KATI 1: Art Therapy History

Description:

This course focuses on the role of art in healing practices from pre-history to the present. The roots of art therapy will be explored from psychoanalysis, anthropology and art history. Students will explore parallels between traditional symbolic healing practices and the development of Art Therapy in art education, medicine, rehabilitation, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry.

Instructor: Christine Lummis 

Format: On-line directed readings & on-site seminars.

Learning Objectives:

·         to recognize and describe the role of art in traditional symbolic healing practices;  

·         to outline the history of art therapy;

·         to identify the key pioneers in art therapy and their theoretical orientations;

·         to examine the art of the mentally ill;

·         to consider the significance of outsider art;

·         to examine how artists explore personal issues in their art.

Texts:

Sandner, Donald. (1991) The Navaho Symbols of Healing. Vermont: Healing Arts Press.

Case, Caroline & Dalley, Tessa. (1989) The Handbook of Art Therapy. London: Tavistock Publications.

Recommended Readings:

Adamson, Edward. (1990) Art as Healing. Coventure, Ltd. Boston. Ma.

Hogan, Susan. (2001) Healing Arts: the History of Art Therapy. London: Jessica Kingsley Pub.

MacGregor, John. (1989) Discovery of the Art of the Insane. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Maizels, John. (1996) Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond. London: Phaidon Press Ltd.

Malchiodi, Cathy. (2003) Handbook of Art Therapy. Guildford Press, New York.

Naumberg, Margaret. (1996) Dynamically Oriented Art Therapy: Its Principles and Practice. New York: Grune & Stratton.

Nucho, Aino. (1987) The Psychocybernetic Model of Art Therapy. Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Pub.

Assignments and Evaluation: 

Take home assignments 80%; participation 10%; presentation 10%.

1. Take home Assignments: All assignments must be type written and appropriately documented using the APA style (see the manual in the library).

2. Short presentation to show how an artist used art to explore personal issues.