CREATE on the 8 and revolution! Anti-oppressive work and Expressive arts therapy

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So last week I posted my first blog post in a long time!  I'm really hoping to post weekly - and I'm excited to start by sharing the work of my colleagues at Lesley University's Expressive Arts Therapy MA program.  Last week I shared the work of my colleague Mitchell Kossak, and this week I'd like to share with you the work of my colleague Angelica Pinna-Perez.

Angelica has been heading up a project called Create on the 8 for several years now. And I'm so excited to share with you her digital arts-based scholarship!   Her project involves a virtual space that is both a "collaborative arts based research initiative" that represents "arts based explorations on anti-oppressive and critical understandings of diverse and inclusive meaning making in the Expressive Arts" and a forum where she shares her own ideas about where the work of Expressive Arts Therapy can go! 

This past week on her blog, Angelica posed the question, Can Expressive Arts Therapy Be a Tool for Change and Revolution? Her answer is both inspiring and thought provoking!  Please check out her work and offer us your thoughts about where Expressive Arts Therapy is going!

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