Leanna Scheitrowsky (Toronto, ON)
This self-reflective art practice made me mindful of how I spend my time. For 30 days, I logged each hour and translated my daily activities into knitting. The process of recalling the day’s events and stitching the hours row-by-row removed me from the daily grind and offered me a space to reflect.
Read MoreMaking Space: Art and Social Justice Advocacy with Dr. Anah
Chioma Anah (Baltimore, MD)
To all my fellow social justice advocates out there, the year 2020 was a remarkable period of history, which consequences will affect each of us for decades to come. However, we must continue to tell our stories; stories of pain, suffering, resilience, survival and triumphs. Our stories have to be told because it is our way through the darkness and into the light.
Read MoreArt therapist Dawna Lee (Sheshatshiu, Labrador) chats with Envisage guest writer Rebecca Montgomery (Vancouver, BC) about culturally-informed art therapy practice, guided by the Indigenous peoples she is working alongside.
Read MoreLi June Han (Singapore)
I enjoy making art from discarded books; words and scents embedded in the material evoke thoughts and emotions previously concealed. I reflect more deeply about the old chapters of my life and their Impact on me and my relationship with clients.
Read MoreOlena Darewych (Toronto, ON)
This informative video presents some helpful suggestions for students on how to shift to virtual research during the pandemic, such as using online surveys or moving to nonclinical samples.
Rakshanda Khan (Richmond Hill, ON)
Meet METTA, also known as unconditional love and compassion. She is a traveler as old as time. Creating a doll and animating it to the theme of 'Sincerity' created space for a playful and meaningful exploration.
Read MoreSharlene Friedman (Toronto, ON)
During a supervision training, as an experiential, we were invited to explore supervision in 100 words. Here is an exploration in 100 words and more…
Read MoreTaylor Bourassa (Ottawa, ON)
Living virtually, as we have been doing for the better part of a year, can take a toll on people’s mental health. The inclusion of the environment into virtual therapy, such as facilitating therapy sessions in an outdoor space, may support a sense of groundedness and address the potential sense of detachment or disconnect in online sessions.
Read MoreDismantling racist and colonial violence: Finding our voices, shifting narratives, active resistance.
Building and co-creating spaces of belonging and livable futures.
Read MoreAmanda Gee (ON)
Fall always feels like a fresh start to me. Some things stay the same even though this fall is very different.
Read MorePatricia Ki (ON)
Spending time with the artwork and writings in this issue brings to mind Audre Lorde’s essay, “Poetry is Not a Luxury,” in which she wrote:
“Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”
Read MoreToronto Art Therapy Institute award recipients for the 2020 Gilda Grossman Major Project Prize, Tania Santer, and the 2020 Dr. Martin Fischer Thesis Prize, Jesse Pajuäär, share the abstracts for their award-winning papers. Congratulations!
Read MoreRebecca Montgomery (BC)
Art Therapy Conversations - a regular column where we get to learn from and connect with art therapists from across the country. In this issue Rebecca chats with Marbella Carlos, art therapist based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, on facilitating spaces of belonging alongside Black, Indigenous and people of colour in both academic and community spaces.
Read MoreGillian King (ON), with text by Gabrielle Doiron (ON)
A series of artwork that invites us to look up and down, to recognize how the microcosm and the macrocosm behave alike, mirroring one other. Equally, it is a call to look around to recognize the myriad ways in which all life on Earth — human and other-than-human — is mutually dependent.
Read MoreChioma Anah (Baltimore, MD)
Making Space: Art and Social Justice Advocacy with Dr. Anah
Black lives have meaning and value, and they matter. This article works to pay homage to the many Black men and women who have been targets, and ultimately victims of brutality at the hands of law enforcement. We are SAYING THEIR NAMES.
CW: Please note that this article contains imagery and descriptions of police brutality, killings, and violence.
Read MoreCheryl Price (BC)
For those who have experienced trauma, disconnection is familiar. Disconnection from Self. From others. From life. A survival strategy. Art therapy opens the path to reconnect. A path which is so needed in these difficult times, when addressing unresolved relational trauma is even more challenging. Connection is now perceived as a risk. Disconnection has become prevalent.
Read MoreSamantha Quek (Singapore), with image by Li June Han (Singapore)
A poem on finding one’s way.
Read MoreJoshua Nan (Hong Kong), Katie Pang (Hong Kong), Maria Riccardi (QC)
Research conducted by the first author shows that expressive arts activities have various benefits when dealing with life and death issues, communicating strong emotions, and buffering interpersonal conflicts over sensitive issues. The artwork can also be a symbol of final messages to send love, the last words, and the will, from one who is leaving to the beloved.
Read MoreMarcella Boechat (Brazil)
After 4 years living in Canada I moved back home. The context was me coming to be with my grandmother while she was going through radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments.
Read More
