Teaching and Training

These workshops and courses are taught at Central Saint Martins, across UAL (University of the Arts London) and as part of funded programmes in London. If you are interested in offering any of these or a combination in your organisation to involve members of staff, the community or students please get in touch.

  • Black white and shades of grey

    Movement, Writing & Wellbeing

    Exploring spaces collectively with our body, including its materials, can activate writing through movement and lead to the generation of ideas and content.

    This is an experimental session focused on Somatic listening where sensations, feelings and ideas related to identity and belonging are expressed freely while engaging with different types of texts.  

    This is a safe space to connect the internal to the external, create community, joy and develop reflective and resting practices through various modes of writing, which could potentially be linked to your work whether you are a creative practitioner or professional from a different field.

    If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how these sessions could be delivered and adapted to your organisation/community please get in touch. Prices and length will vary depending on your objectives.

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  • Art work next to tree stump embodying inner experiences for creative processes

    Photography, Writing & Movement

    Connecting to our inner experiences through sensory exercises while using imagery, can provide us with new insights. Aspects of our lives/family memories and creative processes can be explored to translate those experiences into ideas, problem-solving solutions, projects and art works.

    Photographs are carefully selected depending on the sessions’ objectives and in order to explore:

    • Photography through movement - body movements to generate photographic images, drawings and written responses.

    • Photography to explore difficult histories and identities - paper and digital manipulation of images, collage and drawing to reflect and generate new perspectives.

    • Photography for creative writing and to generate ideas for written projects.

    If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how these sessions could be delivered and adapted to your organisation/community get in touch. Prices and length will vary depending on your objectives.

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  • Sepia lines and blobs

    Spiritual Practices, Movement & Writing

    This session is inspired by different concepts, words and spiritual practices to expand the creative process while generating written responses. We will use breath work, slow movements and sensory exercises.

    This is a safe space to connect the internal to the external, create community, joy and develop reflective and resting practices through various modes of writing, which could potentially be linked to your work whether you are a creative practitioner or professional from a different field.

    If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how these sessions could be delivered and adapted to your organisation/community please get in touch. Prices and length will vary depending on your objectives.

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  • Ink and oil art work embodying memories for creative approaches to wellbeing

    Reflection, Coaching & Wellbeing

    Our personal and professional performance can be negatively affected by stress. These sessions are designed to look at all the factors involved so you can use your energy to improve your creative performance.

    You will be able to analyse your patterns and find solutions tailor-made to your needs by using different tools and exercises through:

    • Reflecting and assessing your patterns for creative resilience

    • Analysing procrastination and negative thinking patterns

    • Setting meaningful goals that truly reflect your practice

    The results will help you to create a strategy and allow you to become more effective at meetings deadlines, objectives and generating ideas. If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how these sessions could be delivered and adapted to your organisation/community please get in touch. Prices and length will vary depending on your objectives.

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  • Ink and oil art work embodying memory for creative approaches with poetry

    Poetry, Sound & Inner Connection

    Poetry can be used to generate ideas with a focus on the spoken words rather than the meaning, with or without prior knowledge of the language (available in Spanish and English) to:

    • Develop intercultural understanding

    • Improve interpersonal communication

    • Create a deeper connection with the written word

    • Imagine new solutions or develop a deeper understanding to collaboration projects or client briefs

    • Connect with our senses and inner experiences

    • Expand knowledge and provide a different dimension to thinking and creating

    Responses can be generated through various techniques and processes including drawing.

    If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how these sessions could be delivered and adapted to your organisation/community please get in touch. Prices and length will vary depending on your objectives.

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  • Art work made of paper and clay embodying inner experiences for creative processes

    Ideas, Materials & Practice

    Sometimes we can be overwhelmed by ideas and materials or feel stuck because nothing seems to flow. These sessions use different methods to analyse ideas and internal dialogues that have not yet been converted into art works, designs, or pieces of writing by considering:

    • The many layers and aspects attached

    • Ways of breaking them down from different perspectives and how to make them become clearer.

    • Processes employed in your creative practice

    • Materials currently used and their role

    • Missing aspects, frustrations and new areas of exploration

    The objective is to keep your practice motivating and moving forward.

    If you have any questions or would like to find out more about how these sessions could be delivered and adapted to your organisation/community please get in touch. Prices and length will vary depending on your objectives.

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Alicia has worked across different levels of education in the UK. She is a qualified and trained teacher with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a Fellow of the Advance Higher Education Academy (FSHE) currently working at the University of the Arts London as Associate Lecturer, teaching on the UAL-wide Academic Support Programme and within the Academic Support service at Central Saint Martins.

Prior to her career in in Higher and Further Education, Alicia acquired extensive experience within business development, which included managerial and senior positions in multinational companies across several industries. This knowledge and skills combined with her qualifications as a learning and development practitioner (CTP/CIPD) and professional coach led her to carry out consultancy projects for SMEs, in collaboration with public institutions and within the Third Sector enabling her to consider the educational, business and fundraising needs of organisations as well as those of individuals.

Alicia attended university in the UK and Spain completing studies in Business, Education, Fine Art and Photography. Her workshops, with an emphasis on wellbeing focus on the creative process using a variety of mediums and techniques to expand knowledge, transform ideas and create a more self-aware approach to artistic/community practice, studies and professional performance.