Paula MacGregor - community artist
At the end of the 1990's I found myself working as the Creative Arts tutor in a women’s prison (High Security and Young Offenders).
I learnt many things from that experience, one of which was how openly the women spoke once their hands were busy creating. This made me consider becoming an art therapist, but at that time I did not have a degree - so I quit my job and went to art school.
Somewhere along the road I realised that art therapy was not quite what I wanted to do, too formal maybe? I still wanted to work with people, helping them to see how beneficial being creative can be - and so I invented myself the role of ‘therapeutic art facilitator’.
This self-imposed commitment is purely voluntary, given with love to inspire people to be creative - to give them the opportunity, and the permission, to simply play and see what happens...
I learnt many things from that experience, one of which was how openly the women spoke once their hands were busy creating. This made me consider becoming an art therapist, but at that time I did not have a degree - so I quit my job and went to art school.
Somewhere along the road I realised that art therapy was not quite what I wanted to do, too formal maybe? I still wanted to work with people, helping them to see how beneficial being creative can be - and so I invented myself the role of ‘therapeutic art facilitator’.
This self-imposed commitment is purely voluntary, given with love to inspire people to be creative - to give them the opportunity, and the permission, to simply play and see what happens...
I believe in cultivating confidence in the community through creativity
(I also like alliteration)
(I also like alliteration)
Click on the images below to find out more about my
collaborations, community projects and workshops:
collaborations, community projects and workshops:
Caravan of Curiosity
mobile art gallery |
One Green Bottle (aka 365)
travelling installation |
Book Mark Project
Infiltrating the World |
Slow Stitched Books
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Forest Bathing Practices and Wild Weaving
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Contemplation Cuffs
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One World - Many Papers
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Nine Artists - Nine Lives
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5 in 5 photography challenge
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Assemblage Experience workshops
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Olympic Creative Challenge
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