“Creativity is a force of nature, the mainstream of imagination accessible to all”.
from Imagination in Action
~Shaun McNiff
It is with great joy and anticipation that I am delighted to announce…
Shaun McNiff will be visiting the 2022 Creative Mental Health Forum and Self Care Retreat via ZOOM to share with us all in candid conversation.
Some of the topics for discussion include:
Shaun’s own creative practice,
Art as evidence
and the place of creative approaches within the changing global landscape of mental health and wellbeing.
ABOUT SHAUN
Shaun McNiff is author of Imagination in Action: Secrets for Unleashing Creative Expression; Trust the Process: An Artist’s Guide to Letting Go; Art Heals; Art as Medicine; Integrating the Arts in Therapy; Art-Based Research; Art as Research and other books.
An exhibiting painter who has had a seminal influence on the areas of creativity enhancement, the arts and healing, and art-based research, he has lectured and taught throughout the world.
McNiff has received various honors and awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Journal of Applied Arts and Health and the Honorary Life Member Award of the American Art Therapy Association.
He established the first integrated arts in therapy and education graduate training program at Lesley University from which the field of expressive arts therapy emerged and in 2002 Lesley appointed him as its first University Professor.
THE 2022 CREATIVE MENTAL HEALTH FORUM
AND SELF CARE RETREAT
WELCOMES SHAUN MCNIFF.
We look forward to sharing this special space with you in 2022.
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