Annie McIntyre

BAAT Council Member 2009-2010

I am a practising artist and a qualified Art Therapist.  I am currently self-employed and working full time for the Northern Ireland Prison Service.  My current clients are female prisoners and male young offenders.

I am most interested in working with disenfranchised and marginalised groups in society.  I believe that the process of making art is empowering and enabling.  Making art with an art therapist can facilitate growth and healing.  The art object can be used to work through difficult thoughts and feelings.  The page can become a place to practise new ways of interacting with the world.  These `new ways' can then be re-enacted in everyday life.

My main artistic practice is live performance.  I also work with installation, collage and photography.  I am particularly interested in working with 'found' or previously used objects.