2026
Therapeutic Landscapes Conference – Ritual, Folklore and Wellbeing
Sarah will be joining us at Therapeutic Landscapes II: Ritual, Folklore and Wellbeing as part of the Magical Material Practice panel, where she’ll be speaking on Holding Space for Recovery: Creative Engagement with Symbolic Artefacts and Ritual Making. She will also be running a workshop using The Humanist Deck, a magical, spiritual, and therapeutic art resource developed from her fine art doctorate.
Holding space for recovery 2026 -Click link to listen to conference interview
Tarot Cultures Research Conference – British Association of Decadence Studies
Participants are invited to create their own tarot-style archetype or Goddess card using Sarah Bellisario’s Humannis Deck and Goddess Project cards for inspiration. Materials include paper, collage, stickers, ribbons, and charms.
CNEnet Conference
Panel discussion – Art & Creativity in Nursing Education
2025
Mind the Gap UH– Liminal Thresholds and Healing Spaces
Magical healing in the modern world
2024
UH Creative Methods Conference – Reimagining the Research Approach – Art Practice as a Creative Research Tool.
Explaining how the heuristic approach and arts-based methodologies complement each other and help to strengthen research projects.
Magickal Women’s Conference – The Art of Making Magic – Art as a Force of Magickal Re-Imagining
Guest speaker at the Birmingham and Midland Institute
Therapeutic Landscapes Conference – The Transformative Potential of Ritualising Creativity
Romancing the Gothic – Symbolic Engagement with Healing Through the Lens of the Occult
Click link to see online talk
2022
Magickal Women Conference – Illuminating The Dark
Magical Woman as Healer: the materiality and healing power of the magical talisman
