Inclusive Creativity
Lessons for Art Therapists on Creating Accessible Art Spaces in a School Based Art Therapy Setting
Saturday, March 26, 2022
9:00am – 12:00pm EST
3 CECs (ATCB, NBCC)
Virtual
Description
Everyone deserves to have access to art and to have their voice heard. How do we, as abled service providers, do that? Join us to learn about client engagement in the art making process. By attending to the needs of disabled and neurodiverse populations, we are able to provide authentic, validating therapy and art experiences for our clients. In this training we will present accessible art directives, guides, and resources designed to serve a wide range of clients. Through the critical examination of how we define art therapy and art making, this training will invite participants to explore how they can create more inclusive spaces for clients. This training is a time to deepen your understanding of what an accessible art studio may look like, explore tools to develop your confidence and directives, and gain resources and skills that create space for your clients to develop and enhance their artistic process and freedom of expression. You will leave with concrete tools and resources, as well as practical guides to help shape your practice into an inclusive space for clients.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Identify two ways in which affirming and inclusive art therapy differs from a traditional art therapy session
- Understand how to authentically organize directives into accessible, and systematic stratgegies
- Describe how ableism can affect how we work with clients
- Explain how having a critical lens of art making and art therapy can support a more authentic experience for disabled and neurodiverse populations
- Be able to name/create two specific supportive approaches for clients
Speakers
Natascha Jordan White, ATR-BC, LPC
Natascha is a board certified art therapist, art teacher, and licensed professional counselor. She has worked in the public school system for over ten years and is passionate about advocating for the art studio to be an inclusive and accessible place. She wants the studio experience to be a place where people can be their authentic selves and live their life fully and honestly. Natascha aims to advocate for her clients and students and help create places that are supportive, kind, welcoming and safe. She wants to support clinicians and teachers to become affirming, understanding, confident professions who use strengths-based and inclusive strategies in their work. Natascha is a GW Art Therapy alum.
Christina Hagemeier, LPC, ATR-BC
Christina s a board certified art therapist, licensed system for five years. Her goal is to create a space of safety where clients and students can feel empowered to tell their stories and be their authentic selves. She is passionate about creating inclusive art spaces that invite everyone to partake in the creative healing process. Her goal is to support teachers, therapists, and art providers in creating more welcoming art environments where everyone can feel heard, seen, and that they belong. Her hope is that through this work we can make art practices more inclusive, accessible, welcoming, and life affirming. Christina is a GW Art Therapy alum.
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$60 professionals
$45 for GW alumni, faculty, supervisors and students (code: GWU15)
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Contact
Please contact 202-994-4148 if you have questions, concerns, or need special accommodations. Registration closes on 3/25/2022. Cancellations must be received 48 hours prior to the event date to be eligible for a refund.