Published:
December 2020

Issue:
Vol.15, No.1

About the author

MAAT(Clin), PGDipAT, BA(Hons), Dip(Film&Media)
Hilary is an arts therapist, illustrator, creator of Courage Dolls, and a filmmaker. She is engaged in ongoing philosophical and theological study surrounding the topic of well-being and aesthetics, with particular interest in arts therapy, arts-based research and indigenous wisdom traditions of the East.

This work is published in JoCAT and is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND-4.0 license.

Trainee arts therapists: A collective creative response to Covid-19 and learning online

Hilary Tapper

with Josie Apelu, Rachel Baker, Lynda-Alice Broughton, Michelle Deva, Deborah French, Daniel Fleming, Eliza Gibbons, Daniela Gonzalez-Bea, Rata Gordon, Susie Grace Murray, Lynda Jessen-Tye, Kaye Julian, Kumi Nakamura, Beverley Seabridge, Heleina Waimoana Dalton, Kate Willis.

Music by Sean McVitty

Creative arts therapist statement

A collective creative response to Covid-19 and learning online by Whitecliffe arts therapy students. This video features seventeen creative videos made in response to the global pandemic and the experience of continuing arts therapy training online. Each student made their video while in nationwide lockdown and met together through Zoom to creatively share their ongoing experiences. The videos are compiled into a collective journey, sharing the struggles, stories and insights of the experience.