Happenings
Workshops / Conferences / Symposiums / Classes
The Painting Experience with Stewart Cubley
Sponsored by the Georgia Art Therapy Association
March 26 - 28, 2010
Garden Hills Recreation Center
335 Pine Tree Dr NE, Atlanta, 30305
14 CEU’s
For LPC, LCSW, and RN Approved by State of California
In this workshop, everyone is a beginner; people from all disciplines and levels of experience are welcome, including
those who have never picked up a paintbrush. The goal is free - expression, with the emphasis on the creative
process rather than on technique or expertise. In the end, what really matters is that you have embarked on the
greatest of all human journeys – embracing your own path and confidently following it.
The power inherent in painting is that it can awaken a wild vein of passion that will not go back to sleep. Using only
the simple tools of brush, paper and paint, The Painting Experience invites you on a highly personal journey of
daring and discovery.
Click here to download a pdf with registration instructions and more information.
Art Education and Art Therapy:
Drawing Parallels, Deepening Relationships
April 13 & 14 - Baltimore, MD
Designed for art therapists and art educators, 16 three-hour workshops focus on integrating broadly applicable principles and approaches common to both disciplines in working with people of all ages. This Expressive Media Pre-Conference Institute is offered in collaboration with the National Art Education Association, whose annual convention is being held at the Hilton Baltimore, near Harborplace and the American Visionary Art Museum. The invited faculty of 11 art therapist-educators includes Judith Rubin and Frances Anderson. All sessions are $59 each, discount for NAEA members. Choose as many as 4 sessions. Continuing education credit available. For information and registration: http://www.expressivemedia.org/naea
Art Therapy in Provence:
Innovative Techniques for the Professional
June 19-26
The MPS Art Therapy Program at the School of Visual Arts is offering a learning abroad program in Provence in June, 2010. Art therapists are invited to apply to this professional development opportunity. Second-year, fourth semester graduate students are also eligible.
This one-week program is designed for /art therapy professionals/ who would like to enhance their skills with unique studio techniques that can be adapted to various populations. The landscape, light and history of Provence will inspire the art-making process and complement daily instruction. Each day will consist of a clinical site visit or village tour followed by an afternoon studio workshop. This program will seek to integrate approaches to art therapy, art history and studio art work in an open and supportive learning environment.
The Provence program will be led by Val Sereno, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, who is the Coordinator of Special Projects and Programs in the MPS Art Therapy Department at the School of Visual Arts. In addition, she teaches /Community Access Through the Arts /and /Studio Art for Art Therapists. She has worked with a wide range of populations and completed a one year training program at the White Institute in the EDCAS program. (Eating Disorders, Compulsions and Addictions).
Tuition: $2,200; 20 CECs. Tuition includes hotel accommodations, two group dinners, a city tour of Avignon, admission to Angladon Museum and transportation to and from workshop locations and sites visited. Airfare not included.
More information and applications are available at SVA Arts Abroad /www.sva.edu/artsabroad. Applications are due March 1. Please contact the SVA Art Therapy Department at arttherapy@sva.edu or 212.592.2610 for more information.
Workshops by Susanne F. Fincher, M.A., LPC, ATR-BC
Click here for more info: www.creatingmandalas.com
Mandalas, Jung, and Art Therapy
February 27, 2010, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Florida State University's Art Therapy Association
Tallahassee, Florida
Psychology of mandalas as explained in the work of C. G. Jung. Mandalas as reflections of personal identity development in the art of children and adults. Use of mandalas in counseling and art therapy.
The Art of Supervision
May 6 - 9, 2010 (workshop time TBD)
Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia 2010 Convention
Atlanta, Georgia
Presentation on the use of the non-verbal language of art in supervision to provide an innovative, useful, and efficacious tool for both supervisor and supervisee.
Entering the Circle
June 13 - 18, 2010
20 Continuing Education Hours through LPCA of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
A week of study, creative experiences, and sharing that will give you the tools you need to integrate mandalas into your work as a helping professional and to use mandalas for your own personal growth and spiritual enrichment.
Offerings from The Easel and Cyndie Westrich, ATR-BC, LPC
Click here for more into: www.easel-arttherapy.com
Media Mentoring - Open Art StudioStart Time: 10:00 AM, Cost $30.00
Play with paint, craft with clay or draw your desires while creating art with supportive mentoring. Get the creative juices going! Learn about accessing possibilities in your life, creative problem solving and generating new ideas from your creative process. Art materials and mentoring instruction included. Please RSVP one-week prior to reserve your time. Sessions are held in the fully equipped and supplied studio and are facilitated by the director. Basic art materials are included.
Clinician's Art Making Group for Mental WellnessStart Time: 12:00 PM, Cost $15.00 (discounted for clinicians)
Come make art on your lunch break! Take time out to explore opportunities for personal and professional growth and become enriched through your creative art process. Art materials included. Don?t forget to pack imagination in your brown bag! R.S.V.P. one week prior.
Metamorphosis: Women's Art Therapy GroupThursdays 6:00-7:30 p.m. On-going. Cost $65.00/session
An art therapy group for women, who wish to be supported, will meet to discover their authentic self and voice their passions through the creative art process. This group is ideal for those going through life transitions, personal changes or challenges, and/or growth and who need support as they evolve into their new beginnings. Art materials included. No experience needed.
Manifestations & Visual JournalingStart Time: 1:00 PM, Cost $35.00
Create it and it will come! Explore the use of art making with intentionality to help you focus on possibilities, your goals and mapping out your dreams. This lively group will use a variety of art media with easy steps to implement-just bring your imagination! The group will also explore the use of visual journaling to continue the process between and beyond the class gatherings.
Clinicians Networking with Art-making - Creating for Community CauseStart Time: 1:00 PM, free.
Come network with other therapists in the Atlanta area and also have fun while making art for a community cause. Please contact Cyndie to learn more about joining this free networking group. R.S.V.P. one-week prior.
Individual and Group Art Therapy with Virginia DuPre, ATR, LPC
Click here for more info: arttherapyatlanta.com
On-Going Women's Art Therapy Groups:
Tuesday Night group meets 7 9pm
Wednesday Morning group meets from 10am-12
Cost: $40 a group (A no-cost inquiring session required before joining the group).
Maxine Hull’s Introduction to Art Therapy Course at SCAD/Atlanta is a great resource if you would like more information about art therapy. Click here for more info.
