Description
Book SynopsisDo you need ideas for low budget, therapeutic art activities? This book provides all you need to create fun and engaging activities for your clients at little to no cost.
Presented with simple 'how to' instructions, each art project is accompanied with guidance on suggested client populations and variations of materials and design to accommodate the limitations, budgetary and otherwise, that therapists frequently face. It also includes strategies and guidance for acquiring materials: extending a modest budget, soliciting donations, and sourcing recycled and natural tools. An easy reference guide for new and seasoned art therapists, this book helps to expand therapists' repertoire of projects and provides them with the means to execute them.
Trade ReviewGenerosity and ingenuity are the hallmarks of this much needed resource for not only art therapists, but for artists and art educators. Brandoff and Thompson share their overflowing bag of tips, tricks, and professional experience to facilitate creativity in the visual arts. -- Hallie Cohen, Professor of Art at Marymount Manhattan College, USA
This is a book for the inexperienced and the experienced, for the least to the most sophisticated practitioner. Educators, recreation therapists, creative arts therapists, social workers and artists - all will find valuable help herein. -- Ellie Irwin, Drama Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adult Psychoanalyst, Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center
I can't wait to put these ideas into practice! The thoughtful balance of inspiration, therapeutic insight and how-to instructions make this book one I'll return to again and again. The projects are meaningful, culturally responsive and include practical tips to ensure accessibility and success. -- Erin Loughran, Arts Educator and Administrator
This lively book, brimming with the authors' contagious optimism, is a gift to all therapists offering art activities in the service of helping others. A rare feature is the extensive inclusion of recycled materials, an ecologically sensitive development in a world that - like our clients- urgently needs creative solutions. -- Judith A. Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, President, Expressive Media, Inc., Art Therapist, Psychologist, Psychoanalyst
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Section 1: Projects; Warm Ups; Appreciation vs. Appropriation: Note of Intention; Materials: Essentials and Alternatives; 1. Masks; 2. Flags; 3. Boxes; 4. Talisman, Charms, Amulet; 5. Books & Journals; Section 2: Materials; 6. Materials Bought, Found, Recycle and Solicited; What to buy, when to buy; Section 3: Therapeutic Goals; 7. Safe Spaces; 8. Identity Exploration; 9. Trauma Processing; 10. Esteem Building; Appendix 1: Where to Get Materials (by country, by city); Appendix 2: Customization Considerations;
Appendix 3: Resources by Project; References
