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International Networking Group of Art Therapists
Established
1989
Established
1989
Vol. 21, No. 2, 2009
ING/AT
Dear ING Member, Correspondent, or Former Member,
Inside this issue:
Exciting News for ING
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Asian Art Therapy
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Art Therapy in Thailand
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Saudi Arabia
7-8
Art Therapy Websites
9-10
ING Membership
10-11
Conferences
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Visit AATA Website
http://
www.americanarttherapy
association.org/
Click on Membership,
then look at Membership
Categories for International
Membership.
We are pleased to extend a special invitation to you for membership in the
American Art Therapy Association (AATA). This is a momentous occasion
as ING celebrates its 20 year anniversary and AATA celebrates its 40 year
anniversary. AATA has established a new membership category—
International Member (IM) and you are invited to join at the annual rate of
US$25.00.
The International Member Category is defined as:
“Individuals living outside of the United States who are working in the
field of art therapy or are interested in art therapy and who wish to support the purposes and objectives of the Association are eligible for International Membership. International Members shall be entitled to receive all
electronic publications and other designated benefits as approved by the
Board. International Members shall be entitled to attend the annual meeting and serve on a committee, but shall not have the right to vote or hold
office.”
AATA is adding many new benefits and resources for its members, making
this a great time to join the Association. My lengthy letter in this ING
Newsletter provides more details about the membership opportunity and
the benefits you will receive.
I hope that you will join us and be part of the movement to advance the
field of art therapy. The AATA and I look forward to
continuing to network, learn and share ideas and best
practices with you in our extended AATA family.
Sincerely,
Bobbi Stoll, ING Founder 1989
For Full Details, see page 3
ING/AT
Vol. 21, No. 2, 2009
Exciting News in 2009 for ING/AT
B
obbi Stoll, ING/AT Founder; Geri
Hurlbut, ING Key Networker; Heidi
Bardot, ING Newsletter Editor; and the
American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
are pleased to announce . . .
The ING/AT is celebrating its 20th birthday with a change—from independence
and autonomy to “family life in a new
home”! We’ve been adopted by the
American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
(AATA) as they celebrate their 40th anniversary. Our new home is on their website! How did that happen? What does it
mean? What will change?
Background
Bobbi Stoll, as 1981-85 AATA Membership Chair, proposed an international
survey which was sent in 1983 to four
art therapy associations and 45 isolated
art therapists in 7 countries. Within one
year over 200 responses were received
from many more countries than originally contacted and more than 400 responses were received over the next six
years. Widespread interest was expressed in global information exchange
and formation of an international organization but by 1985 AATA’s attention
was internally focused on their serious
financial crisis over-shadowing their
international focus.
I proposed an international panel for the
1989 conference and, due to the interest it stimulated, representatives from
Australia, Canada, Greece, Italy, Mexico, and Scotland met over lunch and
with supportive word from art therapists
in eight other countries, the ING was
created at the 20th annual AATA conference in San Francisco, California in November 1989.
The ING purpose as agreed was:
“Networking with colleagues world-
wide; Helping each other country by
country; Problem-solving national concerns; Communicating across national
boundaries; Publishing a Newsletter &
Directory; Sharing experiences, concerns and concepts; and Developing
broader visibility.”
An ever-increasing number of art therapists looked to ING for support and validation of their work; for examples of
established employment positions and
pay scales; educational opportunities;
samples of ethical practices; guidelines
for establishing university-based art
therapy graduate programs; guidelines
for beginning a national art therapy
association; consultation on gaining government licensing or certification and
recognition by related professions; securing speakers and trainers able to
come to their country; and accessing
world-wide art therapy resources.
Over the next 20 years, ING served as a
vital link and networking hub for art
therapists around the world and was
viewed by Fulbright and the U.S. Information Agency as the most complete
source of information on art therapy
and art therapists around the world!
The inclusion of international members
is not new. In 1997, I was appointed
chair of an AATA Ad Hoc committee on
International Affiliation to propose a
category of international membership,
eligibility requirements, dues and benefits, which was not passed. This time
the Board approved the inclusion of IMs
before the detailed work began.
ING and AATA enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship for many years. The
ING appreciated support from the AATA:
•
space at the AATA annual conferences for ING/AT focus group meet-
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ings over lunch;
the website link to ING/AT on the
AATA website;
• referrals from AATA’s main office
staff of telephone and email inquiries received; and
• a regular column in the AATA newsletter to provide up-to-date information on ING activities and the
international growth of art therapy.
In return ING provided:
•
a resource for AATA about international contacts and information
about events and activities of art
therapy organizations and contacts
around the world;
• increasing visibility as well as new
international members in AATA;
• a website link to AATA on the ING/
AT website; and
• information in the ING/AT newsletter and website about AATA conferences and other AATA news.
Nevertheless, it was important for the
ING to remain independent of the AATA.
If the ING was a committee or formally
connected in any other manner to the
AATA, ING members would be required
to also be AATA members and the cost
would be prohibitive for the population
the ING most wanted to reach. Wanting
to keep member dues at a minimum and
needing funds to print and mail the
semi-annual ING Newsletter to the increasing number of members, ING annual dues were set at $15 for individuals
and $25 for organizations and institutions. Dues were waived for art therapists in Third World and developing
countries. Generous donations enabled
wider distribution than the dues alone.
In spite of printing cost increases and
rising postal rates, ING dues remained
the same over the 20 years.
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Recent Events
Since January 2006, the AATA has been
undergoing major changes which have
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only recently begun to take shape along
with an interest in the international art
therapy community. Of course, the ING
was a natural place to begin. In preparation for AATA’s 40th anniversary, I was
asked to chair a sub-committee of
AATA’s Membership Committee to develop a new category of International
Member of AATA that included or incorporated the ING. Working with Geri
Hurlbut, ING Key Networker; Judy
Rubin, AATA Board member and Liaison
to Membership; and Laura Loumeau-May
and Mickie McGraw, co-chairs of the
Membership Committee, we submitted
a definition of an International Member
(IM) that was approved by AATA’s Board
of Directors.
“Individuals living outside of the United
States who are working in the field of
art therapy or are interested in art
therapy and who wish to support the
purposes of the Association are eligible
for International Membership. International members shall be entitled to
receive all electronic publications and
other designated benefits as approved
by the Board. International members
shall be entitled to attend the annual
meeting and serve on a committee, but
shall not have the right to vote or hold
office.”
A few concessions had to be made but I
am pleased that we were able to create
a benefit package of excellent resources
with minimal increase in annual dues.
In order to keep dues affordably low and
still have access to the wealth of AATA
resources, there will be no postal mailings. Information and resources will be
available to IMs only on the AATA website. Dues for individuals, organizations
and institutions will be US$25 annually.
Organizations and institutions will now
need to join under the name of a live
person (the President or Membership
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Chair of an association; the college librarian or Art Therapy Program director; the clinic Director; hospital, facility
or department Supervisor; etc) whose
website access code can be shared.
Unfortunately, those without Internet
access will be at a definite disadvantage
and we want to know about anyone left
out of communication. In addition, English will be the language of the website
just as the ING Newsletter was in English and relied on translation within
each country through Correspondents.
We do not intend to drop or overlook
anybody so please let us know any problems you will have with the expansion of
the ING in this merger. Please share
this important milestone in the growth
of the International Networking Group
with all of your art therapy colleagues
and friends.
Resources
The newly designed AATA website—
americanarttherapyassociation.org—is a
rich source of information, articles, announcements, research opportunities,
chapter news, annual conference information and registration, membership
directory and, to maintain ING’s networking feature, the ING corner on
which IMs can chat, submit news and
post notices of events, meetings and
conferences in Cyber-time. This will
replace the ING Newsletter which will
be discontinued after this current Summer 2009 issue. The ING will continue to
hold Open Forums at the AATA Annual
Conferences just as we’ve done for the
past 20 years.
Ongoing Advocacy
Bobbi Stoll will continue to advocate on
behalf of IMs for increased benefits and
advantages:
1. Greater discounts on Conference
registration costs
2. Translation assistance for art thera-
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pists wishing to submit transcripts
and references to the Art Therapy
Credentials Board (ATCB) when
applying for Art Therapy Registration (ATR).
3. One-on-one mentors.
4. Financial help in paying the $25
annual AATA dues for those ING
members whose ING dues were
waived.
5. Affiliate Chapters of AATA to serve
as mentors, friends, advisors, colleagues with developing or existing
Art Therapy Associations in other
countries.
6. Maintaining the ING identity by continuing to use the ING name on the
ING corner on the website. The ING
name enjoys international recognition and should not be lost to art
therapists searching for connections.
7. Propose a means by which IMs will
have representation on the AATA
Board of Directors.
8. Continuation of my ongoing appeal
to the ATCB for a credential for
non-US art therapists (will require
success in implementing #2 above).
The following is the AATA’s list of existing and developing benefits. As you can
see major changes are made in both the
AATA and the ING!
AATA:
Membership Overview and
Benefits for International
Members
International Membership in the most
prestigious US based organization in the
field of art therapy is available to individuals and institutions who reside outside of the United States.
Benefits for International
Members Include
The Practice Center provides the Association’s members with operational,
business support services and tools that
will increase their productivity and en-
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hance their business operations.
Discount and affinity partners providing linkages to discounts supplies and
technology equipment, art supplies,
educational materials and much more.
There are currently two offerings for
Canada, and in the future we hope to
add more international programs and
services.
Coming soon―Links to available
grants from foundations, corporations,
and government as a central resource
point for grant research.
Coming soon―Media highlights from
around the world of art therapists in
action.
Art Therapist “clip art” department
in which Association member artists
offer their replicable art for a fee for a
'limited time use' to companies, publication designers, graphic design firms and
others similar to current on-line clip art
offerings provided by both profit and
non-profit companies. (This service is
planned for implementation in the fall
of 2009).
The Career Center provides essential
professional and career development
tools and resources.
Distance Learning Center for online art
therapy courses. (Implementation
planned for the fall of 2009).
Mentor Program will match students
and IMs with a volunteer, seasoned professional. (The implementation is
planned for the summer of 2009)
Art Therapist Locator used by the Association’s website visitors to find support services.
Education, Accreditation, and Career
Information about what it means to be
a professional art therapist.
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“How to Publish” Information Center
links to our Art Therapy Journal for writers and researchers―those seeking to
produce books, or publish research.
Annual Conference to be held this year
November 18-22, 2009 in Dallas, TX
(U.S.)—conference registration fees are
in addition to annual membership dues.
The ART Clearinghouse containing art
research and therapy information, Association publications, research in the
field, the Art Therapy Journal and other
publications of interest to the field as
noted below.
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across the country and around the world
that impact the profession of art therapy. For members only.
The American Art Therapy Association Robert Ault Archives in partnership with Emporia State University is in
the process of being cataloged and all
historic documents gathered to provide
the field and future generations important information about the development
and practices in the field of art therapy.
(In development with implementation
planned for 2010.)
Research in the field of art therapy
provided on-line through the research
and advocacy section of the Web site.
Art Therapy Journal of the American
Art Therapy Association; leading industry Journal in the field providing
insights by expert practitioners in a
broad range of practices. Free access
with membership to electronic version
of archive editions only available to
International Members.
Links to Association Chapters including events and activities happening locally and how to get involved. Their
activities may be of interest to international members seeking to start a chapter in their community.
Monthly Update (electronic) with information about activities throughout the
Association. For members only.
Art Therapy Community On-line Dialogue Sessions on specific topics requested by members. (In development)
Quarterly Newsletter (electronic) with
in-depth information about activities
Membership Directory for Members
only. Last Thoughts
Geri Hurlbut, MA, MFT, ATR-BC
Key Networker, ING/AT
South Carolina, USA
I
t has been a great pleasure to serve all of you and to sustain the International Networking Group over the past two
years. It has been a labor of love, and I have enjoyed interacting (either virtually
or in the real world) with each and every one of you. Your valuable contributions
to the newsletter, updates, conferences, and yes, even corrections, demonstrates the importance of the work we have done. Special thanks to Heidi Bardot, newsletter editor, Amy Hazle, membership coordinator, and of course,
Bobbi Stoll and Judy Rubin, who have the foresight to move ING/AT to the next
level. Personally, my hope is that the momentum we have built will carry this
valued organization through this next transition. I hope you will all continue to
support the process and continue to share the news from your region. ING/AT
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Asian Art Therapy Symposium 2009 Review
Jordan Potash, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT
(USA), Asian Art Therapy Program
Committee Chairperson
F
rom 19-21 March 2009, Hong Kong
served as the meeting place of
Asian-based art therapists, artists, art
educators, and helping professionals
who use art in their work. The Asian Art
Therapy Symposium 2009: Healing
Bridges brought over 120 participants
from 5 different countries. They met in
plenary sessions, paper presentations,
and experiential workshops to learn
from each other and the 30 presenters
from different countries including Cambodia, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines,
Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, as well as, Austria and Switzerland.
Each of the 3 days were dedicated to a
particular theme. The first day was
dedicated to “Art Therapy in Diverse
Asian Contexts”. In the plenary, Professor Angelica Baumer (Austrian Art Brut
curator) discussed Art Brut, while Dr.
William Fan (psychiatrist, Hong Kong)
introduced parallel work created by
psychiatric clients in Hong Kong. Julia
Byrne (art therapist, Hong Kong) integrated the two presentations by sharing
implications of their respective work for
the field of art therapy.
The second day introduced participants
to “Art Therapy Theory and Practice”.
Dr. Shirley Ma, the first Chinese Jungian
analyst, shared her work as a Jungian in
a Hong Kong context. Speakers throughout the day offered ideas on clinical
practice and research methods to help
provide a strong theoretical foundation
for their work.
“Increasing Access to Art Therapy Ser-
Asian Art Therapy Association and Healing Bridges Exhibit
vice Users” guided the final day with
the plenary session addressing art therapy training programs in Asia with the
delicate balance of honoring Western
standards while holding true to local
values. For this panel, Dr. Liona Lu discussed the masters program in Taiwan
and Carrie Herbert shared a professional
training she helped found in Cambodia.
From there speakers shared the diverse
ways in which they bring art therapy to
a variety of different clients in both
traditional and non-traditional settings.
In addition to the range of presentations, participants were able to visit the
Healing Bridges Exhibition, which featured art made by psychiatric clients
and social service users in Hong Kong.
Beyond the opportunity to learn, many
of the participants appreciated the opportunity to meet and network with
their colleagues across Asia. To facilitate future collaboration, symposium
participants created the “Asian Arts
Therapy Network” on Facebook.
This symposium was organized by Baptist Oi Kwan Social Services, Hong Kong
Association of Art Therapists, the Hong
Kong Society for Rehabilitation, and
Centre on Behavioral Health of the University of Hong Kong. The collaborating
partner, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, hosted the symposium in a converted factory that now houses art studios and arts organizations. The gathering was made possible by the corporate
sponsor UBS and supporting organization
The Tank. ING/AT
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Art Therapy in Thailand
Paola Luzzatto, PhD
Art Therapy Italiana
I
had an opportunity to go to Bangkok in October 2008. After
having worked as an art therapist in London, in New York,
and now in Italy, my desire to connect with art therapy on an
international level is very strong. Before leaving Italy, I got
from ING/AT a few email addresses. I soon received a very
kind reply from Dr Lertsiri Bovornkitti, who is a professor of
Fine Arts at Srinakharinwirot University, in Bangkok. Lertsiri
has been interested in art therapy for a number of years, and
has had already a number of contacts with some of the most
established art therapists, especially in USA (among them
Frances Anderson and Judy Rubin). Lertsiri has a dream: to
establish a formal art therapy training in the Fine Arts Department of his University. He has already a group of potential art
therapy students, coming from different professions.
I was invited to give a talk on “ Art Therapy Theory and Practice” to a group made up of social workers, psychologists and
nurses, who were very attentive and keen listeners. Lertsiri
explained how he has to take small steps to hopefully receive
the official permission to start the art therapy training at University level. He is in Fine Arts, and wants to connect with the
Psychology and Psychotherapy Department, in order to build a
professional training of high standards. In the meantime, he
publishes a Journal, and he would be happy to get articles on
art therapy from abroad, that he can translate into the Thai
language. I greatly appreciated his enthusiasm and his determination: he has a dream, and he is also very realistic.
On the following day, Lertsiri took me to visit the Rajanukul
Institute, in Bangkok. I feel very fortunate that I was able to
meet the director, Somjit Kraisri, spend a full day with her,
and meet also some members of her staff and some of her
patients. The Rajanukul Institute is part of a State Psychiatric
Hospital, but it functions as a separate Unit: it started 50
years ago, to care for children with “mental disabilities, mental retardations and autism.” Somjit who is a doctor and also
an artist, has had in the past some medical problems: tells me
she has full confidence in the healing power of the art process, because she has experimented with it on herself. The
center has seven rooms: a room for the whole group; a room
for small group activities; a coffee room; an exhibition room
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for visitors; a kitchen,
a coffee room for
staff; and a separate
cafeteria with restrooms, in a very
evocative
environment, surrounded by
water. The patients
(here they are called
“students”) attend
the center four days a
week (8.30a.m. –
3pm), for a period of
three months. On
each day, there is a maximum of 30 participants. The activities at the center are so well organized that I like to describe
the day structure of the service, in some detail:
Verbal self-introduction: The “students” sit on the floor in a
large circle, and introduce themselves, one by one, to the
group (about 35 minutes).
Movement/ physical exercise in the group (15 minutes).
Music and Dance: Thai dances at the sound of Thai music (all
together).
Activities: The students get divided into six small groups (5
children for each group), and they will work on different activities, under the guidance of six different teachers. The activities are the followings: a) Drawing; b) Painting; c) Sculpture; d) Batik; e) Carpets; f) Crafts.
Somjit illustrates to me the therapeutic effects of each activity on her “students,” for whom she shows the greatest respect. She is an intuitive pioneer in art therapy: she has had
no formal training, but it seems she knows everything about
the art therapy process, the body-mind interaction and the
expression of emotions. Lertsiri tells me that Somjit needs the
diploma in art therapy in order to be better recognized in the
Hospital: certainly she will be one of his first students as soon
as the training in art therapy is established!
I left Bangkok with the memory of Lertsiri Bovornkitti’s enthusiasm and his commitment to his students, eager to enter the
art therapy profession. Also, I hope Somjit Kraisri will be able
to continue to make the creative process available to so many
vulnerable children at the Rajanukul Institute. Although my
stay was quite short, I left with a vision of a great future for
art therapy in Thailand. ING/AT
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My Twelve Days in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Bobbie Stoll, MFT, CTS, CT, ATR-BC, HLM
ING/AT Founder
F
lying business class to the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia was the closest I've
ever come to experiencing royal treatment. I’d been invited to deliver a keynote address at a conference on Partnership in Rehabilitation: The Holistic
Approach sponsored by the Rehabilitation Hospital at King Fahd Medical City
(KFMC) in Riyadh Nov. 2008. I felt especially privileged on a government visa
which I’d been issued as an invited
speaker (a single female cannot obtain a
visa to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
When I arrived, was presented with a
black abaya (robe) and hijab (head
scarf) which I was instructed to wear
anytime I was outside the hotel. This is
strictly enforced in Riyadh.
I spent most workdays at the KFMC Rehabilitation Hospital. A very large
walled-in area in the center of Riyadh,
it includes four hospitals (General, Rehabilitation, Maternity and Children’s
Hospitals), apartment complexes for
foreign medical staff and families, supermarkets, banks, pharmacy, post office, and other facilities in any "city”.
The art therapy unit Dr. Al-Yami estab-
lished single-handedly was of great interest. It was well stocked with art supplies and well maintained by five apprentices in training. The patient artwork consisted of geometric patterns,
ornate Arabic calligraphy or flowers and
some familiar art expressions. The explanation given was the Islamic prohibition against images of people or animals. It was difficult to discern any affective expression in these works but
mastering the art materials to create
any painting was, in itself, gratifying to
this population. One paraplegic struggled to blow through a straw to move
the color he’d asked an aid to place in a
particular place on his canvas. Others,
unable to hold a paint brush, achieved
professional results by “painting” with
body parts.
Doctors from other KFMC hospitals requested a 2-hr intro to art therapy as it
could apply to their specialties. Neurologists, surgeons, general practitioners, student doctors and interns’ interest had been piqued by Dr. Al-Yami’s
work in the Rehabilitation Hospital.
Dr. Al-Yami is the only trained art therapist in Saudi Arabia. I witnessed his
achievements in a country that had no
knowledge of art therapy prior to his
introduction. After receiving an MA in art education from Indiana University—Purdue University
in Indianapolis, a three
year graduate in art therapy from Illinois State
University and a doctorKingdom Tower, tallest skyscraper in Saudi Arabia and
site of the highest mosque in the
world
Dr. Awad Al-Yami,
founder of art therapy
in Saudi Arabia
ate from Penn State in 1995, he returned to Saudi Arabia and began a 3year battle with the Saudi government
for a license. With a little help from
ING/AT, on April 2, 2000 he became the
first art therapist to be licensed by the
Saudi Health Minister who assigned professional code 353 to the profession of
art therapy.
“Dr. Al-Yami is a skillful
therapist able to instill
therapeutic value to the
creative process.”
As Asst. Professor of Art Education at
King Saud University at the time, he
taught Art for Special Populations and
worked in vain to establish a universitybased graduate art therapy program at
King Saud and other universities in Riyadh. His efforts were unsuccessful, in
1999, Dr. Al-Yami outlined some of the
obstacles he faced: “Art and drawing
are against the Muslim religion and
there are many very religious Muslims
here but there’s much attraction to
art!” In regard to his private practice,
he lamented that Saudi men do not seek
therapy and religious beliefs prohibit
male therapists working with female
patients.
Dr. Al-Yami began a 3-week introductory course in art therapy for a clinic
staff that included female therapists.
He eventually gained staff positions as
an art therapist in a series of hospitals
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and proposed to train other therapists in
the use of art therapy. He was repeatedly discharged by psychiatrists/ administrators who did not believe art therapy
was helpful or, in one case, was deserving of the positive response it received
from other hospital staff. In 2005, he
found royal support at the Rehabilitation Hospital at KFMC where he developed the art therapy unit and apprentice training program that is highly regarded by male and female wards, administrators and doctors.
By mid-2007 word of his successes with
art therapy must have spread. He was
approached by the Interior Minister of
Saudi Arabia to provide art therapy in
the ambitious 6-month old rehabilitation
program for terrorists at Care Center to
work on psychological problems, social
adjustment, reintegration and the acquisition of vocational skills. His use of
art therapy to convert terrorists to positive members of Saudi society has been
phenomenally successful. It has become
a model program studied and copied by
other countries’ in their attempts to
socialize terrorists.
He was eager for me to see the Care
Center where his art therapy program
has garnered worldwide attention and
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praise. Care Center is operated by the
Minister of the Interior to return Al
Qaeda terrorists and former Guantanamo detainees to productive members of society. A visit to the art therapy
building and program revealed more
Arabic calligraphy, abstract and geometric artwork and an increased number of verses from the Koran. The lack
of recognizable emotion and content in
the artwork gave increased importance
to Dr. Al-Yami as a skillful therapist able
to instill therapeutic value to the creative process.
Meeting with an English-speaking graduate of the program who was released
from Guantanamo 15 months earlier, he
spent three months in a Saudi jail and
six months in the Care Center's intensive
program where he was given essentials
for survival. He reported Al Qaeda’s
faulty interpretations of Islam were corrected by the Sheiks in the Care Center
program and through art therapy he
recognized the direction he intended was the opposite of the direction he'd taken. He exhibited no apparent PTSD symptoms and held no grudges
or blame. I was impressed with this
young man—his openness, insightfulness, turnaround and well-managed
anger that he claimed was extinguished
Saudi women in the
traditional abaya and
veil, allowing others to
only view their eyes.
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The Ministry of the Interior one of the city’s most
beautiful landmarks with its unique design.
when he found himself and his life purpose. On completion of the Care Center
program, he was given a car, money for
a home, was introduced to his potential
wife, is now married and excitedly expecting his first child. He said he is convinced he's on the right path in his life
and is at peace.
The Conference
The Partnership in Rehabilitation: The
Holistic Approach Conference was held
at the KFMC Rehabilitation Hospital with
an exhibit of patient artwork in the
large hallway and anteroom which I
helped to assemble for several days
before the conference. I presented on
Art Therapy in Treating Post Traumatic
Stress. In the conference plenary sessions, men and women were separated
by sitting on opposite sides of the auditorium. The conference was well attended by people from all parts of the
country and hospital staff. The formal 2
½ day program was followed by postconference workshops which was when
the art therapy workshop was scheduled
for me and Dr. Al-Yami. The whole experience certainly was a unique and
exciting cultural exchange. NOTE: This article has been edited due to
space limitations. To request a copy of the
complete article, please contact Heidi Bardot, at hbardot@gwu.edu
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Art Therapy Websites
Many of these websites have been recommended by ING/AT members. If you are aware of additional interesting
and informative sites, please share them with us!
Publishers, books, articles, videos & DVDs:
www.jkp.com/catalogue/art/index - Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
www.bookreaders.com/books/behavior/ discount art therapy
books.
http://www.norgaard.net/books/art.htm - CEU opportunities
http://www.fabooks.com/ - Free Association Books.
www.athealth.com - articles on treatment of various disorders.
www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/ - contains 55,160 links to
full text articles, 1,750 journals & newsletters. Updated daily.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/ - National Institutes of Health
(USA) - using key words or authors, this search engine finds
abstracts of medical & psychiatric articles.
www.qualitative-research.net/fqs - "Forum Qualitative Socialresearch/ Forum (FQS)" has Fulltext (F) & Abstracts (A)
available online in English (E), German (G), Spanish (S).
www.igkgt-iaact.com – International Association for Art,
Creativity and Therapy (IAACT)
www.ecarte.info ECArTE conference information
http://www.online-art-therapy.com. SIPE: International Society
for the Psychopathology of Expression
www.YAHAT.org – Israeli Arts Therapies Association (YAHAT)
www.Peace.co.il - Dr. Fischer's Art for Peace Foundation, Tel
Aviv, Israel. Exhibit of art from the 1st Day Envelope of peace
agreement.
Italy
Resources in Latin or with translations
www.arttherapyit.org
http://webpress.org/arterapia - art therapy in several Latin
languages.
http://istitalianodicultura.org/ –CISAT
www.babylon.com - a dictionary of definitions and translations
to aid non-English speaking readers through this newsletter!
Art Therapy Education websites:
www.gradschools.com/listings/out/art_therapy - Art Therapy
graduate schools.
Korea
http://www.korean-arttherapy.or.kr - Korean Art Therapy Institute
Lithuania
http://www.manoteritorija.lt/index.php/pageid/524 e-mail:
baudrone@centras.lt - Lithuanian Association of Art Therapy
www.utexas.edu/search/ - lists colleges and universities by
nations or states.
Mexico
Australia
New Zealand
http://www.anzata.org/mambo/ – Australian and New Zealand
National Art Therapy Association
http://www.anzata.org/mambo/ – Australian and New Zealand
National Art Therapy Association
http://www.ecu.edu.au/ - Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia
Canada
www.converge.org.nz/amanz/ – Arts Medicine Aotearoa New
Zealand (AMANZ)
www.vsw.org/afterimage/index.html - AFTERIMAGE, a periodical
featuring arts both "as" and "in" therapy.
www.vati.bc.ca/ - Vancouver Art Therapy Institute, BC Canada
Peru
www.aatq.org – Association of art therapists of Quebec
http://equipoterapiasdearte.com/ – Equipo de Terapias de Arte
Art Therapy Websites:
www.oata.ca/ - Ontario Art Therapy Association
South Africa
www.americanarttherapyassociation.org - American Art Therapy
Association
www.beechwood-centre.com – Beechwood Centre (Canada)
www.arttherapy.co.za - South African art therapist, Samantha
Davis
www.pbs.org/wnet/onourownterms - Bill Moyers' "On Our
Own Terms" featuring art therapist, Paola Luzzatto.
www.pbs.org/art21 - Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century,
new contemporary art series on PBS, extends a formal invitation to all art therapists to visit their website and join their
forums.
www.atcb.org – Art Therapy Credential Board (USA)
www.nccata.org – National Coalition of Arts Therapies Associations.
www.terapia-de-arte.com - Art therapy (in Spanish).
www.artsintherapy.com - The Arts in Therapy Network.
www.kati.kics.bc.ca/ - Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, BC Canada
www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/ - the Canadian NEA.
France
http://psydoc-fr.broca.inserm.fr/ffp&asso/CEE.html - Le Centre
d’Etude de l’Expression, Paris, France
www.terapia-de-arte.com – CITA
Sweden
www.bildterapi.a.se – Swedish Art Therapy Association
UK – North Wales
www.sheffield.ac.uk – Sheffield University
www.derby.ac.uk/research/v-art/ - Art Therapy Program and
research facility.
www.wwar.com –World Wide Art Therapy Resources.
http://w3.form-co.univ-tlse2.fr/download/down/art_therapie.pdf
- Unversite de Toulouse le Mirail, Art Therapy program,
Toulouse, France
www.arttherapist.com - art therapist listing (Chriss Burke).
www.l-atelier.ch - Jacques Stitelmann's website-newly updated.
California
www.byregion.net - showcase for healing arts and artists listed
by country, state, or region. Free signup (Kristan Ranier).
Germany
www.norcata.com - Northern California Art Therapy Association
www.uni-muenster.de - University of Muenster
www.ismho.org - International Society for Mental Health Online.
Colorado
Greece
www.TheSAH.org - The Society for the Arts in Healthcare/links.
www.art-therapy.gr - The Arts and Psychotherapy Center
http://www.naropa.edu/academics/graduate/psychology/tcp/
arttherapy/index.cfm - Naropa Institute.
www.behavior.net – Creative Arts Therapies International.
Ireland
Connecticut
International Websites:
www.geocities.com/nigat_UK/home.html - Northern Ireland
Group for Art as Therapy (NIGAT)
www.ctarttherapy.org
Illinois
Isreal
www.uic.edu/depts/oceps/ - University of Illinois at Chicago
www.art-therapy.us –lists Art Therapy Resources (Donna Betts)
www.ieata.org – International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA)
United States
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Massachusettes
Washington, DC
www.gwu.edu/~artx – George Washington University Art
Therapy Graduate School
http://potomacarttherapyassociation.blogspot.com – Potomac
Art Therapy Association Blog
www.lesley.edu - Lesley University
Art Therapy Resources:
www.spfldcol.edu/ - Springfield College Art Therapy Program
www.expressivetherapy.org – Expressive Therapy Concepts
www.rawart.org - art therapy center in Lynn, Massachusetts
www.wwar.com/ - World Wide Arts Resources.
New York
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/therapy - New York University
www.arts.endow.gov –National Endowment for the Arts (NEAUSA) for Americans seeking grants.
www.cany.org – Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY)
www.artheals.org/artist_support/grants.php - Arts Grants
Ohio
www.artheals.org – Arts and Healing Network
www.buckeyearttherapy.org – Buckeye Art Therapy Association
www.skyfields.net/workshop.html - Down to Earth Workshop
Oklahoma
Art Therapy in Schools
www.occe.ou.edu/cafe/artherapy/ - University of Oklahoma,
Continuing Education
http://www.schoolarttherapy.com - Janet Bush’s A.T. in
schools.
South Carolina
www.art-therapy.co.il - bibliography and model program of
art therapy in schools by Dafna Moriya.
Kansas
http://www.emporia.edu/parm/about_the_division.htm - Emporia
State University
http://www.converse.edu/Academics/majors/ArtDepartment/
Degrees/ArtTherapy/ArtTherapy.asp - Converse College Art
Therapy Program
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Community & Public Art. Order documents to further community & public art. Subsidies available.
Neurology & Art Therapy
www.brainyart.com - information on art therapy for neurological services. Webmistress: Maureen Del Giacco, Ph.D., ATR
PhotoTherapy Websites:
www.phototherapy-centre.com - The PhotoTherapy Techniques
in Counseling and Therapy website includes site summaries in
multiple languages.
Residencies
www.rosettalife.org - an English artist-led company running
residencies of 4-6 month duration in hospices for terminally ill
to enable creative documentation of their lives.
SandPlay
Assessments
Texas
http://www.flipkart.com/silver-drawing-test-drawstory/0415955343-hww3fmgxtd- Rawley Silver’s DAS booklet
www.utexas.edu/search/ - University of Texas - Austen.
Autism
Virginia
www.AutismArts.com - Sandy McMurray of Autism Arts.
www.stovalkb@evms.edu - Eastern Virginia Medical School
Community Art
www.sandplayusa.org - full text articles, symbols journal,
Jungian links related to sandplay therapy.
Trauma
http://www.trauma-pages.com/trauma.php - a treasure trove of
resources and an award-winning site on emotional trauma &
traumatic stress for research and trauma therapists.
www.survivorsartfoundation.org –Survivors Art Foundation
Workshps
www.artsusa.org/index.html - Americans for the Arts—
www.creativityworkshop.com - creativity workshops on writing,
drawing, storytelling, and personal memoirs in New York City,
Paris, & Florence led by a writer/teacher & a visual artist/
teacher from the University of Iowa.
Membership List by Country—2009
Australia
Westwood, Jill
Greece
j.westwood@uws.edu.au
Anastasopoulou, Myrto
mma298@nyu.edu
Brazil
Isreal
Basso, Maria Angelica Rente angelica@arte-terapiaexpressivas.com.br
Huss, Ephrat
ehuss@bgu.ac.il
Canada
Moriya, Dafna
dafna@moriya.co.il
Proulx, Lucille
lucilleproulx@yahoo.com
Italy
Weiser, Judy
jweiser@phototherapy-centre.com
Luzzatto, Paola
Marinovic, Mimi
mmarinov@vtr.net
Simoneaux, Gloria
Selman, Trinidad
triniselman@yahoo.com
Mexico
Columbia
Gavela, Isabel
paola.luzzatto@fastwebnet.it
Kenya
Chile
isabelcgavela@gmail.com
Gloria@harambeearts.org
Levinsky, Jacobo
jacobo@terapia-de-arte.com
Nosovsky, Glenda
glenda@terapia-de-arte.com
Portugal
El Salvador
Boillat, Gina
gina_boillat@hotmail.com
Ruy Luís de Carvahlo
Guttfried, Ruth
rutdebogut@hotmail.com
Singapore
France
Stone, Elizabeth
estone@mageos.com
Sudres, Jean Luc
JEANLUCSUDRES@aol.com
medipsique@oninetspeed.pt
Besson, Glennery
cdarts@singnet.com.sg
Vandenborre, Laurence
laurence@vandenborre.sg
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Sweden
Jonsson, Kerstin
kerstin.m.jonsson@sll.sc
Kennedy, Chelsea
chelseak@gwu.edu
Kobayashi, Toshiko
eoartt@gmail.com
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Lark, Carol
larkcarol@sbcglobal.net
Bard, Kathryn
artmultifacet@aol.com
Lauzon, Jocelyne
jocelyne99lauzon@hotmail.com
Waterfield, Jill
jlwaterfield@yahoo.com
Lay, Ron
ronlay25@yahoo.com
Lee, Jessica
jessi83@gwu.edu
Emmett, Paula
paulaemmett@yahoo.c.uk
Lee, Soo Kyoung
art.science.technology@gmail.com
Liebmann, Marian
marian@liebmann.org
Lim, Yoona
ylim@saic.edu
MacDonald, Aili
ailismiley@gmail.com
Alinea-Bravo, Maria
alineabravo@hotmail.com
Madori, Linda
Levinemadoriphd@aol.com
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Alter Muri, Simone
saltermu@spfldcol.edu
Malchiodi, Cathy
cmalchiodi@insightbb.com
Anderson, Frances
feiop8@gmail.com
McGovern, Roberta
robertaatmcg@hotmail.com
Arrington, Dovis
daarrington@sbcglobal.net
Meros, Diane
dmeros@ursuline.edu
Babcock, Sandra
sheerarp@hotmail.com
Miles, Laura
laura.miles@converse.edu
Bardot, Heidi
hbardot@gwu.edu
Moore, Kelly
kmoore21@yahoo.com
Beasley, Jennifer
jennifer@kyarttherapy.org
Moriya, Dafna
dafna@moriya.co.ll
Berk, Chriss
chriss@artsintherapy.com
Muret, Jessica
jmuret@cox.net
Bermudez, Diana
mer.dd@verizon.net
Nagasaka, Takeo
tnagasak@hotmail.com
Burrell, Deborah
debi03@msn.com
Nelson, Andy
andy.marbo@gmail.com
Chatterjee, Shubha
schatter@emporia.edu
Poole, Ginger
gingermw@gmail.com
Chung, Soo-Ji (Susie)
susiec@gwu.edu
Ramsey, Carly
svromance1984@earthlink.net
Cutler, Abigail
abigailcutler@yahoo.com
Rodriquez, Angelina
life@therapybyangelina.com
Di Filippis, Elizabeth
artistemd@hotmail.com
Sandage, Kim
Kimberly.sandage@gmail.com
Di Maria, Audrey
audreydimaria@yahoo.com
Shan Ju, Lindsey
shan@shanjulin.com
DiSunno, Rebecca
rdisunno@optonline.net
Short, Gwendolyn
gmshort@co.pg.md.us
Diaz, Catherine
cdiaz@my.adler.com
Silver, Rawley
rawled@aol.com
Doering, Sharon
esdoering@mac.com
Simkins, Molly
molly_simpins@antioch.edu
Dunn-Snow, Peg
pegdunnsnow@bellsouth.net
Sloan, Antonia
antoniasloan@yahoo.com
Ellis, Elizabeth
elizabethvellis@gmail.com
Song, Jane
janezeeb@gmail.com
Emetoft, Bengt
bengt.euetofl@sll.sc
Stanic, Kate
ksouvallro@aol.com
Ferns Richardson, Jane
janetr@comcast.ne
Stoll, Bobbi
bobbistoll@sbcglobal.net
Frazier, Steve
stevefrazier@Sd54.org
Tank, Hoi Lam
tangh@ems.edu
Garlock, Lisa
lgarlock@gwu.edu
Vance, Lindsey
lvance@gwmail.gwu.edu
Grajkowski, Pat
arttx@flash.net
VandeReit, Rachel
Rachel@arttherapyinternational.org
Garcia, Isabel
isabelgarcia@gmail.com
Wang, Li-Chun
swimice113@hotmail.com
Hall, Janie
jhall2@ursuline.edu
Wang, Yu-Chu
ywang@ursuline.edu
Halpe, Lilith
lilmow@yahoo.com
Webber, Katy
katymay.webber@gmail.com
Hannigan, Andrea
ahanni@saic.edu
Wenzke, Rachel
rfwenz01@louisville.edu
Harding, Coretta
clh9632@gmail.com
Yang, Chia-Yu
chia-yu_yang@antiochsea.edu
Hazle, Amy
AHazle@sevencounties.org
Yoshihara, Hasuko
sueaoki2000@yahoo.com
Householder, Marissa
maris224@hotmail.com
Yu, Pei Yi
peiufeng@gmail.com
Huang, Hsuan-Wen
boehr77@gmail.com
Hurlbut, Geri
artherapie@juno.com
Ilusrio, Shereen
ski.atrbc@speaking.net
Jejung, So
jejung.so@gmail.com
Jeng, Lu-Luen
ijeng@saic.edu
International Networking Group of Art Therapists
Geri Hurlbut
ING Key Networker
Director of Art Therapy, Converse College
580 E. Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302 USA
Phone: 864-596-9314
Fax: 864-596-9606
E-mail: artherapie@juno.com
For online newsletter:
www.converse.edu/ingat
Conferences and Workshops, 2009
June
July
Art for Health: Experience and Prospects
June 1-2, 2009
Vilnius, Lithuania
roma@manoteritorija.lt or
jolita@manoteritorija.lt
Third Arts Therapies Students
Conference
July 22-25
Barcelona, Spain
www.summercampbcn.com
Art Therapy with Children and
Adolescents
June 8-12, 2009
Lesley University, Cambridge , MA, USA
Cathy Malchiodi
August
Le congrès national de
la Société Française de
Psychologie
June 17-19, 2009
Le CUPPA, l'Université
de Toulouse II-Le Mirail,
France
http://congres-sfp2009.psylone.com/
index.php
September
2nd LatinoAmerican Congress of Art
Therapy
www.congresoarteterapia.uchile.cl
XIXth International Society
for the Psychopathology of
Expression and Art Therapy
(SIPE) International Congress
New World: Psychopathology of
Expression and Art Therapy.
September 3-6, 2009
Lisbon, Portugal
spat@oninetspeed.pt or www.arte-terapia.
10th European Arts Therapies
Conference (ECArTE)
“The Space Between—the potential for change”
September 16-19, 2009
London, England
conference2009@ecarte.info
www.ecarte.info
October
AAATNA
Conference
Warmth and the Heart:
Understanding & Treating
Heart Disease from an Anthroposophic Perspective
James Dyson, MD & Guus van der Bie, MD
http://www.aaatna.org
Click on Warmth of the Heart link.
November
American Art Therapy Association
Annual Conference
November 18-22, 2009
Dallas, Texas, USA
www.americanarttherapyassociation.org/