No previous art skills necessary . Renee Conrad, M.A., A.T.R.-BC, LPAT, is core faculty for the Center for Creative Arts Therapy and has taught students of various ages in the public schools. She supervises students in training to become art therapists. From sacred ritual to child's play, they are metaphors for a culture's search for meaning as well as an individual's relationship with oneself. Educators, therapists, parents and small group facilitators may find the doll process a useful and powerful expressive arts tool.
Students make several dolls in class, using ancient and modern construction techniques.
Beginning and advanced artists are welcome. She has utilized the expressive arts in her work for 21 years and started dollmaking when she was 16. The mandala is a circular drawing, well known by Jungians as an indicator of internal processes. This course, incorporating concepts from psychosocial, physiological and spiritual perspectives, teaches the dynamics of the mandala. Course is appropriate for practitioners and researchers in the fields of mental health and expressive therapies.