Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2211903
Julia Volonts
Patricia Townsend explores the complexities of what it means to be an artist in her book Creative States of Mind: Psychoanalysis and the Artist’s Process by questioning the internal and external states of an artist and their approach to art-making as it relates to psychoanalytic theory. Drawing from the work of psychoanalysts such as, Donald Winnicott, Melanie Klein, and Christopher Bollas, Townsend provides insight into the stages of the creative process as it evolves from the artists unconscious into a finished artwork. Townsend’s background is in both art and psychoanalysis. Her art practice centers on moving image, photography, and installations. She obtained a PhD from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, where she completed much of her research on this topic. In the introduction, Townsend states that she is “interested not only in what artists do as they make a new work but also how they feel” (p. 2). Throughout the book, she argues that there are multiple stages to an artist’s creative process. She breaks down these stages chapter to chapter starting with the “pre-sense” or first unconscious connection an artist may have with a potential idea for an artwork, to its final release into the world for exhibition. Her investigation leads us into the internal and external influences of how an artist develops an idea. Beyond the “pre-sense” and development of an idea, later stages include the artists relationship to their medium, state of mind during creation, experiences of playfulness and also aggression, and how the space of their studio or canvas can act as a container for creative productivity. Her research methods into the artist’s process consist of a heuristic study on Townsend’s own experience as an artist, interviews with 33 artists she has direct access to, and an extensive literature review of psychoanalytic theory as it relates to the research subjects. For example, Townsend draws a connection between early childhood attachment, or the mother-infant relationship, and how an artist forms a relationship to their artwork. She discusses Winnicott’s concept of a transitional object and transitional phenomena as the transition an artist might have during the “pre-sense” stage, where their unconscious connection or spark of artistic inspiration becomes a potential idea that requires further investigation. In each chapter, Townsend provides detailed examples of artists experience along with theoretical text that bring into question the artist’s process, making it easily digestible for the reader. She encompasses the artist experience in what it means to be human as the artist yearns to connect with themselves and the outside world through visual expression. As an art therapist, I find there is a dual identity between the artist and therapist self within our field. Townsend infuses the two, allowing us as clinicians the space to question our own relationship to art-making and the therapeutic value it holds. It would be int
帕特里夏·汤森(Patricia Townsend)在她的《创造性心态:心理分析和艺术家的过程》(Creative States of Mind:Psychoanalysis and the artist’s Process)一书中,通过质疑艺术家的内部和外部状态,以及他们与精神分析理论相关的艺术创作方法,探讨了作为一名艺术家意味着什么的复杂性。汤森借鉴了唐纳德·温尼科特、梅兰妮·克莱因和克里斯托弗·博拉斯等精神分析学家的作品,深入了解了创作过程的各个阶段,从艺术家的无意识演变为最终的艺术品。汤森的背景是艺术和精神分析。她的艺术实践以运动图像、摄影和装置为中心。她获得了伦敦大学学院斯莱德美术学院的博士学位,在那里她完成了关于这个主题的大部分研究。汤森在引言中表示,她“不仅对艺术家在创作新作品时做什么感兴趣,还对他们的感受感兴趣”(第2页)。在整本书中,她认为艺术家的创作过程有多个阶段。她将这些阶段一章接一章地分解,从艺术家可能与艺术品的潜在想法之间的“预先感觉”或第一次无意识的联系开始,直到作品最终发布到世界上进行展览。她的调查使我们了解了艺术家如何发展一种想法的内部和外部影响。除了“前感觉”和想法的发展之外,后期阶段还包括艺术家与媒介的关系、创作过程中的心态、嬉戏和攻击的体验,以及他们工作室或画布的空间如何成为创造性生产力的容器。她对艺术家过程的研究方法包括对汤森自己作为艺术家的经历进行启发式研究,采访她可以直接接触到的33位艺术家,以及对与研究主题相关的精神分析理论进行广泛的文献综述。例如,汤森将幼儿依恋或母婴关系与艺术家如何与他们的艺术作品形成关系联系起来。她讨论了温尼科特关于过渡对象和过渡现象的概念,这些过渡对象和现象是艺术家在“前感觉”阶段可能发生的过渡,在这个阶段,它们之间的无意识联系或艺术灵感的火花成为了一个需要进一步研究的潜在想法。在每一章中,汤森都提供了艺术家经历的详细例子,以及对艺术家过程提出质疑的理论文本,使读者易于理解。当艺术家渴望通过视觉表达与自己和外部世界建立联系时,她将艺术家的体验包含在人的意义中。作为一名艺术治疗师,我发现在我们的领域里,艺术家和治疗师之间存在着双重身份。汤森将两者融合在一起,让我们作为临床医生有空间质疑我们自己与艺术创作的关系及其所具有的治疗价值。如果能更多地了解汤森作为一名精神分析师的职业身份,那将是一件有趣的事情,因为这与她的艺术实践有关。我很想知道这是否比这本书中的艺术家同行更能影响她的创作过程。尽管她直接讲述了自己的艺术过程,但我发现她突出了从艺术家的角度进行创作的行为,而没有充分考虑她的精神分析背景。总的来说,我会向任何有创造力的、专业的艺术家或治疗师推荐这本书,他们有兴趣了解作为一名艺术家的精神分析理论以及艺术品是如何实现的。
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2172948
Leara Glinzak, Lisa Dunkelberger
Abstract The Traveling Loom is an example of community-based art therapy in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was designed to foster connections in a city that experienced social, cultural, political, religious, and socioeconomic challenges. The community-based format of The Traveling Loom provided space for interaction amongst community members, thereby helping individuals relate to others with whom they may otherwise not interact. Case examples demonstrate how participants directly expressed themselves, challenged perceptions, forged connections, and developed cross-neighborhood opportunities.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-21DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2171241
Deanna Barton, Zachary D. Van Den Berg
Abstract The authors recount a collaborative art-making journey centered on self-reflexivity to sustain a partnership across racial, social, and cultural differences. The image of a chair, re-imagined as a Humble Chair, was a symbol to anchor critical inquiry. The authors’ explorations provide a pragmatic and artful approach to fostering cultural humility.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-08DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2163842
D. Handayani, Peiling Pearlyn Lee, Xiangting Bernice Lin, Ju Ling Denise Seah, K. Doshi
Abstract Art therapy is an emerging allied health profession in Singapore, although attitudes toward the role of the service remain unclear. This study surveyed 80 healthcare professionals from two tertiary care hospitals, exploring three areas: (a) perceptions of art therapy, (b) the referral process, and (c) suggestions to increase art therapy utilization. Findings suggest that healthcare professionals perceive art therapy as a form of psychotherapy, but need for clearer referral processes. Additional research in art therapy is necessary to support its implementation in acute healthcare in Singapore.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-06DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2169564
Joyce Y. Green, E. Metzl, Ana Laura Treviño
Abstract The study evaluated the impact of an international online summer program for art therapy students from Mexico, the United States, and Israel on their cultural and global perspectives. Quantitative (pre- and post-program measures of the Global Perspective Inventory) as well as qualitative tools (focus groups, art and written responses) were used. There were significant mean increases in four of the six global perspective inventory scales. Students’ narratives and art responses illuminated four overarching themes: (1) gratitude for global connection, (2) growing awareness of one’s experience and context, (3) growing understanding of similarities and differences, and (4) art as facilitator of intercultural communication. Findings suggest that the program supported the development of culturally informed art therapy.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-23DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2162805
Gideon W. Greene
A Graphic Guide to Art Therapy by Amy E. Huxtable in collaboration with Gaelynn P. Wolf Bordonaro and Libby Schmanke delivers exactly what its title promises: a visual and easily digestible primer on the fundamentals of art therapy. Huxtable discusses starting this project in graduate school as her capstone project at Emporia State University. She further states that this book was born out of a desire to use her background in graphic design and to deliver information she wished she had greater access to as a younger person. The fact that this book was approached with love and care is clear in the illustrative style. The use of comics as a tool for education is well executed here, as the book is easy to read from a visual perspective. The book is organized into sections, which include history, frameworks, and models; theories and approaches; and techniques and directives, as well as information and resources on finding art therapists in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Several case study vignettes are also sprinkled throughout the book. Some of the strongest pages both visually and informationally address common misconceptions about art therapy (what art therapy is and is not), as well as the differences and commonalities between art therapy, therapeutic art, and art classes. Huxtable uses the power and minimalism of a Venn diagram to deftly explain what art therapy is and how it is different from other arts-based practices. Other standout aspects of the book include the section on theories and approaches, which impressively covers psychodynamic theories all the way through integrative approaches in less than 100 pages. This book’s value lies in Huxtable’s choice to use comics as her medium. The use of comics in art therapy is not new, and neither is the use of comics as an educational tool. She makes note of that influence in her preface, presenting the intersection of where art therapy meets art education. She states that her original intended audience was art therapy students, but that she also came to realize that finding information about art therapy can be difficult. In acknowledging this, she points to how elusive our field can sometimes be and highlights the need for more accessible literature. The drawing and writing style feels deliberately simplified but not simplistic, which further enhances its approachability without being patronizing to its readers. In this way, the book feels linked to the graphic medicine movement in its desire for broader access to diverse methods of healing. The definition of graphic medicine introduced in The Graphic Medicine Manifesto is “the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare” (Czerwiec et al., 2015, p. 1). Graphic medicine as a movement and concept lends itself well to art therapy because it is also a “movement for change that challenges the dominant methods of scholarship in healthcare, offering a more inclusive perspective of medicine, illness, disabilit
Amy E. Huxtable与Gaelynn P. Wolf Bordonaro和Libby Schmanke合作的《艺术治疗图形指南》正是其标题所承诺的:关于艺术治疗基础的视觉和易于理解的入门。Huxtable讨论了在研究生院开始这个项目作为她在Emporia州立大学的顶点项目。她进一步表示,这本书的诞生是出于一种愿望,即利用她在平面设计方面的背景,并传达她希望自己年轻时能更多地接触到的信息。事实上,这本书是接近与爱和关怀是清楚的说明性的风格。漫画作为教育工具的使用在这里得到了很好的执行,因为这本书从视觉角度来看很容易阅读。本书分为几个部分,包括历史、框架和模型;理论与方法;技术和指令,以及在美国和英国寻找艺术治疗师的信息和资源。几个案例研究的小插曲也散落在书中。一些最强大的页面在视觉上和信息上都解决了关于艺术治疗的常见误解(艺术治疗是什么,不是什么),以及艺术治疗,治疗艺术和艺术课之间的差异和共同点。Huxtable利用维恩图的力量和极简主义巧妙地解释了什么是艺术疗法,以及它与其他基于艺术的实践有何不同。这本书的其他突出方面包括理论和方法部分,令人印象深刻的是,在不到100页的篇幅里,从心理动力学理论一直到综合方法。这本书的价值在于Huxtable选择使用漫画作为她的媒介。在艺术治疗中使用漫画并不新鲜,将漫画用作教育工具也不是什么新鲜事。她在序言中提到了这种影响,展示了艺术治疗与艺术教育的交集。她说,她最初的目标受众是艺术治疗的学生,但她也意识到,寻找有关艺术治疗的信息可能是困难的。在承认这一点时,她指出,我们的领域有时是多么难以捉摸,并强调需要更多的通俗文学。画风和文字风格刻意简化,但不过分简单化,这进一步增强了它的平易近人,而不是居高临下的读者。通过这种方式,这本书感觉与图形医学运动联系在一起,因为它渴望更广泛地获得各种治疗方法。《图形医学宣言》中介绍的图形医学的定义是“漫画媒介与医疗保健话语之间的交集”(Czerwiec等人,2015年,第1页)。图形医学作为一种运动和概念,非常适合艺术治疗,因为它也是一种“变革运动,挑战医疗保健领域的主流学术方法,提供更具包容性的医学、疾病、残疾、护理、医疗保健和医疗保健的视角”。图形医学诞生于叙事医学,这是医学人文领域的一部分,从业者试图通过挑战学术的主导方法来更好地教育卫生专业人员。这种观点在Huxtable的作品中得到了回应,她专门使用漫画作为一种工具,为艺术治疗提供了一种途径,这一领域在更广泛的心理学领域或公众中都没有得到很好的理解。作者在内容选择上的一个疏忽是,这本书主要从美国和英国的角度讲述历史和实践,这让人感觉错过了机会。虽然作者使用了不同身份的人物,并特别提到了有色人种的贡献,但所呈现的历史主要集中在对该领域做出贡献的西方白人。当然,这部作品并不是对艺术疗法及其全球历史的深入探索。Huxtable特别指出,这项工作是不具威胁性的,从这个意义上说,她是相当成功的。另一个可能不是作者最初目的的元素,但对于一本打算成为教科书的作品来说,《艺术治疗图形指南》可能会成为国家咨询师考试(NCE)和注册艺术治疗师委员会认证(ATR-BC)考试的优秀学习助手。视觉元素加上从不同来源收集的咨询和艺术治疗概念的紧凑解释,令人难以置信的方便。这本书很好地与文学和学术涵盖了专业发展艺术治疗课程。总之,这本书运用了幽默,以及实用的语言和形象,取得了很大的效果。 这本书在视觉和文字上都清晰而简洁地总结了历史,以及构成西方艺术治疗方法及其与咨询交叉的技术和实践。这与Huxtable的愿望有明显的重叠,即创造一个平易近人的作品,与图形医学的价值观围绕着易用性
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Pub Date : 2023-01-13DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2159740
R. Crawford, Fred Kyakuwa, Katharine Walker
Abstract A 10 week supportive arts program was conducted in Jinja, Uganda via the collaboration between a local nongovernmental organization, a Ugandan artist, and two art therapists from the United States. The artist facilitated weekly artmaking sessions for former unhoused youth being served by the organization, as well as engaged in weekly virtual meetings with the art therapists. Anecdotal observations of the program indicated therapeutic benefits, such as participant’s general willingness and flexibility, increased adaptability to art making, and investment in program sessions. Further implications include the impact of colonialism and the resulting power imbalance that influences the relationship between artists and art therapists.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-04DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2156238
Zahra Borzabadi Farahani, A. Rahgoi, M. Fallahi-khoshknab, S. Hosseinzadeh
Abstract This study investigated the effect of mandala coloring on the attention level of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Iran. This research was a quasi-experimental pre–post study (N = 38) with a control group. The results showed that mandala coloring statistically increased the attention level of children with ADHD both when compared to the control group and within the intervention group. Mandala coloring, as a complementary therapy, might be effective in improving attention in children with ADHD.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-03DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2155140
Rachael Mecholsky, Lisa Raye Garlock
Abstract This case study integrated feminist theory and social action approaches through the use of a storycloth (fiber arts-based intervention). The feminist approach of being transparent and egalitarian focused on addressing social, cultural, and political issues that are not always covered in the therapeutic setting but may be an underlying cause of distress and mental health issues. The case follows 35 art therapy sessions between a white art therapist in training and a LGBTQIA African American woman, who had a history of trauma. As an outcome, the client experienced a therapeutic space to tell her story and enabled her to self-advocate within art therapy sessions which translated to new understanding within her day-to-day life.
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