Art for Therapeutic Application Series: Sensory Aspects of Making: Materials and Techniques of Art Therapy

Dates: November 22, 2024

Meets: F from 9:00 AM to 12 N

Location: Grand Rapids Art Museum

COURSE: $59.00

There are still openings remaining at this time.

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Course Description

Participants of this workshop are eligible to receive 3.0 social work continuing education credits and/or 3.0 SCECHs for educators.

Different art media contain different therapeutic potentials for emotional and behavioral expression, communication, and exploration, based upon their sensory aspects. Learning and experiencing these potentials will prepare participants to make effective therapeutic choices based upon their clients’ treatment needs and goals.

In this session, we will explore the sensory aspects of visual art media, relative to their potential in various therapeutic contexts. Working in the beautiful GRAM art studio, participants will play with and develop familiarity with a wide variety of artist media, in a relaxed, stress free context. Exploration of impacts of media choices, scale, material aspects on expressive potential; examination of “skillful means”—making appropriate and sensitive choices of materials and methods for different individual and groups. No art experience or background necessary.

Course Level: Beginner

Objectives:

Participants will acquire a basic understanding of specific therapeutic aspects of at least 3 different media.
Participants will acquire an increased understanding of art therapy concept “skillful means."
Participants will acquire an increased confidence in use of art within therapeutic setting.

Instructors

Jill Eggers

Jill Eggers is an artist and art educator. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Western Michigan University and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting/Printmaking from Yale University. She headed the Painting program at Grand Valley State University for the past 24 years and prior to that taught at Wichita State University. She has also taught in public schools in Chicago and England. Her teaching in recent years has focused on the potential of arts and meditation to facilitate learning and well being, in health care and other fields. She created an undergraduate course for pre- med students in collaboration with colleagues at Harvard University, to improve diagnostic capability and patient-caregiver communication. She has a Buddhist teaching practice and painting studio in downtown Grand Rapids. Her work is exhibited nationally and held in private and public collections.

Steven Edelman

Steven Edelman is an LPC, expressive arts therapist, community arts teacher, visual artist, and writer in Grand Rapids, MI. Originally from Nebraska and Wyoming, he made West Michigan his home in 2011. He has Master’s Degrees in Comparative Religion (Temple University, 2010) and Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy (Lesley University, 2019). He works as a therapist with Thrive Wellness Collaborative and teaching artist for Artists Creating Together. His current area of focus is Archetypal Psychology’s reframing of the Psyche as a polymorphic structure with inherently dramatic/aesthetic motivations. He spends his free time collaging, daydreaming, and maintaining a mostly healthy obsession with fairy tales.

Location

Grand Rapids Art Museum
Creative Learning Center Entrance on Louis Street
101 Monroe Center NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Special Accommodations

Please contact our office regarding any accommodations you may need prior to attending our program(s). We will work with you to ensure your needs are met. You may email us at learn@gvsu.edu, or call us at (616) 331-7180.

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Grand Valley State University School of Social Work, an accredited social work education program, is authorized by Administrative Rule 338.2965 to award Michigan social work continuing education contact hours.