Exploring Transitions
Leader: Beth Ann Short MA, ATR-BC
Art therapy is for anyone.  In this on-going insight-oriented workshop, participants will explore fine art media with the support of the leader, while using gentle prompts, thematic suggestions or quotes to inspire the art process.  These meetings are designed for individuals looking for a place to explore their own creativity while also engaging in a supportive community atmosphere.  Expect warm-up art projects, discussion and reflection on art pieces and process.
Art pieces will be completed within each meeting.  Media to be utilized may include but is not limited to all drawing materials, collage, paint and found objects.
Adults only.
Cost: $20 per group + $5 materials fee
Register online and your materials fee is waved!
One Thursday a month from 6:30-8:30pm
11/10 Theme: Seasons of Life

12/15 Theme/Quote: “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - Rumi

1/26 Theme: Bridges into the New Year

2/9 Theme/Quote: “What you seek is seeking you.” - Rumi

3/8 Theme: Personal Space/Landscape/Map

4/12 Theme/Quote: “Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.” -Rumi

5/10 Theme: Personal Symbols

6/14 Theme/Quote: “Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of what you truly love.” -Rumi

For more questions please contact Beth Ann at the studio via phone or email.

What is Art Therapy?
An interactive art experience.
Leader: Beth Ann Short MA, ATR-BC
Are you interested in the field of art therapy, but don't know what it's all about? This interactive talk will answer any questions you might have.  Short will discuss a brief history of Art Therapy, clinical theories, properties of art materials, as well as discuss the importance of having a Master's in Art Therapy when using it in mental health treatment. She will also cover the education process, credentials available, ethical use and job hunting.
For participants 18 and older.
11/3 from 6:30-9pm  
Cost: $45
OR REGISTER ONLINE HERE
Call 503-232-3457 to register!

Integrating the Arts Throughout Your Curriculum
Instructor: Beth Ann Short MA, ATR-BC
This series of workshops have been designed to help elementary school educators increase confidence and enthusiasm when integrating the expressive arts throughout their curriculum.  Art can be incorporated into any area of the educational curriculum and can be a valuable tool when supporting learning differences in students.  These workshops will offer techniques in using fine art media through experientials that can be applied in classrooms.  Each workshop is a weekend day from 9am-4pm with an hour break for lunch.  Participants are encouraged to pack a lunch, however there are many local restaurants in walking distance.
Cost: Workshops are $100 per session individually or $700 for the entire series.
**All art materials are included in the cost.

I. Translation Through Representation
   Fine art experiential: Drawing Materials
   Saturday, January 28, 2012 from 9am-4pm
Metaphors are created so one can better internally visualize and compare to another concept from which one can draw his or her own conclusion.  Using the expressive arts in translation creates lasting learning and rules out memorization and short-term learning.  Participants in this workshop will explore the use of fine art throughout their curriculum to translate lessons into active representation.  Participants will also learn the fine art properties of pencils, colored pencils, pastels, oil pastels and markers in the art experiential.

II. Assessment and the Arts
    Fine art experiential: Acrylic Painting and Color Theory
    Saturday, February 25th, 2012 from 9am-4pm
The expressive arts can be vital in assessing the progress of a student.  The arts can broaden the view of a child’s progress and provide the teacher with inner thoughts, concerns, dreams and hopes.  In this workshop, participants will explore the importance of student self-assessment as well as come away with strategies and tools to collect evidence to support youth with learning differences.  Sources will include Piaget and Lowenfeld.  Participants will also explore acrylic painting and color theory.

III. Imagination, Creativity and Technology
     Fine art experiential: Mixed media
     Saturday, March 24, 2012 from 9am-4pm
Creativity is innate in all human beings.  To create something suggests that something is created consciously and voluntarily.  In this workshop participants will explore how culture and resources may play into the creativity of all humankind.  The importance of process vs. product also will be investigated.  Participants will also learn applications to mixed media work, including collage, found objects, drawing materials, paint and more.

IV. Supporting Learning Differences Using the Expressive Arts
     Fine art experiential: Water soluble media
     Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 9am-4pm
Unique individuals have their own learning styles.  In this workshop participants will explore the goals of equitable education and experience methods to incorporate the expressive arts to support any student.  Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of the wide range of learning styles.  Participants will also learn the range of water soluble media, including traditional tube watercolor, palette watercolor, watercolor pencils, watercolor sticks, watercolor markers and salt technique.

V. Communication, Expression, and Experience: Literacy and the Arts
    Fine art experiential: Zines
    Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 9am-4pm
The arts can be viewed as language.  Often individuals are able to find words for a thought in the process of creation.  In this workshop participants will look at the expressive arts in relation to visual, aural, tactile and kinesthetic properties.  Participants will come away with expressive art techniques to increase literacy amongst their students.  Participants will also discuss working in groups and the importance of pod learning.  Expressive art tecniques will include picto-spelling, poetry and zines.

VI. Math and the Arts
    Fine art experiential: Perspective
    Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 9am-4pm
One who unravels the mysteries of math could be seen as an inventor.  In math one must understand the relationships of time, space, plane, point and line.  In this workshop participants will explore how the expressive arts could be incorporated in solving problems using imagination and following the language of action and reflection.  Participants will also be instructed on basic perspective drawing and applications for elementary school aged youth.

VII. Science and the Arts
      Fine art experiential: Print making
      Saturday, June 30, 2012 from 9am-4pm
A naturalist approaches the natural world in a very similar way that an artist does.  Both question the world, use all their senses of observation, create notes and sketches, have an inquiring mind and both interpret or translate their findings.  In this workshop participants will explore methods to incorporate the expressive arts in the science curriculum.  Additionally, participant will learn the basics of print making.

VIII. Teacher Aesthetics
       Fine art experiential: Mixed media
       Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 9am-4pm
Aesthetics broadly refer to how an individual relates to their surroundings. In the art world aesthetics focus on the formal elements in art, which may include point, line, shape, space, value, color and texture.  These elements define the visual experience.  In this workshop participant will leave understanding the formal elements of visual art making as well as explore their own teaching aesthetics.  Participants will explore methods to engage student’s senses to increase their successes in the classroom.

Individual & Group Clinical ATR Supervision
*New groups currently forming!

For art therapists working in the field who have already achieved their masters and are looking to get their ATR credentials with the ATCB (Art Therapy Credentials Board).

All candidates for either individual or group supervision must have a screening.  This screening is between 15-30 minutes and provides the professional with details about the supervision journey (i.e. paperwork tracking for ATR and basic group supervision guidelines).

In individual or group supervision professionals are encouraged to bring in client art (signed consents must be completed prior) to utilize in supervision.

Group supervision candidates will also need to do a final 1:1 supervision meeting once they have completed accruing their hours to complete ATR paperwork needs. 

Rates:
Group supervision with art making (length 3 hours): $60 per person (includes art making & materials)  Minimum of 3 participants (maximum 6). 
Group supervion purely verbal group supervision (length 90 minutes):  $30 per person per 90 minutes for 3 group members.
Individual Supervision:  Sliding fee between $55-$70-$85 per hour based on household income.

Creative Team Building
This interactive talk with a power-point presentation begins examining the dynamics of working on a team, including communication styles, expectations and supporting the needs of the customer/client.  After initial talk, participants will engage in an art directive to do as a group.  The process will include problem solving, communication and assessment of the team's functioning.  Short, will support the teams process and provide methods and strategies to improve the cohesiveness of the team to increase productivity and improve communication. 
To book this interactive team building workshop call 503-341-7280
2.5-3 hours
Cost: $240 up to 10 participants (Art materials included)
Larger group? Please inquire about price.

Creative Staff Support: Using the Expressive Arts with Youth and Adults
This interactive talk is designed towards individuals in support roles and aims at providing therapeutic tools to engage with clients who struggle in verbalizing their needs and/or struggles.  Teachers, residential line-staff, case workers & clinicians would come away with new tools to use with youth and families through this creative approach to problem solving.
This talk is about 1.5-2 hours depending duration of questions.  
Includes a power point presentation. 
Up to 10 participants, larger group call for a quote.
Cost: $100
To book this interactive discussion call 503-341-7280