ABOUT
Hello & Welcome!
I'm Jess, an interdisciplinary artist, facilitator and ecotherapist living in the Black Mountains, Wales.
My work grows out of a deep curiosity for how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the wider living world. With over fifteen years’ experience in creative, therapeutic and nature-based practice, I bring together ecosomatic movement, visual arts and participatory experiences that foreground ecological awareness, co-creation and collective care. My practice is shaped by influences from Butoh, environmental movement and ecosophy; exploring slow, attentive ways of being with the body that honour relationships with place, memory and the more-than-human.
I draw from a background in the therapeutic arts, environmental education and ecopsychology. Through a participatory arts approach I endeavour to facilitate spaces that are deeply caring and responsive, encouraging trust within uncertainty and curiosity for the unfolding of creative process. My facilitation is rooted in emergence, for listening closely to what’s present, allowing space for the unexpected, and co-creating conditions where something new can arise.
Through workshops, gatherings and immersive events, I aim to facilitate experiences that offer nourishment, belonging and a sense of shared possibility in these constantly shifting times.
BACKGROUND & TRAINING
My training to date includes studies in Ecospychology & Nature based practice (Natural Academy) Arts Therapies (British Association of Arts Therapists), Environmental Education (Schumacher College), Permaculture, and group work facilitation (The Work that Reconnects & London Gestalt Centre). I am a current student undertaking an interdisciplinary practice-as-research on the MA Arts Practice (Arts, Health & Wellbeing) at the University of South Wales.
You can find out more about my experience in bringing these threads of practice together here. If you would like to explore the possibility of working together, either individually or as a group, I'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch here.
Thank you for coming by!