21 Days
Pt. Reyes, ©2012, H. Hunter, 8″ x 8,” Collage, I’ve been having a lot of fun lately with 6 Degrees 2, an on-line workshop. I’m one of the instructors for this nourishing soup of activities and I’m also...
View ArticleA Case for Community
Very Rare, Kauai, ©2012, Linda Clark Johnson, 8″ x 8,” Watercolor and Collage I’m fast approaching the end of Creating a Mindful Studio Practice Workshop in 6 Degrees of Creativity 2. Regretfully. As...
View ArticleTake 2: Palliative Care and Paper Swaps (The Whole Story)
Paper Offering for Missouri Artist, Alies Our pediatric department is beginning a pediatric palliative care team and as we lay the groundwork, we’re introducing the idea of integrative therapies to our...
View ArticleGluebooks On The Move
Normally when we get to this time of the year, I’m thrilled. September is the month of my birth, a time when I feel most comfortable in my skin. The leaves are beginning to yellow and the brilliant...
View ArticlePocket Change: Or, Small (Creative) Acts Create Meaningful Change
“Even after they are cut down, a sprout may be taken from them and planted in another place, and they begin to grow again.” —Mishna Pocket Change, Badge created by Gretchen Miller Like a lot of people...
View ArticleMending Walls and Making Change
ATCs on parade At some point in their studies, art therapy students discover the “media continuum.” On this continuum, media are placed along along an invisible line moving from point A to point B line...
View ArticlePocket Change Unfolds
Several days ago, I found a rather large white box in the mail. It was bulging at the seams and when I opened it, out poured a tantalizing array of envelopes covered with stamps from far away lands....
View ArticleSocks and STEPS
Oscar in the climbing hydrangea. We have a new program that we are rolling out at Children’s Hospital. STEPS, Supportive Therapies and Enhanced Palliative Care Services, is a pediatric palliative care...
View ArticleMy One Word
“Start,” ©2014, 2.5″ x 3.5″, Collage and monoprint There’s a New Year’s practice that I’ve often read about on various blogs: choosing one word to guide one’s actions for the coming year. I’d forgotten...
View ArticleArt Therapy Alliance’s 30 Day Art Therapy Facebook Hop Starts June 1
Gretchen Miller of Art Therapy Alliance has come up with a creative way to promote connection between art therapists nationally and internationally. For the next 30 days, beginning June 1st, you can...
View ArticleGenerosity & Creative Deed 365
An online project, Creative Deed 365, got me thinking about generosity. What makes someone want to give? The project’s creator, Gretchen Miller, decided that she wanted offer a project/challenge that...
View ArticleMonday Morning Art Circle
In March I’ll begin a new job at Wellness Within, an amazing organization that provides support to cancer patients, survivors, their families and caregivers, all at no cost. They offer programs in...
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