Who We Are
John Harley
John is Chair of the Art and Spirituality Network and has been involved since its inception. He is an art teacher and Unitarian minister and is fascinated by the interplay between art and religion.
Linda Murgatroyd
Linda has been a Quaker for over 20 years and is a practising artist. She is particularly interested in how art can help nurture and develop spiritual life and community, and can cut across other boundaries to help us address life issues. She is Secretary of the Art and Spirituality Network.
Rob Burton
Rob is a practising artist in the mediums of paint and textiles whose work explores the interplay between eastern and western philosophies and spiritualities. An academic and lecturer for the past twenty years he has several published papers investigating process, making and symbolic meaning.
Angela Schütz
Angela is a Quaker, counsellor, active artist and passionate 5Rhythms dancer. She is particularly interested in the interplay between our personal self, our spirituality and our creativity. In her work she facilitates opportunities for these parts to connect and grow together. Apart from ASN workshops Angela offers one-on-one counselling in South East London. See her website for details. For enquiries contact Angela's email
Melvyn Freake
Melvyn has just offered to become our treasurer (thanks Melvyn!). He is a mature and semi-retired Quaker, whose interest in the arts is mainly theatre and literature, an amateur actor of 25 years standing who has played a wide range of parts. He and his partner have been to a few ASN workshops over the last few years, and welcome the open and spiritual approach to creativity the network encourages, liking the opportunity to sometimes play and sometimes plumb some depths and portray those explorations artistically.
Helen Hawthorn
Helen is our outgoing ASN treasurer (and we'd like to thank her for all her hard work!). Despite being neither an artist nor an accountant she enjoyed ASN workshops so much that she was somehow been persuaded to take on the awkward stuff like banking and keeping spreadsheets.
Kathryn Wills
Kathryn Wills is a Roman Catholic and has also attended a number of Quaker Meetings; she has provided many art based meditations for various religious and non religious groups. She has been a teacher for over 20 years and is particularly interested in using art to provide individuals with a means of self exploration.
Tomo Williams
Tomo is an Art Psychotherapist, Graphic Designer and Painter. The aim of her Art Therapy is to support people's spiritual growth and encourage individuals to reach their full potential. She loves nature and is interested in the relationship between Art Therapy and Spiritual Healing.
Janet Driver
Janet is a practicing artist and Anglican priest. She enjoys enabling people to deepen their spiritual awareness through silence and visual exploration, and is open to the experience of people of various faiths. www.janetdriver.co.uk
Melody Weightman
Melody is a registered art psychotherapist who currently works as a Therapeutic Technician in a Neuro Rehab Center. She runs various therapeutic groups in the centre and has experience running creative workshops in the community. She is interested in connecting creativity and spirituality, and enjoys helping people to connect to their creative process and enrich their individual quality of life.
Marian Liebmann
Marian is a Quaker, an art therapist and a mediator. She brings these backgrounds together in her workshops on Art & Conflict, which she has run for about 15 years. She has written/edited ten books, including Arts Approaches to Conflict (further information), Restorative Justice: How It Works, Art Therapy for Groups and Art Therapy and Anger (information on selected books).
Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes finds creative inspiration in art, relationship, nature, dance, and not least fatherhood. He works in London as a psychosynthesis counsellor and group facilitator, with special interest in the creativity of intimate relationship in a world of continual transformation. http://www.markhughes.eu
Sarah Liebert
Sarah is a new volunteer handling ASN's web service. She is a software developer and also paints, writes and designs web sites. An active member of the Anglican Church of England, she attended her first ASN workshop two years ago and loves having this space to create and grow spiritually.
Sara MacVane
Sara is the Church of England priest-in-charge in the province of Pas de Calais in France. She attended her first ASN workshop a year or so ago and is very interested in how whatever we create is in effect a manifestation of our spiritual insight.
Melody Cranbourne-Rosser
Melody is a transpersonal therapist, supervisor and trainer who has worked within the realms of health and education for a number of years. She currently runs a private practice based in South Wales, and is interested in the therapeutic and transformative nature of the creative arts. See Melody's web site. She has recently taken on the role of Newsletter Editor for the Art and Spirituality Network.