Montag, 1. Juni 2026, 18:30-21:00 Uhr

ART PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE MUSEUM CONTEXT

Vortrag via Zoom mit Selbsterfahrungsanteil

Art psychotherapy in the museum context: The EMΣT Case

In this presentation, E. Ioannides will explore the integration of art psychotherapy within museum and gallery settings, with a focus on EMΣΤ’s long-running group art psychotherapy program “Exploring the Museum’s Images C Exploring My Image.”

Drawing on over two decades of curatorial and psychotherapeutic practice, the talk will present how contemporary art and the museum environment can become vehicles for emotional expression, reflection, and wellbeing. It will also introduce Greece’s pioneering “Art on Prescription” initiative, a national pilot program linking arts participation with healthcare, highlighting EMΣΤ’s role in its implementation.

Following the presentation and discussion, participants will be invited to engage experientially through a short art-making activity inspired by a selected artwork from the EMΣΤ collection, offering an opportunity to explore personal meanings through art.

Vortragssprache: Englisch

Seminarleitung: Elisabeth Ioannides (MA, ECP.h, PhD Candidate University of Portsmouth) is an education curator and art psychotherapist at EMΣT | The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. At ΕΜΣΤ, she runs educational programmes for primary schools and vulnerable groups.

She also designs, develops, and implements tailor-made, inclusive programmes focused on the participation of the public, in order to introduce participants to contemporary art in ways that help develop their imagination and critical thinking.

Since 2017 she has been running the group art psychotherapy program “Exploring the Museum’s Images C Exploring My Image”. Currently, with art psychotherapist K. N. Ramadani they realise an art psychotherapy group at EMΣT as part of the “Art on Prescription” pilot phase that has begun in Greece.

She has been on Advisory Committees of the Ministry of Culture and Sports for the examination of proposals for grants and/or Sponsorships, events and programs that promote accessibility for people with disabilities in culture. In 2021, 2023 & 2025 she was a nominee for the Greek International Women’s Awards in the field of Art and Culture.

She has broad teaching and mentoring experience, and supervises art psychotherapists. Her research has a special focus on museum learning, art psychotherapy, health and well-being, inclusivity and the various ways that culture can contribute to the efficiency of education and health systems. Her articles are on

Academia.edu and Research Gate.

Teilnahmegebühr: 85€

Anmeldung: wsk@kunsttherapie-schule.at

Für Studierende an der WSK können 1,4 Einheiten Theorie und 1 Einheit Selbsterfahrung angerechnet werden.

Storno- und Haftungsbedingungen: Bei Rücktritt von der Anmeldung ab 14 Tage vor Veranstaltungsbeginn wird die Hälfte des Betrages, ab dem 3. Werktag vor Veranstaltungsbeginn oder Nichtteilnahme an der Veranstaltung die gesamte Seminargebühr als Stornogebühr einbehalten. Jede/r Teilnehmer/In handelt eigenverantwortlich und entscheidet für sich selbst inwieweit er/sie sich auf die angebotene Prozesse einlässt. Für Schäden an Eigentum und Gesundheit wird nicht gehaftet