Artists

Selina Dunne

Selina Dunne is one of our three Creative Arts Facilitators. She is a qualified Art Therapist who has used creativity alongside Psychotherapeutic techniques within her Therapist role with Children with Learning Disabilities and Adults suffering with Mental Health difficulties. Although, with her work with Creative Alternatives Selina is not fulfilling a role as an Art Therapist, she strongly believes that with any artistic expression there is enormous therapeutic benefit, offering individuals the opportunity to discover new aspects of themselves, and begin their own journey of self-healing. Selina runs her own Community Arts Facilitation Service, offering Schools and Community Groups creative workshops to enable expression, exploration and self-development. The workshops are tailor made for each individual group, offering a bespoke person-centred service from planning stage to the delivery of service.

Website http://www.whimsicalarts.co.uk.

Jessica Bockler

Jessica Bockler is the project’s Arts Officer. She also co-facilitates the core workshops, bringing in her expertise in theatre, authentic movement and body work. Jessica believes that ...

“Creativity and play make a difference to people’s lives. They enchant, revitalise and uplift our being. It has become my personal passion and driving force to explore and illuminate the transformative potential of arts practice, particularly of self-expressive movement and theatre work … because it strongly focuses on embodied self-exploration and self-development. Over the past ten years I have been exploring the subtle connections between creativity and the psychology of self-development. On this journey I have come into intimate contact with a range of fascinating fields, including creative therapies, such as Psychosynthesis, the study of spiritual disciplines and consciousness studies. Throughout my own work I now regularly draw from this range of sources, all of which I feel connect to a universal core. I feel that creativity and self-discovery are at the very heart of the human journey. We all seek to explore the meaning of our lives, to express our unique stories and to become fulfilled human beings. I feel that Creative Alternatives goes some way toward helping us all discover our unique path and purpose.”

	Telephone 07976 049 076.
	Website http://www.jessicabockler.co.uk.

Wibke Hott

Wibke is one of our three Creative Arts Facilitators. She is passionate about working creatively with people and is particularly excited about the therapeutic value of creative expression, be it using visual arts and crafts, digital arts and creative technology, storytelling, singing/song-writing, voice work, dance and movement or playing games and with toys. Wibke is currently completing her studies as person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist and is undergoing additional CPD training to work as therapist with children and young people. She is running a varied programme of workshops and projects, singing groups and community choirs for people of all ages and from all walks of life across the Greater Merseyside area within the wider Arts and Health sector.

Other Artists

Over the years Creative Alternatives has commissioned a number of artists working different media, including:

• John Ayling (pottery)
• Sheryl Clowes (creative writing & theatre)
• Crystal Stewart (creative writing)
• Squash Nutrition (healthy food company)
• Lisa Barry (photographer)
• Adela Jones (visual community artist)
• Gemma Lewis-McAlpine (photographer)
• Chaturangan (Indian dance company)
  

All of our workshops are delivered by artists who we commission on a freelance basis. All of the artists have experience of working in community and health settings and each brings to the project a particular expertise, e.g. drawing, dance, sculpture, or photography.