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There is an emphasis on the mental health values common to all of the art forms in therapy. Examples are depicted in each of the arts of the naturalness of engaging in creative activities for all children, the need for practice and control in order to achieve control, and the feeling of well-being that accompanies the sense of mastery.The film illustrates how the arts help children channel aggression, as well as the multicultural social benefits of group creative activities. (Copyright 1973; Rev. 2008)
Excerpts from:
Glass Art as Therapy - James Minson, M.A., ATR
A program created by an art therapist and glass artist for Guatemalan orphans leads to increased self-esteem and a livelihood for the participants.
Multi-Arts Resource Guide - Maida Abrams, Ed.D., ATR, OTR
A guide for teachers showing activities in art, music, movement, and drama and ways of introducing them in the classroom, applicable to work with all children.
The film illustrates how the arts help children channel aggression, as well as the multicultural social benefits of group creative activities. (Copyright 1973; Rev. 2008)
Excerpts from:
Glass Art as Therapy - James Minson, M.A., ATR
A program created by an art therapist and glass artist for Guatemalan orphans leads to increased self-esteem and a livelihood for the participants.
Multi-Arts Resource Guide - Maida Abrams, Ed.D., ATR, OTR
A guide for teachers showing activities in art, music, movement, and drama and ways of introducing them in the classroom, applicable to work with all children.
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.
Length of video: 00:40:00
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-658-7
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-658-5
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.