Socially engaged Artist & Trainee Art Psychotherapist based in London, UK

(she/her)

  • 2024 Nominated for Tutor of the Year. Mayor of London, Adult Learning Awards

    2024 Tutor of the Year, for teaching excellence and leadership. Adult Learning and Skills Service, Royal Borough of Greenwich.

    2023 Tutor of the Year, for teaching excellence and leadership. Adult Learning and Skills Service, Royal Borough of Greenwich.

    2021 Community Learning Teacher of the Year. Adult Learning and Skills Service, North Yorkshire Country Council.

  • 2022 - 2025 MA Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths University of London

    2020 Art Therapy Foundation, Sheffield Northern Programme

    2012 - 2015 BA Interactive Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University

    2014 Set Design, Sculpture & Decorative Arts, Accademia Belle Di Arti, Venice Italy

    2009 - 2011 4 A-Levels (Art, English, Business, General Studies) Queen Elizabeth College

    2004 - 2009 10 GCSE’s C Grade & above (Inc. Math, English, Science) Richmond School

  • Current DBS and registered with the Update Service

    Registered as self-employed

    Public and Product Liability, Professional Indemnity Insurance

Art Psychotherapist

  • Poppy is in her final year of training to become an Art Psychotherapist, and is undertaking her studies at the renowned Goldsmiths University London.

    Clinical training placements undertaken include:

    2023-2024 Central and North West London NHS Trust within The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, based within the Neurodevelopment team.

    2024-2025 South West and St George's NHS Trust within Adult Forensics.

  • 2022 - 2025 MA Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths University of London

    2020 Art Therapy Foundation, Sheffield Northern Programme

  • 2024 Environmental Arts Therapy, EAT uk

    2023 Trauma informed care, Central North West London NHS

    2022 Level 2: Prevent, Safeguarding and Online Safety, Learning Curve Group

    2022 Level 2: End of Life Care, Learning Curve Group

    2021 Level 2: Cancer Support, Learning Curve Group

    2021 Level 2: Counselling Skills, Learning Curve Group

    2020 Level 2: Intro to Autism, Learning Curve Group

    2020 Level 2: Awareness of Mental Health Problems, Learning Curve Group

Artist

  • 2012 - 2015 BA Interactive Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University

  • Her visual diary can be found in the musings tab where you can explore exhibitions visited, things made and other things of interest to her…

  • 2024 "Parallel Process" Goldsmiths University, London

    2023 "Play" Goldsmiths University, London

    2022 "Dialect and Heritage" in collaboration with the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, Yorkshire Dales

    2022 "Summer Show" in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum's Saturday Art Club, Somerset House, London

    2018 "Processions" in collaboration with artists and makers at Rural Arts, North Yorkshire. Taken on "procession" across central London.

    2017 "Art Club" in collaboration with Rural Arts, Thirsk, North Yorkshire

    2015 "Interactive Arts Degree Show" Manchester School of Art

    2014 "Arte Al Mare" Ospedale al Mare, Lido, Venice

Teacher and Facilitator

  • Poppy often uses cloth, clay and paint with people, helping them connect with themselves and those around them. Her work aims to break down the barriers that we can all face when making art.

    She is an award winning adult learning teacher and is currently supporting neurodiverse adults get back into training and employment at Greenwich Learns.

  • 2017 Level 3: Facilitating Learning & Development, City & Guilds

  • 2020 An Intro to, Unlearning Racism & Unconscious Bias, The Racial Justice Network

    2020 Specialist Training in devising activities for Early Years, KS1, KS2, KS3 & KS4, We are IVE

    2018 LGBTQ+ Training, Barnado’s

    2020 Level 3: Emergency First Aid at Work, Community Works

  • 2017 Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver, Gold Arts Award Advisor, Arts Award

  • 2022 Oral History, Audacity Editing and Otter Transcription Training, Oral History Society

    2022 Dementia Friends Training, The Alzheimers Society

    2022 Reminiscence Arts Training, Age Exchange