Insider Art is a small group of artists, trainers and art therapists, based in the Southwest of England, who work to develop innovative, ethical and informed good practice across the arts & health field.

This site contains information about our work. The site is a work in progress and you may find gaps. We welcome feedback. Contact us at: insiderart@blueyonder.co.uk

We are running two courses this Autumn:

Art in Mental Health A Foundation Course in Art Therapy
This part time evening course will run, as usual, from October. Applications accepted from June 1st 2006.

NEW
Arts & Health Course for Participatory Visual Arts.
This part time day course will run from October. Applications accepted from June 1st.

The next EATc:
Exeter Arts & Therapies Conference will be in March 2007.

The new improved web site should be available in early summer.

Insider Art are a small independent training provider. We work in partnership with various organisations on specific projects but do not receive core funding from any.

If you want more information than is on the various pages of this website about working with art or about art therapy or want to discuss training needs and options get in touch. We’ll do our very best to be helpful.

Sorry but we can’t offer placements or work experience.

Phone 01392 677258
We have very irregular office hours! Leave a message we’ll get back to you within a day or two.

email: insiderart@blueyonder.co.uk

Insider Art, PO Box 272,
St Thomas, Exeter, EX2 9ZL.
Please enclose an SAE.

‘In cultivating the artist within, we become better equipped to empathically connect with and cultivate the artist in others’.

Catherine Hyland Moon

Insider Art events are designed to develop emotional and psychological literacy within arts practice. Our aim is for participants to extend their interpersonal and group work skills for working with art with people while exploring and enriching their own personal artmaking.

We aim for participants to develop deeper understanding of how to engage people in enjoyable art making and to enhance their creativity when using a broad range of arts practice in health contexts. Sharing skills and good practice through approaches which are informed, ethical and evidence based from arts, health, educational and psychological perspectives.

Insider Art offers workshops, courses and an annual conference aimed at encouraging and developing; dialogue, respect and understanding between people working within diverse aspects of arts and health practice.