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The first film is a visit to the Living Museum, a communal art studio on the grounds of Creedmoor State Psychiatric Hospital in Queens. The second, Imaginary Dwellings, focuses on four fantastical building projects by visionary architects. The final film, Magic Mirror of Aloyse, is a case study of the classical Art Brut artist, Aloyse Corbaz. Each film in its own way addresses fascinating convergence of creativity and mental health leaving open the question as to whether illness mars or magnifies artistic production.
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.
Length of video: 1:14:29
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-694-3
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-694-3
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.