"Ecological/Earth-Based Arts Therapies: International and
Multi-Cultural Perspectives" conference
PROGRAM
PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS 8, 9 AUGUST
WORKSHOPS 9 AUGUST
PROGRAM
The times listed in the program are for Moscow time zone
PAPERS AND
WORKSHOPS
8 AUGUST



PAPERS AND
WORKSHOPS
9 AUGUST
10:00 - 10:10 - Opening of the conference / Greetings
10:10 - 12:40 - Keynotes/headliners
13:20 - 18:10 - Workshops

10:00 - 11:00 - Lectures from the founders of Russian ecopsychology
11:00 - 12:00 - Papers


WORKSHOPS
9 AUGUST

12:00 - 14:30 - Beverley A'Court (UK)
15:00 - 16:45 - Madeline Rugh (USA)
17:00 - 18:30 - Jean Davis (USA)
8 august - THE CONFERENCE
WELCOME SPEECH TO THE CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS

Shaun McNiff, Lesley University (Cambridge, United States)
author of Imagination in Action: Secrets for Unleashing Creative Expression; Trust the Process: An Artist's Guide to Letting Go; Art Heals; Art as Medicine; Integrating the Arts in Therapy; Art-Based Research; Art as Research and other books. An exhibiting painter who has had a seminal influence on the areas of creativity enhancement, the arts and healing, and art-based research. Honorary Life Member Award of the American Art Therapy Association. He established the first integrated arts in therapy and education graduate training program at Lesley University from which the field of expressive arts therapy emerged and in 2002 Lesley appointed him as its first University Professor.
ECOLOGICAL/EARTH-BASED ART THERAPY AND THE PARADIGM CHANGE: WHAT ARTS THERAPISTS CAN DO IN THE FACE OF NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGES // With subtitles in English

Alexander Kopytin, Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, Associate Professor, Department of Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology and Sexology, North-Western Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov. Chair of Russian Art Therapy Association. He has written, co-written and edited many books in the field of art therapy, including Ecological and Environmental Approaches in Art Therapy (Moscow: Kogito-Center, 2019), Green Studio: nature and the arts in therapy (New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2016) Environmental expressive therapies: Nature- assisted theory and practice (New York, NY: Taylor & Francis, 2017). He is a Founding Executive Editor of the journal Ecopoiesis: Eco-human theory and practice.

This paper explores the key position of ecological/Earth-based art therapy in the current situation of ecological crisis, sociocultural trends and the eco-human paradigm. The author discusses the relationship of the emerging eco-human paradigm with the fundamental principles and values of pre-industrial cultures, deep ecology and eco-philosophy. The paper further highlights the role of the arts in the process of paradigm change, in the development of environmental awareness and values, and in moving towards the goals of sustainable development. So called "eco-human technologies" and their application in various segments of life and professional activity, including in the arts therapies, are also discussed. Finally, the author examines the potential for international cooperation between arts therapists and other specialists from the art world.




THE WAY OF POIESIS: ECOPOIESIS, WU-WEI AND NON-VIOLENCE // In English

Stephen K. Levine, PhD, Emeritus Professor at York University (Toronto), Founding Dean of the Doctoral Program in the Arts, Health, and Society Division of the European Graduate School (Switzerland), Founder of the International Expressive Arts Association (IEATA) and The Create Institute in Toronto. Editor-in-chief, ECOPOIESIS: ECO-HUMAN THEORY AND PRACTICE journal.

What principle should guide environmental action? This paper will explore the Taoist concept of wu-wei or non-action as a fundamental method for the remediation which is required by the depredations of the Anthropocene. Wu-wei does not imply passivity but rather a non-violent approach to otherness which respects the integrity of the other. Such an approach also characterizes poiesis, a way of making or creating that responds to what is given by developing its intrinsic possibilities. Wu-wei, poiesis and nonviolence are presented as an alternative to the "rape of nature" that chacterizes the Anthropocene.



ECOPOESIS AS PRAXIS (IN THESE TIMES): HOW WE HEAR NOW: SOUND, LANGUAGE, AND ENVIRONMENT // In English

Leslie Carol Roberts is author, essayist, and journalist. Her current post at California College of the Arts (San Francisco) is heading up the dynamic MFA Writing program. She is also a faculty member at the Architectural Ecologies Lab at California College of the Arts, where she is a founder of the ECOPOESIS Movement. Her essays and journalism on food, design, Antarctic tourism, travel, and the sciences have been widely published in the US and abroad. She is the author of Here Is Where I Walk: Episodes from a Life in the Forest and The Entire Earth and Sky: Views on Antarctica. She is an Advisor of ECOPOIESIS: ECOHUMAN THEORY AND PRACTICE journal.

Christopher Falliers, Associate Professor, is a faculty member at the Architectural Ecologies Lab at the California College of the Arts (San Francisco), a former chair in the program, where he is a founder of the ECOPOESIS Movement together with Leslie Carol Roberts and Adam Marcus. Chris is also a principal in ULA Design in Berkeley, whose clients include Google and Off the Grid.

How We Hear Now is a participatory, collective artwork presented byThe ECOPOESIS Project, a multi-year initiative led by the Architectural Ecologies Lab and MFA in Writing program at the California College of the Arts. The project was initiated in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in lieu of the spring 2020 ECOPOESIS symposium/workshop gathering. How We Hear Now invites participants to engage in audible changes in their environments—to record and transmit how, as humans moved into isolation, nonhuman ecologies have grown noticeably more audible during the COVID–19 pandemic's shelter-in-place orders. Each participant constructed a sound recording of their environment on April 22, 2020, the fiftieth anniversary Earth Day, and provided a description of ecological or cultural factors. The audio recordings and environmental descriptions are compiled into a layered stream of sound and text, a visual and aural landscape of ecological observations collected during this unique time. The individual contributions meld together with a visualization of seismic data collected on April 22, representing the concurrent geological sound occurring at a planetary scale.



THE ECO-HUMAN APPROACH IN EDUCATION AND THERAPY // With subtitles in English

Sergey Alekseyev, Professor, Head of the Department of Environmental Education, Safety and Human Health of St.-Petersburg Academy of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, Professor of the Department of Life Safety Training Methodology, Russian State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen; president of the public organization "Federation of Environmental Education of St. Petersburg", a member of the Problem Council on Environmental Education, Russian Academy of Education, a federal expert on accreditation of institutions of higher professional education in Rosobrnadzor of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The author of more than 300 publications in the field of environmental education, environmental awareness and education for sustainable development, including textbooks and teaching aids recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science / Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.

This paper presents the eco-human approach in the context of global sociocultural challenges. The author discusses the problem of integrating ecology, medicine (therapy), psychology, pedagogy and the arts, with the aim of forming the educational ecosystem of the future. The article further explores what is required to implement the principles of such an integrative approach and how these diverse spheres of knowledge may complement one another in the development of eco-human education. In particular, the connection between arts therapy and arts pedagogy and their potential for educational practice is considered. Additionally, the paper outlines promising areas for integration of the natural and human sciences in the formation of ecological culture of the 21st century.


The times listed in the program are for Moscow time zone
13:20 - 14:50 WORKSHOPS
LAND ART (CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE ENVIRONMENT): OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECOLOGICAL ART THERAPY
Olga Ornata - contemporary artist, art therapist, lecturer at the British Higher School of Art and Design (Moscow), author and host of courses to improve artistic competence for art therapists.

The potential of land art will be revealed as a way for artists to engage with the environment, and as a catalyst for "finding one's place in the world" - not only in the work of an art therapist with clients, but also in the art therapist's own artistic pursuit. The workshop will allow participants to get acquainted with contemporary environmental art and increase the artistic competence of arts therapists and members of other helping professions.
MANDALA OF SEASONS OF THE SOUL AND BODY
With sequential translation into English
Inna Ivzhenko, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of the Department of Theory and Technology of Social Work, The National Pedagogical University named after M.P. Drahomanov (Kiev, Ukraine)

"The Mandala of the Seasons of the Soul" is based on the idea that each of us is part of Nature and the natural processes that occur in it. Like the seasons of nature, the seasons of our psyche and body also follow one another in a particular order. Each "season" of a human being is characterized by certain prevailing dynamics and qualities revealed in the person, brings its own tasks and unfolds through its own natural processes, in response to which we go through life cycles of development and self-realization.

Required materials: A-3 drawing paper, glue, wet wipes, natural materials (dried flowers, although there may also be fresh flowers), cereals, threads, cotton wool, colored wool, cloth flaps, ribbons, lace, scissors, gouache, brushes, water jar, notebook, pen.
ONLINE ECO-ART THERAPEUTIC SESSION MODEL: PROJECTIVE INCENTIVES AND NATURAL RESOURCE
Lyudmila Lebedeva - doctor of pedagogical sciences, professor, vice-rector for scientific work and international cooperation of the Metropolitan Institute of Professional Education (Moscow)

The workshop presents a model of a structured, thematic session, adapted to the online format. The projective basis of the creative phase opens up access to various modalities of perception. Structured stimuli will allow participants to delicately address the issue of loneliness and the problem of isolation in its various aspects (existential, social, physical, sensory, emotional, etc.). Narrative techniques and art-based activities will be used.

Required materials: A-3 and A4 -paper, colored pencils, pastels, gouache or watercolor paints, natural and ornamental materials (if possible).
15:00 - 16:30 WORKSHOPS
THE USE OF LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN ART THERAPY: LANDSCAPES OF CHILDREN-PARENTAL RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF SEPARATION

Victoria Yaroslavova - member of the St. Petersburg Creative Union of Russian Artists, International Federation of Artists (IFA), registered art therapist (St.Petersburg)

This master class will present an art activity which can be used as an effective tool to assess and support more autonomous functioning in children in their relationships with parents. The participants will learn how to use a set of metaphorical cards "Places of Solitude" in this and other therapeutic situations.

Required materials: paper, color pencils, crayons, any paints and brushes

AESTHETICS OF HERBARIA. WHAT CAN PLANTS SAY ABOUT US?
Alexandra Dvornikova, artist, art therapist (St. Petersburg)

The plant world has always been an integral part of everyday life throughout the history. But can plants communicate with us, and what can we learn about the natural world and about ourselves from interacting with them aesthetically? The participants will become acquainted with various levels of the "plant language" and talk about the history of the herbarium, its aesthetic, cognitive, social and communicative functions, as well as its potential and prospective use in art therapy.

Required materials: A3 and A4 drawing paper, preferably aesthetically pleasing, glue, various plants with a priority those related to personal history (preferably dried), pen / pencils. Desirable, but not necessary: thin paper tape, thread, old newspapers, personal letters, postcards, sentimental papers, old personal herbaria, all sorts of personal natural finds.
NATURAL LANDSCAPE AS A PLACE TO MEET YOURSELF AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
With sequential translation into English
Liliya Sharafieva, psychologist, head of the laboratory of ecological art therapy at the Botanical Garden of Tver State University (Tver)

This workshop will feature nature-assisted art practices aimed at building harmonious relationships with nature inside and around us. The main focus will be on creating a meeting place using clay, water, sand, stones, dry and living plants, with the inclusion of the body in the process of art making and as a form of a ritualized practice.

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16:40 - 18:10 WORKSHOPS
POETRY OF STONES: NATURE-ASSISTED EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY
With sequential translation into English
Varvara Sidorova, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, expressive arts therapist, associate professor of the Department of Individual and Group Therapy, Moscow State Psychological and Pedagogical University, President of the Expressive Arts Therapy Association (Russia)

In this workshop, participants will be able to learn about one facet of the experience of arts therapy when working from the nature-assisted perspective and using natural objects, such as stones. Participants will be involved in the creative process and feel how the world around us can speak and come alive, how we can shape the world and how the world shapes us.

Required materials: 5-10 stones, as well as other natural materials of the participant's choice (leaves, flowers, fruits).

BREATH OF NATURE. OBSERVING AND CELEBRATING CYCLICAL CHANGES IN NATURE IN THE CONTEXT OF THERAPEUTIC VOICE WORK
Alexandra Kirillova, a singer, composer, psychologist, author and leader of "The liberation of voice" training program (Moscow)

Since ancient times, humans have not only observed changes in nature, but also celebrated these changes. However, for modern of large cities, this context and this rhythm is not so evident, and gives way to other rhythms generated by anthropogenic environments. Solar and lunar cycles, and cycles of seasons etc. are present in natural environments, and in each of us, and can become a metaphorical key to recognize and follow these natural dynamics for the sake of health and well-being.

At this master-class, participants will be acquainted with examples for including various metaphors of natural cycles in the therapeutic process, as well as learn how to use recorded sounds and expressive voice exercises.
EARTH MY BODY, WATER MY BLOOD: DECOLONIZING OUR SENSE OF SELF
In English
Gracelynn Chung-Yan Lau,
Expressive arts therapist, Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association
PhD Candidate, Queen's University Cultural Studies (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

"In relation to the earth, we have been autistic for centuries," said ecophilosopher Thomas Berry. In the face of climate disruption and ecological collapse, how do we as a species heal and restore the Earth as ourselves? Drawing from deep ecologist Joanna Macy's the Work That Reconnects model, in this interactive workshop we will explore our sense of self and sense of belonging in and with the more-than-human world, grounded in the expressive arts based de-centering inquiry method.
The times listed in the program are for Moscow time zone
9 AUGUST PAPERS
16:40 - 18:10 Lectures from the founders of Russian ecopsychology
ECOPSYCHOLOGICAL HYPOTHESIS ON THE NATURE OF PSYCHOTRAUMATIC STATES


Viktor Panov, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Corresponding Member of IAPSN, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Head of the Laboratory of Ecopsychology of Development and Psychodidactics, Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow). The founder and the head of "Environmental Psychology" section at the Russian Psychological Society, specialist in the field of general and environmental psychology, methodology of psychology, psychology of giftedness and developing education. The creator of the "ecopsychology of human development" approach within environmental psychology.

This paper presents the ecopsychology hypothesis of pathogenic factors that relate to a disorganized or dysfunctional human relationship to the world of nature. A distinctive feature of the ecopsychological approach to the development of the psyche is that the psyche is considered as a form of being that comes into existence as psychic phenomena during the interaction between the individual and the environment. According to this approach, a mental state, like any form of being, is a creative event (a kind of "poiesis"), which must pass in its formation the stages of generation, development and completion ("dying"), i.e. transformations into another mental state as another form of being of the psyche. If there is a change or disturbance in human relationship to the environment that prevents the natural completion of a given mental state, then the energy impulse does not disappear, but acts as a pathogenic factor leading to different mental and physical pathologies. In this situation, environmental, nature-assisted creative/expressive arts therapies can restore balance in the human relationship to the environment.




HOW TO DEVELOP ONE'S RELATIONSHIP TO NATURE // With subtitles in English

Vitold Yasvin, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor at the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education, Moscow City Pedagogical University, Member of the Scientific Council on Environmental Education under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Education

In this report, one of the leading Russian experts in the field of environmental psycho-pedagogy and ecopsychology and the creator of psychology of environmental consciousness, emphasises the important role of the artistic perception of nature. The speaker draws attention to the value of a poeticized appeal to the natural world as a source of beauty. He believes that this helps to develop emotional, aesthetic and ethical foundations of an attitude to the world of nature. The author presents the concept of the development of environmental consciousness in childhood and throughout the human life span and the principles of the formation of environmental consciousness, in particular through the use of the arts.


The times listed in the program are for Moscow time zone
11:00 - 12:00 PAPERS
NATURE, MUSIC, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING: EMPIRICAL AND THERAPEUTIC PERSPECTIVES // In English

Eric Pfeifer is a professor in aesthetics and communication with a special emphasis on music at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg, Germany. He is also a music therapist, logotherapist/existential analyst, and systemic family therapist.

The presentation begins with few fundamental insights into historic and current aspects of nature in psychotherapy. These include references to Sigmund Freud's, C. G. Jung's, and Viktor Frankl's works. Proceeding with nature-related concepts and aspects such as walk and talk, green micro-breaks and the importance of hiking in nature, the presentation finally introduces Outdoor Music Therapy and the outcomes of a series of studies on the effects of silence in natural settings.

CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS FOR LAND-BASED DECISION MAKING: ENGAGING THE TRIPLE SPIRAL FRAMEWORK
// In English

Sarah West, Masters in Public Administration; Honors Bachelor of Arts, Diploma in Art Therapy (Canada), a Graduate Student at the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute

Environmental arts therapy holds tremendous potential to support sustainable land-based decision making. I designed a self-reflective, experiential "Triple Spiral" framework to support how individuals, organizations and governments can creatively work with the land to gain insight and perspective on issues and decisions they may be facing personally and professionally. The "Triple Spiral" framework is an accessible, workshop-style exercise where participants follow a distinct rhythm of "asking, listening and reciprocating" that enables people to listen to themselves, each other and the land itself. This framework is particularly helpful in situations where decisions are being made about the land, as it can support the generation of new narratives, and facilitate stronger, more connected decision-making.



MORAL AFTEREFFECT OF ART IN THE CONTEXT OF ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT

Olga Lopukhova, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Institute of Psychology and Education, Kazan Federal University (Kazan)

Kayum Gazizov , clinical psychologist, trainer of riding, International Equestrian Center (Kazan)


The development of the human psyche is associated with various crises, the effective resolution of which ensures the dynamics of personal development. The expression "moral after-effect of art" belongs to L.S. Vygotsky, according to whom the immersion of a person in the creative process is the main condition for the development of personality and a source of strength to overcome a crisis situation. One of the provisions of the ecopsychology approach is the understanding that the development of the personality and its attitude to nature have a creative basis, which requires the creation of appropriate educational conditions. Art therapy practice can involve creating specific environmental conditions as a significant factor in the personality development and forming environmental awareness.


GIFTS OF NATURE IN ECOLOGICAL ART THERAPY: NATURAL PROPERTIES AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

Liliya Sharafieva, psychologist, head of the laboratory of eco-art therapy at the Botanical Garden of Tver State University (Tver)

This report examines the phenomenon of gifts, their role in the ecological art therapy process, and their impact on the structure and effects of therapeutic nature-assisted intervention. Examples of gifts developed and actualized in ecological art therapy, such as when clients use stones, water, clay, sand, living plants, the human body and landscapes, will be presented. Each gift is explored in terms of its natural properties, artistic expressiveness as an image and symbolic meaning.

ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH AS AN OPTIMIZATION FACTOR OF CLINICAL ART-THERAPY WITH WAR VETERANS

Aleksey Lebedev, psychotherapist of the psychotherapeutic department, War Veterans Hospital, senior lecturer at the Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Volgograd State Medical University (Volgograd)

The report presents the application of the environmental (ecological) approach in the context of clinical systemic art therapy (CSAT) with posttraumatic disorders. The work was carried out in the psychotherapy department of the hospital for war veterans. Environmental art therapy techniques using natural and non-natural objects and phototherapy techniques have been applied at the final stage of the short-term art therapy program. Examples of environmental creative activity in the individual and group format of art-therapeutic work are given. Various therapeutic mechanisms of the environmental approach and their role in increasing therapeutic effects of treatment are discussed, taking into account the personal characteristics of patients, group dynamics, and treatment conditions.

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9 august - WORKSHOPS
The times listed in the program are for Moscow time zone
12:00 - 14:30 WORKSHOP
BEVERLEY A'COURT
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TENDERNESS IN ECOLOGICAL ART THERAPY // In English

This workshop opens with a brief theoretical introduction, revealing the property of tenderness as addressed to different forms of life and implemented not only in relationships between people, but also in their relations with the more-than-human world. After that, in the practical part of the workshop it is shown how a quality of tenderness and respect for nature as a subject of relationships can be developed in the context of environmental art therapy.

PART ONE: TENDERNESS AS EMBODIED WISDOM IN ECOLOGICAL ART THERAPY - AN INTRODUCTION

Many therapists are taking their sessions outdoors, however 'Nature' is not just another room, backdrop or resource 'supermarket', but a dynamic, living field of diverse intelligences capable of potent responses and unexpected interactive dramas. Respected teachers from indigenous societies often describe the 'deep democracy' (Arne Naess) of Nature; reflected in the beliefs and practices of traditional, nomadic cultures; where the voice of every living being has a place in the 'orchestra', contributes to the whole 'symphony' and must be attended to for psycho-ecological well-being and survival. This holism pervades myth, spiritual tales and folk traditions, from the Celtic stories of my own Scottish homelands to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and the Americas, the diverse cultures within Russia, the Middle East and Asia. The speaker focuses in particular on the quality of 'tenderness'; its origins and amplified meanings, and its absence from most of our industrialized relations with nature. She demonstrates that art therapy is a gentle and powerful path back to rediscovering this precious quality within individual daily lives and as a contribution to restoring collective well-being.

PART TWO: PRACTICING THE ART OF TENDER ATTENTION IN ECOLOGICAL ART THERAPY

This part of the workshop is a practical exploration of the presentation theme of art and science of tenderness in our relationship to the more-than-human world, via a series of somatically-led drawing activities, followed by an ecologically-focused exercise. It demonstrates that art therapy is a gentle and powerful path back to rediscovering this precious quality within individual daily lives and as a contribution to restoring collective well-being. Participants are requested to gather some natural materials in advance. A large sheet of strong paper, recycled card or wallpaper - as big as your table or floor space allows!

Drawing media: strong wax crayons, oil pastels, chalk pastels, charcoal. Natural mixed media - clay, petals, leaves, twigs, straw, sand ...

Beverley A'Court, BSc.Soc.Sci. (Joint hons. Phil. & Psych.), BAAT registered art therapist. As a long-term member of the Findhorn Foundation Community, she has contributed to many programs, and developed many applications of environmental/eco art therapy. She is an advocate for the recognition of poetic language, the body, ecology and cultural traditions in art therapy (UK).

The times listed in the program are for Moscow time zone
15:00 - 16:45 WORKSHOP
MADELINE RUGH
INTRODUCTION TO NATURE-ASSISTED ART THERAPY //In English


This workshop provides guidance at the interface of art therapy and nature for persons seeking the healing effects of reconnecting with the living world as mediated through the expressive arts. The workshops are also for people wanting to guide others in cultivating a sense of belonging and compassion with the "other-than-human" world while increasing their trust and comfort with their own creative capacity.


PART ONE: FINDING YOU SIT SPOT IN NATURE

The first part of the workshop provides guidance for finding a "sit spot". A sit spot is one of the very first behaviors of belonging that we do naturally as children and, when reactivated provides the adult with access to the wisdom of that inner child as well as to the wisdom of a "place". A place to be present, to "show up" and mindfully come into relation with the "other-than-human" world.


PART TWO: ART MAKING AT YOUR SIT SPOT: LISTENING WITH YOUR HEART AND HANDS

The second part of the workshop provides further guidance in engaging the visual arts as a tool of communion, a method of listening with your heart and your hands. In this program, we return to the sit spot to engage and listen through an intuitive drawing technique, a form of monoprinting, which requires that you work with the felt level of an experience as you cannot see what you are making until you are finished. Following the creation of a few monoprints we return to the studio or some indoor space to "see into" the image and further elaborate, with other media, the experience with your sit spot companions; the sky, sounds, trees, insects etc. The natural world speaks the language of art; texture, color, movement, shapes, space, lines and so provides an ideal form of resonance, an ideal form of really listening following the contours of a bird song or the textures of pine scent on a warm wind.

These videos of workshops are the property of the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art representing a developing program in art therapy and nature.


Madeline Rugh, PhD, ATR-BC, Assistant Professor, St. Gregory's University in Shawnee, Oklahoma, teaching across disciplines in psychology and visual art. Madeline has facilitated numerous workshops both internationally and in the U.S. on the topic of art therapy with disabled older adults, art therapy and spirituality, and art therapy and ecopsychology. She is an adjunct associate professor for Pratt Institute, the creative therapies graduate program, working as a research/thesis advisor. She is an Advisor for the journal ECOPOIESIS: ECOHUMAN THEORY AND PRACTICE.

The times listed in the program are for Moscow time zone
17:00 - 18:30 WORKSHOP
JEAN DAVIS
DRAWING NATURE // In English

As environmental art therapists, our work is equally directed inwardly and outward bound. By drawing, forming, making, and /or building outdoors, we allow for a deeper and often transformational relationship within and beyond self. In this experiential workshop, we will explore, through art-making with nature, the profound relationship between the environment and our emotional and psychological states. This experience, which will be supported with theory, will enable participants to understand how this approach can facilitate multi-dimensional therapeutic outcomes for a wide variety of patient populations and situations in urban, suburban, and rural locations.

Jean Davis, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT is a full-time Professor in Pratt Institute's Graduate Creative Arts Therapy Department. She is the Supervisor of the Creative Arts Therapy Department at the League School, is the former Director of the Transitional Living Community, a program of Brooklyn Community Services, and is the former Clinical Director of the Greenwich Village Youth Council. Jean Davis has postgraduate training in the areas of group therapy, gestalt therapy and applied ecopsychology. She has published written work and conducted presentations on the subject of environmental art therapy and has a private practice in Brooklyn, New York.

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