Art Therapy: Awakening Awareness
The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) held its 41st annual conference in early November, with five days of lectures, panel discussions and events under the title Art Therapy: Awakening Awareness. MPS Art Therapy Department faculty members Elizabeth DelliCarpini and Valerie Sereno traveled to Sacramento for the conference, where they set up an SVA table in [...]
Art Therapy Conference: International Art Therapy
The MPS Art Therapy Department, in conjunction with the Visual Arts Foundation, is presenting its 26th Annual Art Therapy Conference. On Friday, October 22, 9am – 4pm, at the SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, the conference will feature a series of talks on the theme of International Art Therapy. Lynn Kapitan, PhD, ATR-BC, will [...]
Rebecca DiSunno on The Healing Power of Art
On October 7, MPS Art Therapy Department faculty member Rebecca DiSunno presented a special lecture at The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC, that examined the role of art therapy in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. DiSunno’s talk was part of an exhibition at the museum, “The Healing [...]
