Art Therapy Podcast
Her ART THERAPY Podcast is an uplifting space for vulnerability, reflection, and honest conversation. Hosted by Visual Artist, International Educator, and SAFESPACES.ART Founder Valentine Svihalek, alongside Mindful Art Guide, Environment, Health & Safety Consultant & Art Therapy Trainee Rebecca Brandmeier, the podcast explores emotional wellbeing through art from a place of learning, curiosity, and lived experience.
We share insights from our own experiences and explore the real life emotional challenges women face, using Art Therapy tools for reflection and connection.
Based in the heart of Europe, the podcast opens a gentle yet meaningful space where creativity, presence, and human connection meet.
With care,
Valentine and Rebecca
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Photo credit Ivana Dostálová, Traces of The Unseen, 2025
Music credit Andy Gallery
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Art Therapy Podcast
Beyond Art
In BEYOND ART, we examine community art practices through the lens of contemporary art, questioning how participatory and socially engaged projects diverge from conventional exhibition formats.
Drawing on examples such as the work of Delcy Morelos, we discuss artistic practices that foreground materiality, sensory perception, and ecological awareness. Her work opens up a dialogue around reconnection to nature and the use of multi-sensory strategies as a means of disrupting established modes of experiencing art.
Valentine reflects on her own curatorial and organizational experiences with community-based art projects, outlining considerations in their conception and realization. We further reference notable community art initiatives and Rebecca introduces her latest art project, which intersects sustainability, fashion, and art, interrogating systems of production and consumption.
The episode concludes with an invitation to reconsider the potential of community-oriented artistic practices within local contexts, encouraging attentiveness to collaborative creativity. This conversation frames community art as a potential critical tool for rethinking how artistic resources, social structures, and creative agency can be activated to their fullest potential.
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