Winter 2010

In the upstairs atrium, Antioch is pleased to present works from Merryl E. Rothaus' Fall 2009 class Techniques and Practice in Art Therapy.

Over the course of 10 weeks, students were invited to identify and address a significant, personal life-theme and create a piece that visually communicates via the language of line, shape, color, texture and metaphor. This was an opportunity for students to learn firsthand how the art process and product can support an individual and their chosen theme through engaging with an issue that can benefit attention through art. The purpose is to foster a sense of contemplative self-inquiry, in visual format, that successfully communicates the chosen topic to both the artist and viewer, resulting in a final product that is visually literate.

The students were encouraged to strive to embrace and cultivate the artist part of their self in order to present a final project that embodies skillful craftsmanship and attention to aesthetics while honoring authentic attention to process.

A reception will be held March 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. and will include pieces from Rebecca Bloom's Multi-cultural Perspectives in Art Therapy and Jennifer Danczyk's History and Theory of Art Therapy II.

Reminder: the student lounge area is available for students to exhibit their class projects and senior or master thesis projects. E-mail the Art Committee for space and scheduling information.