
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video
Radha is a storyteller / writer interested in colonialism, nature, rituals + speculative futures. Her writing accompanies physical elements like sculptures, prints and films. She works with folklore from Wales and India and also creates new folklore about rituals, magical objects and imagined lands.
Radiate Arts CIC
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: Mid Wales
Based at Llyn Clywedog, in the beautiful setting of the Cambrian Mountains, Radiate Arts are passionate about arts and creativity for health and wellbeing. We connect with artists and organisations to offer community arts, health and educational programmes, social prescribing and outdoor arts.
Website | Email | 07860 609991
Rafiq Elmansy PhD MA BSc FRSA HEA
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Audio Video, Digital, Animation, Other
Academic lecturer & author teaching design at Wrexham Glyndwr University. I taught at Northumbria University & the American University in Cairo. My research focuses on design & healthcare. I developed the AdherenceCanvas.com to improve patient adherence & Designorate.com. Fellow of HEA & RSA.
Website | Email | 07914936266
RAW-i Studios
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry
RAW-i can provide:- Art workshops for all ages (in person and virtually) Community Art Commissions Teaching Arts Award, all levels (in person and virtually) Masterclasses and consultancy in blended learning and remote education Google and Prezi Certified Trainer Mental Health First Aider
Website | Email | 07447496555
Ray Hobbs
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Photography, Illustration, Mixed Media, Digital
Graduate Documentary Photographer, experienced in respectfully representing communities and individuals in their home and other environments. A body of work on the loneliness & depression of men & their journey into environment of Men’s Shed Cymru. Photo-documented Engage Cymru Dementia workshops.
Rebecca Hardy-Griffith
Funders & Policy Makers, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Development officer in Arts, Health and Wellbeing working part-time.
Website | Email | 07939948218
Rebecca Lydon
Health & Social Care | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
We are Parkinson's UK By funding the right research into the most promising treatments, we get closer to a cure every day. Until then, we're here for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We'll find a cure. Together.
Website | Email | 07824701351
ReConnecting Carms CIC
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Mixed Media, Other
We provide 3 free activity session a week to anyone who wishes to join, we are mostly online as that is what our audience wants.
Website | Email | 07806574122
Rhiannon Davies
Local Authorities & Public Services, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
As the Libraries Outreach and Engagement Officer I take the library and events and activities to isolated areas of Bridgend County.
Website | Email | 07708971850
Richard Axtell
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Other
I am coordinator of Lapidus Cymru/Wales, the professional network for those in the field of writing for wellbeing, and its parent company 'Lapidus International'. I am also a children's writer, and have been known to manage a website or two.
Rikki Pullen
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Charities & Third Sector, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Music
I’m Rikki and I’m the CEO for a charitable incorporated organisation in Caerphilly with a passion for supporting the well-being of others through social prescribing and music.
Robert Aitken
Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Music
Music in Hospitals & Care is a charity that uses professional musicians to sing and play for people in healthcare, to improve their quality of life
Website | Email | 02920 391415
Roger Seddon
Health & Social Care | Location: North West Wales
Retired - I used to work for Welsh European Funding Office developing projects under the EU's Territorial Co-operation Programme. My project portfolio concentrated on links to Ireland. I now research social prescribing and recently stepped down from Wales School of Social Prescribing.
Roisin Anwen Murphy-Mortimer
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Theatre, Dance, Spoken Word
I'm a graduate of Derby University with a MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy. I practice psychotherapy using a humanistic and integrative approach using a variety of media. I am also interested in working on projects and within organisations in health care and mental health within therapeutic arts.
Rosemary Elizabeth Graham
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Poetry, Other
Practising Painter / Textile Artist, Facilitator, Speaker, Life Coach, Life Musician, (assoc: member of Music Chichester University - Life Music, Professor Rod Paton), Yoga Teacher, Published Poet / Writer & Lapidus member. A/H Workshops LAH, SWAH, NW ARTS & HEALTH, ARTS AND HEALTH CYMRU, SPAN, NFS
Rosie Green
Creative Practitioners | Location: North West Wales
I am an instructor in SAORI Weaving, a non technical, non intimidating approach to hand weaving. SAORI is valued worldwide as a means of expression. It is non judgemental and inclusive, encouraging people to work together regardless of age, ability, occupation, ethnicity or for any other reason.
Website | Email | 01248 345325
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Rosie Strang
Charities & Third Sector, Nature & Environment | Location: Mid Wales, South West Wales
I work for Coed Lleol as the Mid and West Wales Coordinator, working with Project Officers in different areas to offer a wide range of nature-based wellbeing activities in woodlands and green spaces. We engage communities to understand the benefits of being in nature, learning
Website | Email | 07966071073
Rowenna Williams
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Sculpture, Other
Mae gan Rowenna dros 20 bl o brofiad o arwain gweithdai yn defnyddio’r celfyddydau a byd natur i hyrwyddo lles i bob oed a gallu. Rowenna has over 20 yrs of experience of delivering workshops using the arts and nature to promote wellbeing to all ages and abilities.
Roxy Wilkinson
Creative Practitioners, Nature & Environment | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Mixed Media, Other
Nature inspired artist and well-being work shop facilitator. Exploring woodlands and crochet in a magical way.
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North West Wales
The Royal Cambrian Academy was formed in 1881 with the ambition to showcase Art in Wales. It has been the centre of excellence for artistic Welsh Art for many years and is now recognised as a distinguished and notable Gallery, growing in National and International profile.
Website | Email | 01492593413
Royal College of Psyciatrists Wales
Health & Social Care | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
We have over 600 members, fellows, affiliates and pre-membership trainees throughout Wales. We lead, represent and support psychiatrists to government and other agencies, to improve the outcomes for people with mental illness, and the mental health of individuals, their families, and communities.
Website | Email | 02922331080
ruby maddock
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Mixed Media, Spoken Word
Education and community arts programme coordinator. Currently working for Tate in the community partnerships and regeneration team.
Sally Ann Jones
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Painting, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media
I am in my third year at Glyndwr University, hoping to complete my Ba (hons) in Fine Art. I am also a local artist in my own right and am very interested in how Art can aid Mental & Physical Health. I am busy researching for next years dissertation on the subject and always open & eager for help!
SALLY LEWIS
Funders & Policy Makers, Researchers, Professional Services | Location: South East Wales
Having led on Arts & Health at ACW during a period of rapid growth, I am now a freelance Arts & Health consultant & project manager. I have experience of developing strategy / policy / public partnerships; scoping studies; advocacy; funding & devising programmes to embed the arts within the NHS.
Sally Marie
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Theatre, Dance
I am a dance theatre practitioner who has been working in dance theatre for a long time. I create dance theatre which tours through my company Sweetshop Revolution and we have a focus now of doing work in care homes. We're also trying to link up cubs and scouts to create intergenerational workshops.
Website | Email | 07376285407
Sally Thelwell
Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
I am the Arts in Health Coordinator at Velindre NHS Trust, using creativity and the arts to improve the patient experience of individuals accessing cancer services as well as staff wellbeing.
Sara Smith
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Theatre, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Other
Creative and Therapeutic Arts Practitioner qualified in 2014 been freelance and also employed as a art teacher (PGGE PCET) In Hereford college of Arts. My personal art practice centres on immersive spaces and working with environments and trauma. I am experienced with prop and scenic art .
Sara Smith
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Other
I design and make clothing for people living with cognitive and mobility conditions - specifically dementia. My aim is to use clothing design to make a difference. I'm interested in using design to improve daily life, educate and raise awareness of challenging conditions.
Website | Email | 07789810952
Sarah Argent
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Theatre
I am a freelance theatre-maker based in Cardiff - a director, writer, deviser, mentor - specialising in theatre for the very young from babies as young as 3 months. My work recognises and respects the emotional intelligence of even the youngest audience members.
Sarah Featherstone
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Charities & Third Sector, Nature & Environment, Art Therapists / Supervisors, Wellbeing Facilitators, Reflective Practice Practitioner, Professional Services | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Mixed Media, Literature, Other
I'm an artist, writer and trainee Gestalt psychotherapist. My work practice encompasses visual art, writing, and educational facilitation and engagement. I am a UKCP Gestalt psychotherapist trainee offering Gestalt psychotherapy in Cardiff or online. See my website for more information and to book.
Website | Email | 07792452361
Sarah Griffith
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Art Psychotherapist working in CAMHS services in Swansea Bay.
Sarah Grove-White
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Mixed Media
I am an arts in health practitioner, workshop facilitator and practising artist. My interests lie in developing creative opportunities to support people in expressing personal stories of lived experiences, with particular interest in menopause transition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6csKSjOOlVU
Website | Email | 07989580045
Sarah Pogoda
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: North West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Other
I'm a Lecturer in German Studies at Bangor University, and my research areas explore Artistic Research, Institutional Critique, Avant Garde Performance Art and Theatre. As Artistic Research I pursue interventions, Happenings, and Participatory Performances.
Scarlet Berry
Professional Services | Location: South West Wales
I have over 15 years of experience in a variety of sectors within the media and the arts, with 5 years in marketing and digital coordination at ACW. I am passionate about the value of arts, health & wellbeing and keen to freelance for independent arts organisations, advisors / advocates and CICs.
Website | Email | 07912500618
Sharon Magill
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Photography, Audio Video, Digital
Im a Cardiff based artist exploring themes of isolation, loneliness and solitude and place. I work in various media including video, sound, alternative/photography and create participatory projects inviting others (artists and the public) to collaborate to create shared experiences and artworks.
Shaun Keddy
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music
Shaun is the founder of Wales Ukulele Project. The Wales Ukulele Project was founded to combat loneliness in Wales through the use of the ukulele. Bringing people together through music and an accessible instrument. Shaun aims to get ukuleles in libraries and schools to help support wellbeing.
Website | Email | 07747425035
Sheree Murphy
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Theatre, Installation Art, Mixed Media
I have worked as an artist facilitator for over fifteen years, often working with individuals on the edges of society. My role is to support and hold a safe space for people to find their voice through the creative process. Along the way I have met the most incredible people and communities.
Shon Devey
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Development Worker with WWAMH developing and supporting projects working with Nature-based solutions to mental health.
Siân Cameron
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Music, Audio Video, Spoken Word
Siân is an opera singer based in South Wales. She has worked with many sectors of the community, doing projects with organisations such as Welsh National Opera, Live Music Now, Streetwise Opera and Forget me not chorus. She is interested to create new projects to benefit the well being of others.
Website | Email | 07713730847
Sian Fitzgerald
Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: North East Wales
I am the Community Arts Development Officer for Denbighshire County Council and currently sit on the steering committees for WAHWN and the North Wales Arts, Health and Well-being Concordat. I am the NEWales representative for Engage Cymru and Vice Chair for Edau (NW Arts and Education Network).
Website | Email | 07717540857
Sian Hughes
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Poetry, Literature
Sian Hughes is a writer/creative practitioner whose story collection ‘Pain Sluts’ was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year. A practitioner for ACW's Lead Creative Schools, Sian was chosen for Literature Wales' Writing Well scheme, which helps practitioners create projects to benefit wellbeing.
Website | Email | 07810362146
Siân Lester
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Installation Art, Ceramic
Textile artist/facilitator focusing on ecology and themes around acts of care and the environment. I integrate sustainable and conscious approaches, exploring multi-sensory/healing connections with plant/place. I specialise in biophilia and botanical dyes within community/collaborative projects.
Website | Email | 07787518086
Sian Rendell
Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
At Llamau we believe that no young person or vulnerable woman should ever have to experience homelessness. Our mission is to eradicate homelessness for young people and vulnerable women. My role as Involvement and Engagement Manager is to create engaging opportunities for people we support.
Website | Email | 02920239585
Side by Side
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Music
Side by Side is a charitable incorporated organisation whose aim is to support those with long-term conditions, disabilities and/or additional needs through music at weekly choir rehearsals. We do this to support the well-being of others.
Simon and Caroline
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
We run a support line and website for those who have experienced Spiritual Abuse. We plan to set up a retreat where more intensive support can be given. We hope to be able to provide creative therapies especially within an eco therapy context.
Website | Email | 07709655836
Simon Morris
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
I have worked in senior arts development roles within creative organisations for 23+ years and I'm passionate about their value to support positive change in their communities. I've also had spells working as a freelance visual artist myself and as a lecturer at various universities and colleges.
Website | Email | 07790388561
Simon Whitehead
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Dance, Installation Art
A movement artist. I work with different groups of people, ranging from children to elders, both as a teacher of embodied movement work and through designing walks, outdoor movement experiences, and performance. I believe in the restorative power of green spaces. I am a Craniosacral therapist.
Website | Email | 07790987076
Simone Joslyn
I am head of Arts at ardiff and Vale University Health Board. We are excited to be working in the arts and health arena and are always on the look out ofr new, innovative and fun projects that improve the lives of our patients, staff and communities.
Website | Email | 02921836049
Small World Theatre Byd Bach
Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector, Nature & Environment | Location: Mid Wales
Small World Theatre is a multifaceted organisation that creates exciting projects and productions that enable communities to flourish through the arts. The Amethyst Project supports young people who are experiencing issues around anxiety, depression, low confidence and low self-esteem.
Website | Email | 01239 615952
Sofia Vougioukalou
Researchers | Location: South East Wales
I am a qualitative health services researcher with a background in medical anthropology, user-centred design and evaluation. I am currently Research Fellow in Arts and Health evaluating the impact of arts on health and wellbeing across a pan-Wales innovation programme. I am also on the leadership team of the Wellbeing Research Network of the Wales Institute for Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD) and I am a member of the All Wales Deaf Mental Health Group. My research programme has been awarded the Dementia Friendly Wales (2021) Diversity Award from Alzheimer's Society Cymru and the Public Involvement award by Health and Care Research Wales.
Sophia Keene
Health & Social Care | Location: North East Wales
I’m Sophia I am a mental health nurse working in older persons psychiatric liaison at Wrexham Maelor hospital. I am also studying for my masters in dementia at Bangor university.
Steph Roberts
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Audio Video, Literature, Digital, Other
A bilingual freelance visual arts interpreter and creative facilitator. I work with health and illness narratives, disability, and access in museums, galleries, and cultural organisations with a special interest in creative Audio Description. I have lived experience of chronic illness.
Website | Email | 07942291305
Stephanie Cross
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
I am the Project Manager for The VC Gallery - an arts and mental health charity that provide arts workshops that support recovery from ill mental health and reduce isolation.My role focuses on the running of our two community hubs, working with artists to deliver services and applying for funds.
Website | Email | 07852718210
Stephen Clift
Stephen Clift is Professor Emeritus, Canterbury Christ Church University, and former Director of the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health. He is a Visiting Professor in at York St John University and the University of Leeds.
Website | Email | 07764761510
Steve Swindon
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography, Music, Illustration, Installation Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Digital, Animation
Priding itself on accessibility and inclusivity TAPE has been providing high-quality, inclusive. supportive, person-led opportunities since 2008. TAPE’s delivery offers people the chance to explore and develop their creativity.
Website | Email | 01492512109
StillWalks
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography, Audio Video
StillWalks is a video resource and system designed to address issues of stress and anxiety and to develop wellbeing. Alastair Duncan, founder of StillWalks, is a visual artist working with sound, photography and tapestry weaving. He has a keen interest in the environment, both natural and man-made.
Website | Email | 07887 906236
Straeon Research Ltd
Researchers | Location: South East Wales
We are social scientists with backgrounds in philosophy, sociology, health & arts. Projects range from qualitative, creative enquiries to systematic reviews and policy evaluation. We value ‘citizen intelligence’ and find ways to enable participants to tell their stories authentically and creative
Website | Email | 07846923660
Sue EL Davies
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Photography, Music, Theatre, Dance, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Audio Video, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature, Mosaic, Ceramic, Digital, Animation
Highly experienced cultural sector professional. Expertise: creative programming, delivery of events, activities, exhibition development, partnership development and programming, formal learning, lifelong learning, strategic arts management, fundraising, interpretation, project management, evalua
Sue Hunt
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting, Photography, Audio Video
A painter and printmaker, I have always had a strong interest in public and social art work. I have taught Fine Art at University and worked on Health projects in Zambia. I currently have an Arts Council grant to help me explore Health and Wellbeing for frontline NHS staff in the time of Covid
Sue Mackie
Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: South West Wales
I am the Community Development Team Leader at ateb which is the Housing Association based in Pembrokeshire. We have 3100 properties across Pembrokeshire and as a small Housing Association we seek to work with partners to help deliver the wellbeing agenda to our customers.
Website | Email | 01437774769
Susan Liggett
Creative Practitioners, Researchers | Location: North East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Installation Art, Digital
Susan is a visual artist, researcher and curator. She has organized exhibitions, chaired conferences and published work on the interface of art/science. She is a member of the Royal Cambrian and is Associate Dean for Research at Wrexham Glyndŵr University.
Suzanne Griffiths-Rees
Funders & Policy Makers, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
I am a Development Officer at the Arts Council of Wales with a background in music. I sit on the Arts and Health Programme Development Group within the Arts Council.
Tammy Foley
Health & Social Care | Location: South West Wales
I am passionate about preventing mental ill-health anywhere and everywhere! I work with individuals, groups and organisations who want to improve their emotional health and well being. I offer one to one online sessions, corporate packages, customised audios and workplace wellbeing workshops.
Website | Email | 07792706275
Tania Bryan
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Performance Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Animation
Our aim is to continue to provide workshops where the communities can learn and participate in developing new creative skills, techniques and processes. To deliver varied activities and workshops that have been carefully tailored to suit all abilities and cultures.
Website | Email | 07581265876
Tanio
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
At Tanio (meaning ‘to spark’ or ‘ignite’ in Welsh) we are an organisation committed to providing access to a range of creative activities and interventions to different communities. Our work aims to develop skills, confidence and self-esteem through creative practices and community work.
Website | Email | 01656 729246
Tanya Dower (Music Now)
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Music, Installation Art
MUSIC NOW use music and sound as a therapeutic vehicle for exploring creativity to enhance learning, manage health, and live longer happier lives! And we have FUN! Whether individual, group or organisation, we can design and deliver tailor made lessons and sessions with participants of all ages.
Website | Email | 07463580558
Tara H Dean
Creative Practitioners | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Illustration, Mixed Media, Ceramic
Community Artist I deliver experimental workshops. Exploring materials through illustration and printmaking. Inspired by working collaboratively on a ceramic wall mural in 2002.I now adapt screen printing stencil practice to develop, explore and transform ideas with all in the community.
Website | Email | 07919 424066
Teri Howson-Griffiths
Health & Social Care, Researchers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Arts in Health Strategic Lead for the North Wales Health Board (BCUHB), part-time. I also work for Liverpool John Moores University 2 days as a Lecturer. My background is in applied, community and participatory arts. I previously worked on the Dementia and Imagination study at Bangor University.
Tessa Salt
Area of Art: Visual Art, Photography
Tessa is a lens-based artist currently studying towards an MA in Photography at Swansea College of Art. Her practice primarily focuses on themes of identity and femininity, as well as phototherapy. Tessa’s current work is centred around the relationship between women, nature and technology.
Website | Email | 07896107862
Thania Acarón
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers, Researchers | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Dance, Other
Dance movement psychotherapist, researcher, lecturer & performer. Works both as an independent practitioner and lecturer at the University of South Wales. Offers international workshops on movement for wellbeing, LGBT+ issues, dance movement psychotherapy & embodied decision-making. @thaniaacaron
Website | Email | 07787034072
The Art of Sustainability
The Art of Sustainability (AoS) is a collaborative Social Enterprise Our mission is to be a creative Forum towards Sustainable thinking through educational events, facilitation and consultation. AoS is based in Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales
Website | Email | 07733325969
The Body Hotel
Health & Social Care, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
Wales-based dance movement psychotherapy social enterprise focusing on movement as a tool for employee wellbeing. We aim to provide a safe-space for self care to those working in demanding professions, assisting their professional development and engaging with under-represented communities.
Website | Email | 07787034072
The Stormz Community For Musical Arts
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music
Our vision is that through the Power of Music we can create a community that is richly fulfilling for its members. A place where music, friends and memories are made. A Community that builds self-esteem, reduces isolation and has a profoundly positive effect on Wellbeing.
Website | Email | 0330 2290955
Theatr Cynefin
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
We are an applied participative arts organisation that has pioneered a methodology of working with communities, called Sensory Labyrinth Theatre (slt). With projects throughout Europe, in partnership with diverse people of all ages and abilities.
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Ry’n ni’n creu theatr i Gymru, yn teithio profiadau theatr beiddgar ledled y wlad a thu hwnt, i ddiddanu ac ysbrydoli pobl o bob oed. Ein gweledigaeth yw creu man i ddod ynghyd, i gysylltu’r adnabyddus a’r a’r annisgwyl, i Gymreictod a’r byd, i drafod yn ddwys ac i godi’r galon. We make theatre for Wales, touring bold theatrical experiences across the nation and beyond, to entertain and inspire people of all ages. Our vision is to create a place of connection for the well-known and the unexpected, for Welshness and the world, for the big conversations and the joyful moments
Website | Email | 01267233882
Theatrau Sir Gâr / Carmarthenshire Theatres
Arts Organisation Representative, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: South West Wales
Theatrau Sir Gâr offers the people of Carmarthenshire and beyond a variety of live theatre performances and productions, and a programme of participatory activity which focusses on wellbeing and social inclusion, including dementia friendly events, and creative activities for older people.
Website | Email | 0345 2263510
Ticky Lowe, Making Sense Community Interest Company
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Installation Art, Sculpture, Mixed Media
A creative, sensory and playful approach to delivering workshops for the very young and their grown ups, people living with dementia and care staff, people with learning disabilities and support staff. We work with arts and cultural venues to create interactive, sensory workshops and resources.
Website | Email | 07717756385
Toby Fagan
Arts Organisation Representative, Charities & Third Sector, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: North West Wales
My name is Toby Fagan. I am the Chair/Director and Co-Founder of Work in Progress Rhyl CIC. Work in Progress was born in 2021 during lockdown. I have worked with my Co-Founder on many projects in the past. We became a registered CIC in February 2024.
Website | Email | 07841359312
Together for Change
Health & Social Care, Funders & Policy Makers, Researchers | Location: South West Wales
TfC is a Pembrokeshire-wide partnership programme and a collaboration between Solva Care, PAVS and PLANED bringing together third- and public-sector organisations to establish a positive legacy from the pandemic, and build on the contribution of community-led action to people’s health & wellbeing.
Tracy Jones & The Denbigh Workshop
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre, Spoken Word, Poetry, Literature
Tracy trained LIPA, is an Actor with 20 years of performing experience, and creative practitioner. The Denbigh Workshop is a Community Arts Charity to work with people of all ages in Wales creating bespoke training, workshops, projects & productions. We Act, Teach, Perform & Educate.
Website | Email | 07940937848
Tŷ Pawb
Arts Organisation Representative, Local Authorities & Public Services | Location: North East Wales
Tŷ Pawb is a cultural community resource, bringing together arts and markets within the same footprint. We present a contemporary programme of welcoming and inclusive exhibitions, socially engaged projects and live performance.
Website | Email | 01978 292093
Una Shea
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Participatory Art, Music
Una Shea is a violinist and community music workshop leader with a passion for inclusion and accessibility in music education. She works freelance as a Suzuki violin teacher for all ages, and has a great love for sharing music.
Vicky Guise
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Music
Vicky is a music therapist, musician and music teacher based in Cardiff. She is the chair and co-founder of Harmoni Cymru CIC, bringing live music and music therapy to hospitals and care settings in South Wales.
victoria english
Creative Practitioners, Health & Social Care, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales
I provide bespoke mental health, emotional wellbeing training to fit your organisation and have experience with working with a wide range of organisations. All the training aims to not only provide knowledge, but to empower with the tools to become resilient and maintain wellbeing. '.
Website | Email | 07813169031
Victoria Malcolm
Creative Practitioners | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting
Specialisms:painting, drawing and colour use, basic printmaking. Active as voluntary art assistant in Oriel Myrddin Carmarthen and PwerdyPowerhouse Llandysul. Welsh learner moderately fluent. Experience in home education, manager of Popty, Triangle Network international artist workshop in Wales.
Website | Email | 01559395394
Vivian Rhule
Creative Practitioners, Educators & Trainers, Nature & Environment | Location: South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Painting
Vivian Rhule Artist cymunedol gweledol / Community Visual artist Dygswr / Welsh learner also: Mediums: Wet Felt making-Drawing-Painting-simple Printing and some textiles. I can work with all ages -Community groups. In a way that can be designed and tailored to the needs of the group or persons
Website | Email | 07969343053
Volcano Theatre Company
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Volcano is an energetic, responsive arts company that moves quickly to make things happen, inspiring others and setting big ideas in motion collaborating with local communities to enable and encourage community participation in the arts whilst developing key life skills.
Website | Email | 01792 464790
Well Wagon
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Painting, Illustration, Mixed Media, Spoken Word, Poetry
Well Wagon is a community art space on wheels. We deliver creative and mindful workshops from our tricycle in the Cardiff area. The regular workshops are held at Fox Lane studios, in which we invite the community to connect through creative prompts on a donation basis.
Website | Email | 07756709169
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Music
Welsh National Opera’s (WNO) mission is to bring together individuals from all backgrounds and walks of life to create and experience extraordinary opera, to enhance lives, strengthen communities and enrich the places in which we focus our work.
Wendy Keay-Bright
Creative Practitioners | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Installation Art, Audio Video, Digital, Animation
I am a designer with over two decades of experience in the area of interaction, animation and moving image design, including teaching, research and development, project management, knowledge transfer and public engagement.
Will Tregaskes
Funders & Policy Makers, Arts Organisation Representative | Location: North East Wales, North West Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South West Wales
Arts & Business Cymru promotes, enables, develops and sustains mutually beneficial partnerships between business and the arts. The Arts Development team works with our members across Wales to support skill development and income generation. Interested? Email us for a introduction to A&B Cymru
Y Ty Celf - The Art House
Arts Organisation Representative | Location: South West Wales
Y Ty Celf is a CIC based in Llanelli, we are collective of 12 artists & our mission is to bring art to the heart of the community. A creative hub that houses a gallery, artist studio & workshop, providing a creative space for diverse groups i.e. Living with Dementia, MIND YP, POBL & our community.
Website | Email | 07854003327
Ymchwil OB3 Research
Researchers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
OB3 Research is a leading research and evaluation consultancy in Wales, dedicated to quality and impact. Established in 2000, we are a fully bilingual business and provide clients in the public, private and third sector with robust, tailor-made research and analysis.
Yvonne Murphy & Omidaze Productions
Creative Practitioners, Arts Organisation Representative, Educators & Trainers | Location: South East Wales, South West Wales
Area of Art: Performance Art, Participatory Art, Theatre
Yvonne Murphy is a theatre director, creative producer and creative practitioner with nearly 30 years experience of using drama and theatre to create positive social change. An ACW Creative Agent, Yvonne also runs Omidaze Productions which creates bespoke training, workshops, projects & productions.
Website | Email | 07949626538
Zuleika Gregory
Creative Practitioners, Art Therapists / Supervisors, Wellbeing Facilitators | Location: South East Wales
Area of Art: Visual Art, Participatory Art, Mixed Media, Audio Video
Art therapist and facilitator, background in artist led projects and art as play / play as art. Experience in DIY, artist & volunteer led projects through the Cube Microplex, Bristol. Experience in NHS settings as a trainee art psychotherapist & art and craft OT technician. Neuro-affirming mentor.