Portland Art Museum Portland, Oregon July 30 and 31, 2010 Workshop is full, however Multnomah participants are welcome to transfer in. Contact
us at info@paintedchild.com __________________________________________ The Multnomah Arts Center workshop has been cancelled due to scheduling
issues. If you have registered for this workshop please contact us immediately at info@paintedchild.com or art4health@gmail.comThank you!
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The Healing Children through Creativity Workshop
is pleased to return to Portland, Oregon for the third year! The Portland
Art Museum Workshop will be held at the Marion Miller Gallery. ________________________________
Portland Workshop Agenda
Limited to 20
participants.
Day One: Child Art Therapy Principles, Assessment
and Interpretation
Registration check-in: 7:45 - 8:00 AM
Workshop Time: 8:00-12:00 & 1:00 to 5:00
Morning & afternoon refreshments (10AM and 3PM) are provided for you.
Lunch
is available through nearby restaurants or in museum cafes.
Art materials including paper, drawing and painting supplies
and stoneware clay are included in the workshop fee.
The first day begins by covering a brief history of Art Therapy and an overview of key contributors to the field.
The major clinical modalities used
in Art Therapy are highlighted (psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, developmental model, et al). - Developmental stages of
child mark-making and art creation is visually presented through power point.
- The developmental model of Art Therapy assessment will set the foundation for various therapeutic
evaluation techniques.
- Non-directive (E. Ulman)
Art Therapy evaluation explained. Participants will experience this process first-hand.
- Origins of art therapy in power point and lecture.
- Who is and is not an art therapist. The education and registration
process for art therapists.
- Directive drawing,
painting and sculpture evaluations will be experienced by the participants.
- A psychodynamic analysis of art media is introduced.
- Issues in decrypting
and interpreting children’s visually imagery: process and product.
Day Two: Child Art Therapy Exercises
Workshop Time: 8:00-12:00 & 1:00
to 5:00
Day Two is heavily experiential and designed to build upon the principles
of art therapy covered in Day One. Specific art therapeutic exercises will be experienced by the participants for the treatment of: childhood depression/suicidal ideation children of alcoholics and addicts sexually
abused children children of divorce/adoption/custody battles children of dysfunctional
families medically stressed children ADHD
children Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder in children children with learning & developmental disabilities child victims of ritual
abuse
- Case studies of child clients and power point presentations of client artworks are reviewed.
Course of treatment reviewed.
- Forensic
interviewing techniques: how to question and speak to children about traumatic events reflected in their artworks.
- Effective metaphors and healing stories
- The use of
transitional objects. Participants will create a transitional object in stoneware clay.
- The psychological impact of creating therapeutic art in clay, charcoal, pastels and
paint will be experienced by the participants.
- Feelings
Maps will be created and analyzed.
- Using
Art Therapy in a school setting
- Structuring
Art Therapy sessions for individuals and groups.
- Question and Answer period.
- Evaluation
of the Child Art Therapy Training Workshop, forms passed out/turned back in.
- Wrap-Up, Thanks and Goodbyes.
CEUs and
Graduate Credit CEUs
and one Graduate Academic Credit are available for this workshop from Portland State University. Please see the CEU/ Academic Credit page
of this website for more information.
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| Portland Art Museum |
About the Portland Art MuseumThe Portland Art Museum is the seventh oldest museum in the United States and the oldest on the West Coast. The Museum
is internationally recognized for its permanent collection and ambitious special exhibitions, drawn from the Museum’s
holdings and the world’s finest public and private collections. The Museum’s collection
of more than 42,000 objects, displayed in 112,000 square feet of galleries, reflects the history of art from ancient times
to today. The collection is distinguished for its holdings of art of the native peoples of North America, English silver,
and the graphic arts. An active collecting institution dedicated to preserving great art for the enrichment of future generations,
the Museum devotes 90 percent of its gallery space to its permanent collection. The Museum’s
campus of landmark buildings, a cornerstone of Portland’s cultural district, includes the Jubitz Center for Modern and
Contemporary Art, the Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, and the Northwest Film Center. With a membership of over 23,000 households
and serving more than 350,000 visitors annually, the Museum is a premier venue for education in the visual arts.
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Travel InformationThe Museum
is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public
transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district,
where the Museum is located. The Willamette River divides the City of
Portland into east and west districts. The Portland Art Museum, located at 1219 SW Park Avenue, is roughly 12 blocks
south of West Burnside Street and nine blocks west of the Willamette River. (Park Avenue is the same as
9th Avenue). The Museum is bounded by SW Park Avenue to the east, 10th Avenue to the west, Jefferson Street to the
south, and Main Street to the north. To plan a trip to Portland, be sure
to visit travelportland.com for information on travel specials and hotel offers.
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