This is a collage of art therapy pioneers, educators and practitioners from around the world. Comprised of interviews, photos, news broadcasts, and archival footage selected from 200 hours contributed by over 100 professional colleagues. We hope that this film will serve not only as a documentary of the development of global art therapy, but that it will also facilitate the development of additional training programs by our colleagues worldwide, so that more people in more places can benefit from the healing power of art.
Length of video: 00:45:00
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-633-1
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-633-2
Judith Rubin, a pioneer in the field of art therapy, is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. She is a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist and a Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Rubin is the author of five books, including: Child Art Therapy, The Art of Art Therapy, and Art Therapy: An Introduction. She was the "Art Lady" on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in the 1960s.
A past President and Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association, Dr. Rubin is retired from full-time clinical practice, and is devoting her energies to creating and disseminating films on the arts in therapy through a nonprofit organization, Expressive Media, Inc. Her other films include Beyond Words: Art Therapy with Older Adults (2004), We'll Show You What We're Gonna Do! (art with blind children, 1971), Children & the Arts (all of the arts with children, 1973), and The Green Creature Within (group art-drama therapy with adolescents, 1984). More about Judith Rubin's films and the organization can be found at http://www.expressivemedia.org.