Meet Vicki Knight, a 2022 graduate of our Certificate Training Program. 

We are excited to feature her as our monthly Alumni Spotlight! 

We think you will be inspired by her work as a Spiritual Director and Supervisor,
Faculty Lead and Instructor for Audire: Central Florida Foundation for Spiritual Direction, Expressive Arts & SoulCollage® Facilitator!

Vicki Knight

Spiritual Director

Orlando, FL

www.wisdommadevisible.com
 

Victoria (Vicki) Knight is a spiritual director and expressive arts facilitator.   Her passion is listening to another's sacred story and facilitating self-awareness through creative expression and spiritual direction both individually and in groups.  

Vicki, what drew you to the field of Expressive Arts, or motivated you to get Expressive Arts training?

I have always loved the arts.  In spiritual direction training, I learned that the arts can be used in spiritual direction.  I knew this was something I wanted to feel competent in facilitating for my directees and at retreats.  I was seeking a path and discovered expressive arts.  I was very inspired by the book "Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction" By Christine Valters-Paintner.

This image was created in response to a workshop called "The Body Sings" by Topaz Weis. We made sounds by imagining the sound of our Chakras. I did this after I imagined the sounds because I felt so compelled to draw the sounds out on paper.  

As you began to immerse yourself in this work, were there any unexpected gifts or surprises?

First I was surprised to discover after I began my Expressive Arts training that Christine V Paintner was a REACE!  That's when I knew I was on the right path. I  was amazed at how the intermodal process of expressive arts touches so deeply our inner wisdom and knowing.  This is so much a gift to spiritual direction and I hope that more spiritual directors will train in expressive arts.  It was also such a delight and surprise how this works makes me come alive with joy, something I am so honored to share with others.

How are you currently implementing expressive arts in your personal and/or professional life?

 I facilitate expressive arts for all of Audire's intsructional weekends and retreats.  This is so much fun and such a gift. I have a few directees who see me for expressive arts in spiritual direction.  My business is called Wisdom Made Visible.  I have offered workshops and programs for my community and local parish.

 
I love the process of authentic movement, Focus Oriented expressive arts and SoulCollage®. I have and will continue to develop facilitating these processes in my work. 

I hope to develop a program for spiritual directors to learn to use expressive arts in spiritual direction. I hope to inspire more spiritual directors to become expressive arts facilitators because it is such a gift to the spiritual journey to express, notice and explore inner knowing through the arts.  I will continue to offer expressive arts through Audire's training program and I hope to develop and facilitate more workshops in the future. Becoming a REACE is definitely a goal for this work.  

  This image was created in response to a guided meditation on the archetype of healer.  I can't remember if Hildegard was invited or if she showed up for me in the meditation, but she did.  In the meditation I was to ask her what gift she had for me. She offered me a stick, which we then planted together.  The stick represents humility. This image was created in response to that process. It is one of my favorites!  All of these speak to me of how wisdom is made visible through expressive arts.  

How has Expressive Arts enriched or expanded your career path?

There are not enough words!  Training in Expressive arts has deepened my confidence and skill as a spiritual director in many ways.  It is the most wonderful gift to witness the amazement on someone's face, and the deeply moving discoveries others find through this work.  The arts are the language of the Soul and intermodal expressive arts is a powerful way to listen authentically to our soul.  

What is your current personal practice and how does it enrich your life?

I really enjoy creating SoulCollage® cards and seeking their wisdom.  I also practice movement before writing, or in response to visual art because the wisdom of the body is a way I process more deeply my own experience.  Also Haiku in response to art or contemplative photography is something else I enjoy. I would like to develop more creative writing and singing into my practice in the future.  

A Nature Mandala  

I was at a retreat in NC that had a beautiful Labyrinth. I walked the labyrinth and gathered leaves and nature items on my journey.  Afterwards I created this mandala. It speaks to me of love and is a reminder that I do not walk alone.  

What do you wish you could tell the world about Expressive Arts?

Intermodal expressive arts is a surprising, deeply transformative, and healing process.  It taps into your inner wisdom and makes it become visible! 

What are you currently offering, and what are the ways that people can work with you?

Individual spiritual direction with expressive arts, workshops and retreats.  

Anything else you would like to say?

I am so thankful for EAFI and all the people I have met through this work.  

Professional links - Learn more about Vicki

www.wisdommadevisible.com
 

Watch for our Alumni Spotlight on the 15th of each month. We feature graduates of our Certificate Training Program - Expressive Arts Facilitators, Therapists, and Educators. We hope this series will inspire you, help spread the work of our alumni, and demonstrate the scope of practice of the expressive arts field. 

For more information about our Certificate Training Program, Professional Development, and Workshops - both online and in-person, visit us at www.expressiveartsflorida.com

Tamara Teeter Knapp 

MA, NCC, MHC Intern, REACE®

Kathleen Horne 

MA, LMHC(S), REACE®, REAT®