Jacinta McAvoy

Hi, I’m Jacinta and I have Masters in Therapeutic Arts Practice from MIECAT and I teach a range of subjects across all year levels. I love meeting students at all stages of their studies, introducing new students to the MIECAT approach as they begin, and then being alongside final year students as they navigate their placements and prepare to step out into the world as Therapeutic Arts Practitioners. 

In addition to teaching, I occasionally dip into other roles at MIECAT including curating the window gallery at the front of the building, and organising the art space where all the materials are stored, both of which appeal to my sense of creating invitational, creative, and welcoming spaces. You may also see me in the Selections and Admissions team, and assisting with Practicum placements. 

I am passionate about exploring the creative process, working alongside art makers as they develop their personal arts practice (and how this may inform their therapeutic practice as Arts Therapists), and how Arts Based Research (ABR) can support the exploration of personal experiencing to bring clarity and meaning to our lives. 

Interactions with materials, the emergent process, relationality, and collaboration are at the core of my work as a teacher, in my private practice, and my work as an artist. 

The image above is a representation about what is at the core of my work at MIECAT. Keywords: Threads coming together, connection, staying with the unknown, unfolding, being alongside.