Different perspectives in how mental health has touched lives was the theme of this year’s Art Therapy Exhibition at the Art and Design Building West. And the graduate students of the program showcased a variety of artistic pieces, ranging from traditional paintings to innovative collages made of sentimental objects.
The theme of this year’s Art Therapy […]
Veronica Delgado understands Art Therapy from both sides. As a student at Georgia State University, Delgado remembers the difficult emotions she dealt with as an undergraduate student.
Veronica Delgado, a second year MFA student, speaks during the opening of the annual Art Therapy Exhibit earlier this month. (Photo by Joseph Lacdan)
For six years, she created paintings […]
Children can name colors when using crayons, learn eye-hand coordination and, through art activities, “learn to share materials, tell stories and express feelings,” including other skills according to arts therapy professors Patricia “Gussie” Klorer and Megan Robb in their award-winning paper.
Photos of Megan Robb (left) and Patricia Klorer courtesy of SIUE Marketing Department.
Their paper, “Art […]
When a person depicts pain or sorrow through the colorful strokes of a brush or symbolism in clay sculptures, these are steps toward recognizing emotions and bringing them toward healing, according to SIUE Arts Therapy Counseling Professor Patricia “Gussie” Klorer.
Patricia "Gussie" Klorer, SIUE Arts Therapy Counseling professor (middle), stands between Terry Towne, Chair of the […]
One of Edna Patterson-Petty's Fabric Art Pieces, Eye on the Sparrow. "I love it because keeping your eye on the sparrow is about staying focused and not wavering because of many of life's situation," she says about the piece.
Edna Patterson-Petty, a multimedia and fabric artist, art therapist, and SIUE alumna, has recently published a new […]
Last Thursday SIUE’s Art Therapy Counseling Program teamed up with the Missouri History Museum, Channel 9, and The Missouri Art Therapy Council for a special screening of, “Hell and Back Again,” a documentary showing the problems faced by Afghanistan veterans both in the field and at home. The event is part of Channel 9’s Community […]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 a group of SIUE art therapy teachers and students (Megan Robb, Shelly Goebl-Parker, Judy McGrath, Diana Dykyj, YunCHe Chiu, Laura Lengyel, Lisa Thompson-Gibson, and Renee Tate) met with with a group of eager participants for a hands on exercise in art therapy.
The event was part of the Spring 2012 College of […]
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