Expressive Arts Therapy

Sunday evening the students of the PhD program in Expressive Therapies will also sponsor "Seasons: An Exploration of Life Cycles" - a performance and gallery show of the creative works of first-year Expressive Therapies doctoral students. The gallery show and performance will follow the PhD student research conference on Sunday, April 30th. The gallery opening will be at Marran Gallery at 5pm, and the performance will be at 6pm at the Marran Theater. Igniting the Synapses Seasons: An Exploration of Life Cycles Gallery Opening As the scientist uses a microscope to study the cells of a leaf, or a astronaut uses a ship to view the whole of planet earth, so did these art-based researchers use color, light, mood, tone, self-reflection and time to explore their subjects. Displayed in Marran are the creative documentation of the Art Apprenticeship’s doctoral student’s two semester research projects. These artist-scientists invite you to view their offerings, to think about the ...

This past weekend, Lesley sponsored a successful conference of the New England chapter of the American Dance Therapy Association . We'd love to hear from you. Did you go to the conference? Tell us about it... This coming Sunday, the PhD Expressive Therapy program is sponsoring a one day conference called "Igniting the Synapses: Stimulating the Lesley Community." The conference will take place on our Main Campus from 1-8 pm. Igniting the Synapses - Schedule of Sessions 12:30-1:00pm Registration and refreshments (Student Center, 2nd Floor) 1:00 pm – Session A Dr. John Aram & Emily Marsick – Wolford 202 Planning Task Force for a PhD Program in Social Change: A Roundtable Discussion Many questions arise if one wants to design a doctoral program to maximize the integration of theory and practice in the study of social change. And these questions will form the base of this roundtable. John and Emily are seeking to engage the participants in a lively discussion...

For some time I've been discussing the possibility of creating a blog for expressive therapy on my website with one of our alum, Eve Lyons. Well, there's nothing like a pressing project (how will I motivate myself when my dissertation is done?!) to get you moving! My hope is that this can be a way to make expressive therapy even more of a living process for those of us who are interested in learning more about it. So, here we go!