Responses to week 6 readings. by Melissa Diaz

Re: Janis Timm-Bottos's article

2024-11-04 14:11:57 UTC

This is a new community art and therapy space in my neighborhood-- it reminded me of the Art Hives. Scribble has Narrative Therapist, music, group therapy, art workshops and musical performances in a sober space. I'm hoping to do some observations / hours there when it's time!

Re: Patricia B. Alle “Clinification” for Art Therapist

2024-11-04 14:20:04 UTC

This is the Art Therapist Locator on AATA's website for the Los Angeles area... 20 plus Art therapist for this massive zone ! We have an Art Therapy Masters program (LMU), so I feel there should be way more Art Therapist here. I wonder if the Clinification of Art Therapist has taken its toll!

2024-11-05 03:52:34 UTC

In response to Timm-Bottos. Vital Spaces is an arts organization in Santa Fe that does many amazing things (like transform unused office spaces into artist studios) with a focus on empowering marginalized groups and supporting they art they create. One of the ways they do this is through Community Art Closets, providing free art supplies to anyone who needs them!

Re: Jessica Massino Drass - Creating a Culture of Connection: A Postmodern Punk Rock Approach to Art Therapy

2024-11-05 04:04:23 UTC

924 Gilman in Berkeley is an iconic all-ages punk venue has been a vital part of the East Bay punk scene since the 1980s. It holds a special place in my heart as a Bay Area native who spent my youth at many of their all ages shows. Gilman exemplifies the DIY spirit by offering free admission to volunteers who help run the space, creating a strong sense of collective ownership and community involvement. Green Day got their start there along with Operation Ivy.. AFI.. and multidisciplinary artist Miranda July.

Re: "Embodied practice..." Brianna Beck

2024-11-05 04:15:08 UTC

Creative Growth is a free, open studio for artists with disabilities and helps the artists find gallery representation. They organize exhibitions of artists' work in their own gallery as well as in outside galleries, museums, and private collections worldwide. Their "Beyond Trend" fashion show is really fun and positions artists with disabilities as cultural leaders within wearable art and fashion.

Re: "Clinification" Patricia B. Allen

2024-11-05 04:27:29 UTC

Re: Brianna Beck (2020) Embodied Practice: Reflections of a Physically Disabled Art Therapist in Social and Medical Disability Spaces,

2024-11-05 06:13:02 UTC

Living Studios had some of the most vibrant and original artwork last spring in Corvallis, Oregon. Artist Website /blog and Instagram also great check out https://www.instagram.com/livingstudiosarts/ Living Studios of the Willamette Valley, a program under Cornerstone Associates, is a radically unique organization. We hold the fundamental belief that the defining mark of a human being, that phenomenon which provides both purpose and pleasure, is our inherent human need to contribute to our community in a meaningful way

Re: Reflection of a physically disabled art therapist

2024-11-05 18:48:00 UTC

As a disabled future art therapist, this article spoke to me on a personal level. I think about what my roll is going forward in a field that might lean towards the medical model, and what working with clients might look like. The author of the article had a disability that couldn’t be hidden, so the decision to disclose it might not have meant as much to her. However, as someone with invisible chronic illnesses, the decision to disclose my disabilities as a provider is such a big question for me. One on hand, it could help my patients feel seen and understood and give them hope, or they might even choose to work with me because of my identity. On the other hand, my patients might think I have “the answers” to chronic illnesses (who does?), or it could even bring backlash and single me out. Ether way, having a disability is as important as any other identity and will likely impact my therapeutic perspective and also my ability to physically provide care due to my disabilities limiting me in some situations and are dynamic in nature. Another question is how do we provide continuity of care with a dynamic disability?

Re: clinification

2024-11-05 18:57:20 UTC

Reading this, I could already feel the foreshadowing of letting myself stop being an artist because of the overwhelm and burnout being an art therapist can bring. This drawing serves as a reminder to not let it get so bad that I forget who I am and become listless. At the end of the day, being an artist is a core part of Who I Am, and not creating for so long would be self-abandoning and increase negative feelings.

Week 6 Response

2024-11-05 19:43:20 UTC

I think I’m going to respond to all of the readings with a little rant: I really enjoyed this weeks articles and the encouragement it gave me to use art therapy in a way I feel would be helpful to my community. The clinification of art therapy is limiting and at times in my education to become licensed, I feel I could’ve done the type of therapy I’d like without a degree. Which is interesting because I did focus on getting the degree and license because I don’t want to have to fight for my spot at the table. The last reading reminded me of my own privilege in the art community alone, and reminded me to keep in mind the type of people I will be helping with therapy and how to make sure they feel represented and understood.

This picture is hanging in the hallway of the elementary building at the Montessori school I work at. It’s a picture of the cloudy with a chance of meatballs town. I’m not sure when it was made, but it reminded me of making art when I was young, and how that impacted me and helped me to cope. I pictured the kids making this as a group together and felt a great amount of joy in the community art can bring. When I felt that, I knew that would be my response image for this week!

Re: Janis Timm-Bottos (2016) Beyond Counseling and Psychotherapy, There Is a Field. I'll Meet You There, Art Therapy, 33:3, 160-162.

2024-11-05 22:02:33 UTC

This is my response art piece to the article and specifically this piece of it - Understandably, art therapists
may not be rushing out to buy rubber hip waders to muck
about in the swamp together, but I invite art therapists to
leave open a space for what could be possible if practitioners
send up shoots, even if it is a bit muddy and they are not
sure where they are or where they are going. When art
therapists “cultivate an attention to the conditions under and do not sell out or pin down the rich and diverse field
called art therapy, they can meet in a field that does not second-guess art therapy’s relevance in the world today.

Re: Janis Timm-Bottos

2024-11-05 22:41:48 UTC

Was excited to find this Art Hive space close to my home and to see they work the youth! I will be contacting them for volunteer and/or internship opportunities, and I wouldn't have known to look for them had I not read the article about this topic.

Re: Janis Timm-Bottos's and Patricia Allen article

2024-11-05 22:42:22 UTC

Patricia Allen's and Timm-Bottos's articles mentioning art hives and how communities can come together to bring art to the people as an act of healing. I thought of this new IHS (Indian Healthcare Services) that my tribe, Mvskoke Nation, opened up on my reservation in Tulsa, OK. It's called Council Oak Comprehensive Healthcare, which has also seconded as an art hive for Mvskoke or other Indigenous artist within 39 tribes that are in Oklahoma. The whole clinic which is fairly big is full of Indigenous art work throughout the halls of all types from paintings, prints, murals, sculptural and traditional craft works all to bring the Tulsa community and Indigenous community art to promote healing. Also celebrating Indigenous voices, cultural, and healing from an Indigenous lens that isn't usually seen in a gallery or non-anthropological display that can be seen at most museums.

Re: Allen's "Clinification" article

2024-11-05 22:49:55 UTC

The part in the article that resonated for me was the importance of continuing to make personal art to avoid clinification. This image really visualized this concept for me with the contrast of the cerebral brain and the bright colors of art.

Re: Embodied practice

2024-11-05 22:52:28 UTC

Like many, I have a chronic illness I have lived with since my teens that qualifies me as disabled. It is not as visibly obvious as a wheelchair. However, I wear medical devices, and anyone paying attention will eventually figure it out. I plan to communicate this to clients as my community seeks therapists to serve them.

melissadiazart — 2024-11-08 07:57:33 UTC