We are so delighted to welcome Catherine Weld to the Arts for Health artist team!
Catherine is a visual artist based near Bantry. Her creative career began as a social documentary photographer, followed by seven years as facilitator of a hospice-based project making books and films with people at the end of life. She then gained a First Class degree in Graphic Design before committing to life as a visual artist.
“I believe that creative expression can be a means to increased well-being, and that my role is to enable participants to develop their creativity whilst feeling safe and supported. Listening and observation are key, as is providing structures within which there is room for participant experimentation and self expression. Helping those I work with to see themselves as creative individuals beyond a narrow and defined role as, for example, a patient or older person, is central to my ethos.”
You can read more about Catherine’s work on artist profile and on her website. Catherine has began training with Arts for Health artists Michael Greenlaw and Bénédicte Coleman. We are looking forward to seeing the wonderful work she’ll do with Arts for Health participants in West Cork!