engagement impact
As a researcher, I was committed to sharing the impact of my autoethnographic practice-led research on self-experiences of Eating Disorders with various audiences. Through my speaking engagements, accolades, workshops, fellowships, and residencies, I was able to showcase the significance of my doctoral research for society at large.
At academic conferences, I presented my findings and engaged with other researchers and scholars to contribute to the advancement of Eating Disorder research. I shared my personal experiences and insights with healthcare professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and therapists, to help them understand the complexities of eating disorders and the importance of a compassionate and holistic approach to treatment. In addition, I applied for fellowships and residencies to further my research and share my knowledge with a wider community. I collaborated with community organisations, schools, and other institutions to raise awareness about Eating Disorders, promote mental health and wellbeing, and encourage individuals to seek help and support when needed.
Through these engagements, I was able to make a positive impact on society by contributing to the development of strategies and approaches for prevention, treatment, and recovery. I am proud to have been at the forefront of creating change towards increased public awareness, reduced stigma, and improved access to resources and support for individuals with eating disorders and their families.
Through these engagements, I was able to make a positive impact on society by contributing to the development of strategies and approaches for prevention, treatment, and recovery. I am proud to have been at the forefront of creating change towards increased public awareness, reduced stigma, and improved access to resources and support for individuals with eating disorders and their families.
Zlatar featured in ‘The Skinny’ Feb Issue, 2023.
Artist Residencies
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Art House Jersey
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Nanjing, China UNESCO City of Literature Writers Residency
100 Agents of Change, In Place of War, UK
Art-Reach Trust: Look-Up Residency Portsmouth, UK
Belgrade Art Studio Belgrade, Serbia
Artdialogo British Council: Articulate Programme
North Louisiana Artist Residency |North Central Louisiana Arts Council & Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation
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Holes in the Wall Collective, New York
ArtHouse Jersey Retreat, Jersey UK
ArtHouse Holland, Netherlands
Art Dreams Foundation, London
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Art House Jersey
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Nanjing, China UNESCO City of Literature Writers Residency
100 Agents of Change, In Place of War, UK
Art-Reach Trust: Look-Up Residency Portsmouth, UK
Belgrade Art Studio Belgrade, Serbia
Artdialogo British Council: Articulate Programme
North Louisiana Artist Residency |North Central Louisiana Arts Council & Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation
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Art House Jersey
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Nanjing, China UNESCO City of Literature Writers Residency
100 Agents of Change, In Place of War, UK
Art-Reach Trust: Look-Up Residency Portsmouth, UK
Belgrade Art Studio Belgrade, Serbia
Artdialogo British Council: Articulate Programme
North Louisiana Artist Residency |North Central Louisiana Arts Council & Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation
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Holes in the Wall Collective, New York
ArtHouse Jersey Retreat, Jersey UK
ArtHouse Holland, Netherlands
Art Dreams Foundation, London
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Holes in the Wall Collective, New York
ArtHouse Jersey Retreat, Jersey UK
ArtHouse Holland, Netherlands
Art Dreams Foundation, London
Fellowships
Folger Institute | Artist Research Fellowship | 2022-2023
York University | Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Hall 2021
Orygen | Youth Mental Health Fellowship 2022
Publications
Zlatar, A. (2022). Sunday Service; An Exploration into Autoethnographic Eating Disorder Art. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 221(1), B1-B1. doi:10.1192/bjp.2022.64
Zlatar, A., et al. (2022). Chapter 1. Brainstorming Report 'Youth, Mental Health and Culture. EU Commission, Voices of Culture.
Zlatar, A. (2022). When the Body is Ill, The Mind Suffers: Shakespeare’s Unravelling of Women’s Hysteria and Madness in the Elizabethan Era. The Collation, Folger Shakespeare’s Library.
Zlatar, A. (2022). Metaphor in eating disorder art: Understanding the lived-in experience. In Metaphor, meaning, message: Imagined representations of the creative arts, NiTRO Edition 41 – April.
Zlatar, A. (2021). One Body, My Body No Body: An Investigation Into The Life of An Artist Who Endures an Eating Disorder, Body Dysmorphia and Mental Illness. ISBN: 9781006904400.
Speaking Engagements
2022
Speaker | YouthLink Scotland Policy Convention: Youth Work is Human Rights Work
TEDx Speaker | 'Art and Climat Activism' University of Stirling
Speaker and Panellist | International Youth Mental Health Conference, Copenhagen
Representative | ‘Youth Mental Health’ Goethe- Institute: Voices of Culture, Brussells
Speaker | American School of Barcelona
Panellist |Youth Conference 2022 By Tempo Media Group & Development Dialogue Asia
Judge | Reimagine Education Awards 2022
Speaker | Oxford University: The Starving Artist
Master Class | Oxford Royal Academy: Arts and Lived-in Experiences of Mental Health Workshop
Speaker | Dandelion Festival Scotland
Speaker | Scottish Government: Holyrood Volunteers Week
Speaker|Dismantling the Body: Possibilities & Limitations in Art Making Symposium, University of Washington
Speaker | ’The Way Ahead’ National Initiative for Eating Disorders
Workshop | The Starving Artist by ArtHouse Jersey
Judge | Global Good Awards
Speaker | Scottish Parliament: Holyrood Evidence Week
Speaker | Jersey College For Girls
Speaker | Le Rocquier School
Speaker | JEDS: Jersey Eating Disorders Support Charity
Speaker | Talking EDs: Eating Disorder Support Service Scotland
Speaker | Eating Disorder Therapist Networking Group
Podcast Guest | BBC Sounds “Ally Zlatar bringing her 'Starving Artist' exhibition to the island“Panellist | Artsidize: Making Artistic Innovations Count for Empowerment, Artdialogo Asia
Speaker | Career Lounge: Health & Social Care, Diana Mentoring
Podcast Guest | The Tomato Timer #058 ft. Ally Zlatar
Speaker | Conversations for Change: Authenticity & Vulnerability in Activism
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Speaker | Spectrums of Hope- World Children’s Day, Artdialogo Asia
Speaker | Art and Activism Workshop- Diana Award
Glasgow Central MYP with MP | One Young Person, One Member of Parliament, One Hour
Speaker | "The Starving Artist" Institute for Feminist Legal Studies, York University
Speaker | Association of Academic Museums & Galleries Conference "Health & Wellness"
Speaker | British Museum’s London Drawing Group: Feminist Lecturer Series
Speaker | Together! Disability Month Festival for "The Starving Artist"
Stills From Le Rocqueir School (2022)
Awards
King Hamad and Kingdom of Bahrain | Youth Empowerment for SDGS Award |2022
Rising Star in ESG | Women of The Future 2022
British Citizen’s Award | 2022
Special Recognition for Ally Zlatar’s impact on British Society
Princess Diana's "Legacy Award" | 2021
Honours those young activists who have outshined as role models who are continuing the legacy of Princess Diana
Princess Diana's "Diana Award" | 2021
Honours a prestigious accolade to an individual for their social action and humanitarian work
Rising Star in ESG | Women of The Future 2022
British Citizen’s Award | 2022
Special Recognition for Ally Zlatar’s impact on British Society
Princess Diana's "Legacy Award" | 2021
Honours those young activists who have outshined as role models who are continuing the legacy of Princess Diana
Princess Diana's "Diana Award" | 2021
Honours a prestigious accolade to an individual for their social action and humanitarian work
Image Stil From Princess Diana Legacy Award
Accolades
King Hamad and Kingdom of Bahrain | Youth Empowerment for SDGS Award | 11. 2022
King Hamad Award for Youth Empowerment of SDGS is issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Bahrain Ministry of Youth and Sports. The award is recognizing Youth Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Starving Artist received the ‘People’ award for SDGs: Ending poverty and hunger in all forms. Part of this award was dialogue with Bahrain Royal Family members and being able to exchange ideas and discourse with Bahrain’s Ministry of Sustainability.
Image Stills From King Hamad Award
The Princess Diana Award | Jun 2021
The Diana Award is the most prestigious accolade a young person can receive for social action and humanitarian work. Named after Diana, Princess of Wales, the award was established in 1999. I received my Diana Award in June 2021 for my efforts for "The Starving Artist" and for utilizing my art and activist voice to make a change.
The Princess Diana Legacy Award |Dec 2021
Myself and the other Legacy Award recipients were chosen by a prestigious independent judging panel, chaired by Lord Spencer, who awarded exceptional individuals, already recognised for their impact on society. This award is the highest accolade a young person can achieve for their humanitarian work. As one of the recipients, I had the honour of meeting Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge; Lord Spencer and got to share my work with industry icons and innovators across the globe.
Legacy Story https://diana-award.org.uk/stories/ally-zlatar/
Image Stills From Prince Diana Award
Selected Presentations
TedX University of Stirling | Shaping Strategic Changes | 2022
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx organised events that bring people together to share different leading voices. Our founder Ally Zlatar spoke about Art Activism as a key way to change our current systems. She highlighted how her personal journey and struggles led her to find her voice through creative arts. From there she has been using art to create systemic change through intersectionality of art and different sectors, art’s ability to communicate difficult subjects, and so much more.
Image Stils from Tedx
Voices of Culture | Youth, Mental Health and Culture | EU Commission Brussels 2022
Voices of Culture was a structured dialogue hosted at the Goethe Institut between the European Commission and the cultural sector industry leaders. In order to collect insights, experiences, and recommendations on this topic from civil society from the relevant sectors across Europe, the European Commission Structured Dialogue platform Voices of Culture to platform voices such as myself to share my experience working in the arts sector and with mental health activism. My presentation alongside other structured dialogue was part of the publication of the Brainstorming Report on the topic ‘Youth, Mental Health and Culture’.
International Youth Mental Health Conference | Copenhagen Oct 2022
As part of the “Speak up! the power of stories and creative methods in Youth Mental Health” The Starving Artist was presented to share the power of art advocacy and lived-in experiences. In accordance, Ally Zlatar was selected as a panellist for the “In Conversation” evening event where she shared her work on art-activism and mental wellbeing.
Image Stills From IAYMH 2022
Oxford University and Oxford Royal Academy | July 2022
This series of curated events is intended to open conversation, ignite debate and steer the intellectual and artistic discourse with the students of Oxford University. The work aimed to fostering students to explore their own art and voice through in-depth discussion about art activism. Ally Zlatar spoke about her lived-in experience of Eating Disorders and how she utilises art as a catalyst for change-making.
Image Stills From Oxford Royale
‘Dandelion Festival’ Glasgow | June 2022
The Dandelion festival kicked off with Ally Zlatar giving a talk to local schools about the importance of youth change-making and the power of creative arts. The Dandelion Festival is an annual event held in Scotland to help engage youth with sustainability and civil participation.
Image Stills From Dandelion Festival
‘Volunteer’s Week’ Scottish Parliament, Holyrood |May 2022
Volunteers’ Week invited Ally Zlatar to speak to the Scottish Government about her work and The Starving Artist. She focused on highlighting art-activism volunteers for all they contribute to our local communities, the voluntary sector and society as a whole.
Image Stills From Volunteers Week
’The Way Ahead’ National Initiative for Eating Disorders | 2022
‘The Way Ahead: How Canada's youth are taking up the challenge’ welcomed me as a guest speaker to share my work and experience on Eating Disorders to help organizations and leading Eating Disorder professionals to focus on lived expertise within the Canadian system transformation context.
London Eating Disorders Conference | 2021
Presentation of “The Starving Artist: Understanding Eating Disorders Through Contemporary Art” at the conference via poster presentation.
Poster: The Starving Artist, Ally Zlatar 2021.
Nanjing Writers Residency- UNESCO City of Literature | Oct 2021
As a selected artist-writer I got to participate in dialogues with local writers on such topics as literature’s role in a digital era, the relationship between the female body and art activism what mental health means cross-culturally.
Image Stills From Nanjing Literature Center
Feedback Comments
Images from audience feedback book of ‘A Glimpse Behind The Blood’
Workshop Gallery
Images from selected presentations include:
Jersey College For Girls, Le Rocquier School, JEDS: Jersey Eating Disorders Support Charity, Talking EDs, Eating Disorder Support Service Scotland and Eating Disorder Therapist Networking Group
