American Art Therapy Association Conference 2009

Every now and then, I experience a bit of longing for my days as an art therapist. I’ve long believed in the healing power of art and my chosen career path as a bookbinder has definitely been influenced by my graduate training.
I remember when I proposed the thesis topic of using bookbinding in the expressive [...]

Art Therapy Association of Vermont: Round Robin Healing Doll Project

One of the goals of the Art Therapy Association of Vermont (ATAV) is that we encourage each other to do our own artwork. Unfortunately, it’s too easy to let the messes of life get in the way of exploring your own creativity.
At our last ATAV annual meeting, we decided to do a round-robin project, using [...]

Art Therapy Association of Vermont workshop: Panel Books

This past week has been crazy busy. I somehow ended up volunteering to teach 2 bookbinding workshops within 5 days of each other. My first workshop was held this past Saturday for the Art Therapy Association of Vermont (ATAV). As I’ve mentioned before, I have a Master’s Degree in Art Therapy. I believe strongly in [...]

Julie Chen workshop: Day 5

When I arrived home last night at 10 o’clock, I immediately walked into my studio and thought, “I wanna make something!” Once the moment passed, I went about the business of unpacking the car. Meh. It was hard to ease back into “regular” life today. Instead of playing in Julie’s class with paper and other [...]

Still on the Printmaking Bus

As I discussed over the weekend, I rather impulsively (and smartly) decided to purchase a Gocco printer. At the time I didn’t quite realize that this was just the start of a longer journey back to printmaking.
When I was an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, I was a Fine Arts major – one of [...]