Feature image credit: Tara Harriden, “It’s in my blood.” “If you look closely at the dots that make up this painting, they have raised ‘lines’ which are reminiscent of blood vessels and, on another level, are representative of the songlines … Read More
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Arts Therapist = Mental Health Practitioner Campaign
WE ARE GOOD TO GO – HELP US TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN CRISIS THE AIM OF OUR CAMPAIGN: Expand the definition of Mental Health Practitioner in the 2014 Victorian Mental Health Act to include ‘Professional Arts Therapist’. Mobilise a … Read More
The Gods in a time of Corona – Bernie Neville’s latest work.
Bernie Neville, author of “Educating Psyche” and “The Life of Things” gifts us this gem of a book complete with wit, wisdom and scholarship. Neville’s own intimate relationship with the Greek gods is revealed in his narrative depicting 2020 as … Read More
Anja Zimmermann – interview. What can we learn from the Netherlands about Bachelor level Arts Therapy training?
I met my friend and pen-pal, Anja Zimmermann online! We have never met in person or even spoken, but we have become friends by writing to each-other. Anja is an educator and researcher in Arts Therapy training in the Netherlands. … Read More
ART THERAPY WHATS ON – August 2020
ART THERAPY WHATS ON is a monthly directory of events, workshops, professional development and gigs BY and FOR Arts Therapists. Please send your contributions to carlavanlaar@gmail.com Include date and time, title, location, facilitator, cost. 100 words and a photo or … Read More
Presence and Embodiment in Art Therapy – ONLINE professional development workshop
Sunday 16th August Presence and Embodiment in Art Therapy 10am – 4pm Lunch 12.30 – 1.30pm 15 minute morning and afternoon tea breaks $125 pandemic discount Through our art based activities, we can have a heightened awareness of our embodied … Read More
Diversity in the psyche of art therapy – Mira Melaluca.
Feature image: Mira Melaluca In theory I love art therapy. I have a background in dance, painting, psychology, and both contemplative and ceremonial spirituality, so the most natural place for me to blend these pursuits would seem to be some … Read More
Boon Wurrung Cultural Healing: Bass Coast, Victoria. An interview with Sonia Weston Hume.
Feature image: National Dance ceremony 2019Dannielle Cockerill, Sonia Weston Hume and Kourtney Cockerill “Celebrate, teach, yarn, bring Aboriginal Culture into our community. I want to share stories – good and bad. Education and truth telling is important for us all … Read More
Cultural Collaboration – Reconciliation Rocks.
Wadawurrung woman and cultural consultant, Bonnie Chew, and regional art therapist and teacher, Karryne Hearn, talk about working together in their project for secondary school students in Ballarat. Can you please introduce yourself and anything you like readers to know … Read More
ART THERAPY WHATS ON – July 2020
ART THERAPY WHATS ON is a monthly directory of events, workshops, professional development and gigs BY and FOR Arts Therapists. Please send your contributions to carlavanlaar@gmail.com Include date and time, title, location, facilitator, cost. 100 words and a photo or … Read More
Regional Arts Therapists review the GRAT Experiential Workshop: “Art Therapy First Aid – ONLINE”.
Feature image: regional attendees at the online professional development during the peak of pandemic lockdown. April 2020. “GRAT” – Group of Regional Registered Arts Therapists was formed in 2007. The networking and professional development group is member led by volunteers, and … Read More
Demystifying Arts Based Research – July Professional Development Workshop ONLINE
Sunday 19th July 10am – 4pm 1 hour lunch and 2 x 15 minute breaks Interactive, experiential learning that includes art activities and small group discussions Demystifying Art Based Research Art in research, Art-informed research, Art as research, Art based … Read More
New York Art dealer Carly Aguilera makes exposure for women artists her global mission – and interviews me!
Carly Aguilera of ‘South Art Dealer’, New York, specialises in promoting the work of South American artists. Now she has a new mission to create opportunities for women artists around the world to have our artworks shown and seen. Her … Read More
“Art Therapy First Aid: Experiential Video Workshop”.
A Professional Development training resource for Art Therapists and friends of Art Therapy. I am very happy to launch this new FREE training video! This is based on live footage filmed at the February Art Therapy First Aid training event … Read More
“Meeting Places: Art Based, Collaborative Goal Setting and Therapeutic Reviews”
Sunday 28th June, 10am – 4pm Professional Development Workshop Institutional practices often require art therapists to engage in ‘assessments’, ‘treatment plans’ and ‘case reviews’. The mere language of these practices can feel incongruent with the values we hold, and challenge … Read More
Self Care Video: “Earth Day Art Activities” – Interview with American Videographer and Art Therapist, Megs Mitts.
“I post videos because I want to encourage people to receive the same benefits others and I receive from these processes. I hear from viewers every once in a while, and they report feeling a sense of calm just from … Read More
More Dates to get “unstuck”- Supervision Studio goes Monthly
Existing dates for Supervision Studio have been booked out! The bi-monthly ‘supervision you have been dreaming of’ has been so welcomed by the arts therapy community that I have made new dates available. There are now places available on Sunday … Read More
Seeing Her Stories – FREE ebook launch!
My Doctoral research, findings and implications for practice. SEEING HER STORIES is a full colour book of illustrated essays that present my Doctoral Research into sharing women’s stories through art. “Seeing her stories” combines my fascination with the power of … Read More
FREE Creative Resources for Families at Home.
Pictured: Linda Twite facilitating a community sustainable weaving craft workshop in January 2020. The Belgrave Survival Day, celebrates the survival of Australian Indigenous people, culture and heritage. Mother of two children six and three, Diploma of Community Services student Linda Twite … Read More
LOCKDOWN Art.
The online community exhibition “LOCKDOWN Art” has become a global project, hosting art works from contributors in Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Venezuela, UK, and USA. I have been touched by every single art work that has been … Read More
Upcoming online PD events
I am still buzzing after spending the last two Sundays with inspiring groups of Arts Therapists who attended the online Professional Development trainings “Art Therapy First Aid – ONLINE”, and “Getting Creative with Trauma”. Moving online enabled therapists to attend … Read More
New Art Therapy Videos
“Moving Art Therapy Online” In this half hour video I share some supportive tips for therapists who are working to move their practice online. I encourage you to acknowledge any reservations you may have, and loss you may feel, and re-imagine … Read More
Professional Development and Supervision Studio are ON – online – PLUS PD 2 for 1 tough times special offer.
There are already bookings for ALL of my Professional Development and Supervision Studio days for the whole year – just fantastic! Thank you all for your interest and participation. It is wonderful to feel the growing sense of a supportive … Read More
‘Seeing her stories: Finding a place in the landscape of art therapy literature’ – my recent article.
This month I was thrilled to be published in ANZJAT – the peer reviewed Art Therapy journal of the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association, and deeply honoured when I saw that my article had been chosen … Read More
Community Exhibition – “COVID-19 Lock Down Art”, you are invited to participate!
Artists and Art Therapists are rising to the challenge of COVID-19 Lock Down by making art! I have created a gallery on my website as a free and dedicated space where you can exhibit your artwork, and we can together … Read More
Art Therapy First Aid update: the national tour, and the move to online.
Looking back on the happy pictures taken only a few weeks ago during the first week of March, I already experience a strange new wistfulness and an awareness of how incredible the timing of these gatherings was. How very special … Read More
“Getting Creative with Trauma – Part 1”
“Getting Creative with Trauma: Part 1”is coming up soon on Sunday 26th April. This professional development workshop was fully booked last year – please register now to ensure your place! Gain confidence in using creative responses within a trauma informed … Read More
Heide Gallery curators request an Art Therapy perspective for Joy Hester’s biography
On Tuesday 11th February I admit to being delighted as I met with Heide Gallery’s two wonderful curators, Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan. I had made contact with them expressing my support and interest in their programming for 2020, especially … Read More
Supervision Studio begins in Brunswick
The first Supervision Studio launched on Sunday 16th February at Brunswick Mechanics Institute. Supervision Studio draws on inspiration from a range of sources. For those of you who completed a Master of Creative Arts Therapy at RMIT, you might remember … Read More
ART THERAPY FIRST AID – MOMENTUM
The Art Therapy First Aid workshops have been warmly embraced by the Art Therapy community. After the first workshop in January, I was invited to run a second workshop in Geelong. Forty art therapists have already attended the workshops, and … Read More