Art of Connection
May 13 -- The Art of Connection showcases artwork by students graduating from the Master of Arts in Art Therapy program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the people they work with at their internship sites.
As defined by the American Art Therapy Association, “art therapy is the therapeutic use of art making, within a professional relationship, by people who experience illness, trauma, or challenges in living, and by people who seek personal development. Through creating art and reflecting on the art products and processes, people can increase awareness of self and others; cope with symptoms, stress, and traumatic experiences; enhance cognitive abilities; and enjoy the life-affirming pleasures in making art.”
The diversity of artwork on display in The Art of Connection reflects the wide range of people, places, and approaches encompassed by art therapy. As a curricular requirement of the program, each art therapy graduate student works at an internship site where the power of art making is used to help people communicate their stories. Whether the work produced provides a respite from an emotional storm, or depicts an image directly from it, the common theme that links together each of the artists represented here is the belief in growth through expression, which is fostered within a safe and supportive environment, and is also aimed at integrating internal and external experiences. Typically, artwork created in a therapeutic setting is confidential. However, the artists represented in this exhibition chose to share their work with an audience as a means of building understanding and healing.
Art Therapy students participating in The Art of Connection include:
Cate Barrington-Ward, Nicole Teresa Brown, Sophie Ann Canadé, Amy Cronk, Sofia Daneshyar, Theresa Reardon Dewey, Alberto Ramón Gutiérrez, Rachel Harrison, Caroline Heller, Katharine Houpt, Anikka Knick, Ling Cheun Bianca Lee, Alisha EJ Monypenny, Megan Morrison, Mónica Beatriz Guzmán Pérez, Sangeetha Ravichandran, Brittlyn Riley, Callie Rimmel, Emerald Smith, Mandy Kay Sproul, Annie Tabachnick, Tarah Thommes, Jovana Torres.
Participating locations for art therapy internships include: Apna Ghar, Brickton Art Center, Changing Worlds, Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, C4 Community Counseling Center of Chicago at Broadway and North locations, CJE SeniorLife Adult Day Service, Glenkirk, Haymarket, Henry Booth House, Hephzibeh Children’s Association, Hospice and Palliative Care of Northeastern Illinois, Lieberman Center for Health & Rehabilitation, Loretto Hospital, Lutherbrook Child and Adolescent Center, Rainbow Hospice, Residential Treatment Facility, Rice Child + Family Center, Saint Anthony Hospital, Women’s Residential Services of Lake County, Young Expressions at Marillac Social Center.
The Art of Connection
May 13 – 27
Public reception: Friday May 13, 7- 8.30 pm
Betty Rymer Gallery
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S. Columbus Drive
Chicago, IL 60603
312.443.3703
saic-exhibitions@saic.edu
www.saic.edu/exhibitions
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11am–6pm, and by appointment
Free admission
For more information on Art Therapy at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, visit www.saic.edu/arttherapy
As defined by the American Art Therapy Association, “art therapy is the therapeutic use of art making, within a professional relationship, by people who experience illness, trauma, or challenges in living, and by people who seek personal development. Through creating art and reflecting on the art products and processes, people can increase awareness of self and others; cope with symptoms, stress, and traumatic experiences; enhance cognitive abilities; and enjoy the life-affirming pleasures in making art.”
The diversity of artwork on display in The Art of Connection reflects the wide range of people, places, and approaches encompassed by art therapy. As a curricular requirement of the program, each art therapy graduate student works at an internship site where the power of art making is used to help people communicate their stories. Whether the work produced provides a respite from an emotional storm, or depicts an image directly from it, the common theme that links together each of the artists represented here is the belief in growth through expression, which is fostered within a safe and supportive environment, and is also aimed at integrating internal and external experiences. Typically, artwork created in a therapeutic setting is confidential. However, the artists represented in this exhibition chose to share their work with an audience as a means of building understanding and healing.
Art Therapy students participating in The Art of Connection include:
Cate Barrington-Ward, Nicole Teresa Brown, Sophie Ann Canadé, Amy Cronk, Sofia Daneshyar, Theresa Reardon Dewey, Alberto Ramón Gutiérrez, Rachel Harrison, Caroline Heller, Katharine Houpt, Anikka Knick, Ling Cheun Bianca Lee, Alisha EJ Monypenny, Megan Morrison, Mónica Beatriz Guzmán Pérez, Sangeetha Ravichandran, Brittlyn Riley, Callie Rimmel, Emerald Smith, Mandy Kay Sproul, Annie Tabachnick, Tarah Thommes, Jovana Torres.
Participating locations for art therapy internships include: Apna Ghar, Brickton Art Center, Changing Worlds, Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, C4 Community Counseling Center of Chicago at Broadway and North locations, CJE SeniorLife Adult Day Service, Glenkirk, Haymarket, Henry Booth House, Hephzibeh Children’s Association, Hospice and Palliative Care of Northeastern Illinois, Lieberman Center for Health & Rehabilitation, Loretto Hospital, Lutherbrook Child and Adolescent Center, Rainbow Hospice, Residential Treatment Facility, Rice Child + Family Center, Saint Anthony Hospital, Women’s Residential Services of Lake County, Young Expressions at Marillac Social Center.
The Art of Connection
May 13 – 27
Public reception: Friday May 13, 7- 8.30 pm
Betty Rymer Gallery
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S. Columbus Drive
Chicago, IL 60603
312.443.3703
saic-exhibitions@saic.edu
www.saic.edu/exhibitions
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11am–6pm, and by appointment
Free admission
For more information on Art Therapy at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, visit www.saic.edu/arttherapy
Symposium
Art Therapy In A Collaborative Context: A symposium featuring Bruce Moon
Sunday, May 15 · 9:00am - 4:00pm
Columbus Drive Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Drive (At Columbus & Jackson)
Chicago, IL
$20 students || $30 professionals || $35 professionals seeking (6) CEUs
Register online at http://tinyurl.com/art-therapy-symposium*
Light breakfast and lunch provided
This symposium is an exploration of the shared significances, opportunities, and challenges activated by collaborative arts and arts therapies contexts. Keynote speaker Bruce Moon, an art therapist and professor at Mount Mary College, will lead an experiential workshop that incorporates movement, poetry, sound, and performance. This day-long program will culminate with student presentations that challenge disciplinary parameters and engage the parallels of interdisciplinary and community collaborations. We welcome to the symposium all artists, arts educators, health care professionals, social workers, counselors, students, and researchers who are interested in examining the potential for collaborative approaches to scholarship and practice in the therapeutic applications of the arts.
Bruce L. Moon, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, HLM is a professor, chair of the art therapy department, director of the graduate art therapy program, and co-founder of the doctoral program at Mount Mary College. He is the author of Art-Based Group Therapy; Existential Art Therapy; Introduction to Art Therapy, and seven other books. His clinical specialty is working with adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. He has worked in the field since 1973.
Objectives for Symposium
Attendees will be able to:
1) Describe three ways that art therapists' personal art making helps to prevent burn-out;
2) Describe three purposes for responsive art making;
3) Discuss the interrelationship of art therapy practice, art practice, and art-based research.
*Please note that in order to attend this symposium, you must register for it online.
To see the symposium postcard and other exciting upcoming art therapy events, go to: http://saicmaat.wordpress.com
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Related event:
The Art of Connection
May 13-May 27, 2011
Public reception: Friday May 13, 7- 8: 30 pm
Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Drive
www.saic.edu/exhibitions
Sunday, May 15 · 9:00am - 4:00pm
Columbus Drive Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Drive (At Columbus & Jackson)
Chicago, IL
$20 students || $30 professionals || $35 professionals seeking (6) CEUs
Register online at http://tinyurl.com/art-therapy-symposium*
Light breakfast and lunch provided
This symposium is an exploration of the shared significances, opportunities, and challenges activated by collaborative arts and arts therapies contexts. Keynote speaker Bruce Moon, an art therapist and professor at Mount Mary College, will lead an experiential workshop that incorporates movement, poetry, sound, and performance. This day-long program will culminate with student presentations that challenge disciplinary parameters and engage the parallels of interdisciplinary and community collaborations. We welcome to the symposium all artists, arts educators, health care professionals, social workers, counselors, students, and researchers who are interested in examining the potential for collaborative approaches to scholarship and practice in the therapeutic applications of the arts.
Bruce L. Moon, PhD, ATR-BC, LPC, HLM is a professor, chair of the art therapy department, director of the graduate art therapy program, and co-founder of the doctoral program at Mount Mary College. He is the author of Art-Based Group Therapy; Existential Art Therapy; Introduction to Art Therapy, and seven other books. His clinical specialty is working with adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. He has worked in the field since 1973.
Objectives for Symposium
Attendees will be able to:
1) Describe three ways that art therapists' personal art making helps to prevent burn-out;
2) Describe three purposes for responsive art making;
3) Discuss the interrelationship of art therapy practice, art practice, and art-based research.
*Please note that in order to attend this symposium, you must register for it online.
To see the symposium postcard and other exciting upcoming art therapy events, go to: http://saicmaat.wordpress.com
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Related event:
The Art of Connection
May 13-May 27, 2011
Public reception: Friday May 13, 7- 8: 30 pm
Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Drive
www.saic.edu/exhibitions
The Untitled
Here are some images from the show I put up of my student's work, while I was teaching at the Lowell Elementary school, after school program (for 3rd and 4th graders).
The Untitled
The Untitled
About ME
I began my career in art through graphic design at college. I moved through the fields of marketing, advertising and commercial photography, and realized that a future in art is what I desired most. It was at the Art Institute of Chicago that my practice took the shape of ceramic art and holography as well as photography. It was the Institute that introduced me to myriad avenues of communication and methods of expression. One course titled “Art Therapy” was particularly enlightening - I met with different art therapists and l their work inspired me immensely. My summer job at Project Onward, a studio for artists with developmental disabilities and mental illness, served as a catalyst. Working with the artists here for a year, the studio became not only my abode of happiness with talented artists, but also a great start to my career.
My artwork changed from being symbolic to abstract, incorporating calm and peace. This is when I found installation art could cater to all five senses simultaneously. Working with abstract forms to create an environment, the laborious process has become as important to me as the end result. I started to make art that created an ambience of Zen or meditation in its deliverance. In the future, I expect my art to continue communicating through abstraction. I would also like to incorporate sculpture into my practice. I would like to use to my art to speak confidently for those that need voice and help them communicate more effectively. I am looking forward to developing my art practice and situating it in relationship to my development as a therapist, while maintaining my interest in contemporary art practice and psychological theories.
I have always been involved in social work – working in the community, and spending time with those that really need it, is very promising and fulfilling for me. My interest in social work intensified when I was involved with CRY (Child Rights and You), working in the Government juvenile penitentiary with girls aging 16 and under. Working with these girls, triggered me to fight against abuse. My recent interests and research is geared towards the Sri Lankan Refugees in Trichy, India and BANYAN (an organization for battered women), Chennai, India. I wish to explore the mental health of this wide population and work with them to establish an environment of understanding. Given the diversity of these two projects, I wish to put my finger on cultural as well as artistic differences in them. I hope to employ folk art and language to build a wholesome relationship with these communities, with their art and their surrounding realities. The outcome would ideally be a photo journal and/or a thorough account of my observations.
I would like to learn new ways of communicating and helping people communicate. From learning this through a curriculum of art therapy under the experienced instruction, I hope to serve battered young women/men in India, in the long run. I am learning with a goal to take back, in a few years, the extent of knowledge, through education and opportunities here, to start and create a new avenue for art therapy in India. Working and studying here in a different cultural context, other than my own, will help me combine what I know, with what I gain from the new surroundings. Besides this, the research and networking in a flourished community of art therapists will help me develop my skills along with intentions and refine them to a logical reality.
My artwork changed from being symbolic to abstract, incorporating calm and peace. This is when I found installation art could cater to all five senses simultaneously. Working with abstract forms to create an environment, the laborious process has become as important to me as the end result. I started to make art that created an ambience of Zen or meditation in its deliverance. In the future, I expect my art to continue communicating through abstraction. I would also like to incorporate sculpture into my practice. I would like to use to my art to speak confidently for those that need voice and help them communicate more effectively. I am looking forward to developing my art practice and situating it in relationship to my development as a therapist, while maintaining my interest in contemporary art practice and psychological theories.
I have always been involved in social work – working in the community, and spending time with those that really need it, is very promising and fulfilling for me. My interest in social work intensified when I was involved with CRY (Child Rights and You), working in the Government juvenile penitentiary with girls aging 16 and under. Working with these girls, triggered me to fight against abuse. My recent interests and research is geared towards the Sri Lankan Refugees in Trichy, India and BANYAN (an organization for battered women), Chennai, India. I wish to explore the mental health of this wide population and work with them to establish an environment of understanding. Given the diversity of these two projects, I wish to put my finger on cultural as well as artistic differences in them. I hope to employ folk art and language to build a wholesome relationship with these communities, with their art and their surrounding realities. The outcome would ideally be a photo journal and/or a thorough account of my observations.
I would like to learn new ways of communicating and helping people communicate. From learning this through a curriculum of art therapy under the experienced instruction, I hope to serve battered young women/men in India, in the long run. I am learning with a goal to take back, in a few years, the extent of knowledge, through education and opportunities here, to start and create a new avenue for art therapy in India. Working and studying here in a different cultural context, other than my own, will help me combine what I know, with what I gain from the new surroundings. Besides this, the research and networking in a flourished community of art therapists will help me develop my skills along with intentions and refine them to a logical reality.
