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Call for Art
EnCounterCulture:
The Culturally Responsible Art Therapist
Juried Exhibition
The George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program is sponsoring a juried art exhibit focusing on how art therapists view, respond to and create art inspired by the people they work with. How do they work in a culturally responsible manner? How does art speak about culture? How do cultural differences effect artistic expression and the therapeutic alliance of the client and the art therapist?This juried event is open to art therapists in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia. Media: Two- and three-dimensional work, all traditional media Note: All artwork must be professional and ready to hang** or come with its own pedestal/stand. Artist’s Statement:Include a statement about how culture influences your clients’ art, and your own artwork. Limit 150 words. Submission Process: 1. Deadline: Digital images of the pieces, including dimensions, title, and medium must be emailed to Lgarlock@gwu.edu by Friday, November 6, 2009.2. Notification: Artists will be notified about which pieces have been chosen by Friday, November 20, 2009. 3. Delivery: Art must be delivered on Friday, December 4 or Saturday, December 5 to 413 John Carlyle Ave., Suite 250, Art Therapy Program Studio, Alexandria, VA. Special delivery dates may be arranged by contacting Lisa Garlock. All artwork must include the GW insurance form which includes the value and sale price/NFS which will be emailed to you upon acceptance of your artwork.4. Exhibition dates: December 12, 2009 – April 16, 2010. Artists must pick up their work between April 19 – 30, 2010. Questions? Call Lisa Garlock at 703-299-4171 or email Lgarlock@gwu.edu.Note: The GW Art Therapy Program reserves the right to reject any art if it does not resemble the digital images, if the presentation is not acceptable (i.e., not framed or otherwise appropriately ready for display), or if it is not suitable for the space. The George Washington University reserves the right to photograph accepted work for publicity purposes.**Ready to hang means the work must be framed; with screweye or hangers on both sides –no center hooks. Contact Lgarlock@gwu.edu for further details.
The American Art Therapy Association published a special anniversary issue and reran this article. Is is so interesting to read about art therapists working as advocates and activists over 10 years ago and see what influence they have had on the field. Maxine Junge talks about the orientation of psychotherapists as sitting in their offices waiting for the client to come to them and working only wit the individual in the cocoon of the office space and artists as being the force of social change by identifying the inner beat of the citizen in relation to society. It makes sense that the role of the art therapist as being from both worlds would take a more activist role in society, using their more developed sense of of the pulse of the world and the ability to envision change that would involve the individual and the group and be “a pioneering individualist” Check out the article!
Potential Contractors-
EXPRESSIVE THERAPY
Art, Music, Recreation, Horticultural Therapists
PER DIEM POSITION- to begin in 2010 April or June
Bayview Hospital- Baltimore Md
Evening/Weekend hours
20 Bed medical dementia, Long term care unit; psychiatric background a plus
For more information contact:
Kathleen Helwig
410-550-0248
Khellwi1@jhmi.edu
The Virginia Art Therapy Association’s monthly meeting is this coming Sunday, October 18th at 10:00 am at Stir Crazy Coffee shop (soon to be MacArthur Coffee Shop) in Richmond, Va on MacArthur Avenue in Northside. While this is a business meeting, art therapists in the area are welcome to come by and meet us.
