An insightful essay written by art therapist and co-curator of Everything is connected in life: Art and Wellbeing Elaine Homer is online and downloadable from the exhibition page or via the link below. Hard copies are available in the gallery.
The essay introduces the Art Therapy and Wellbeing in Schools Project and explore five previously exhibited artworks that were used in the art therapy sessions with the students. The project and exhibition were supported by Mottingham Big Local Refocused.
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Elaine Homer is a UK, HCPC registered art psychotherapist and member of BAAT. Homer works in schools and the wider community to facilitate individual and group art therapy to enable people to express through art what may be difficult in words. She has explored the potential of Museums and Galleries for Art Therapy working with various partners. Homer has co-authored Starting with Art in (Coles and Jury, 2020) Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries: Reframing Practice, about her experiences using art works from the Ben Uri Collection as a stimulus in group art therapy for older people living with dementia. She has a background in Media Education supporting the professional development of teachers.
