Materials & Media in Art Therapy: Critical Understandings of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies Moon Catherine Hyland
Materials & Media in Art Therapy: Critical Understandings of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies Moon Catherine Hyland In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas,…
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Materials & Media in Art Therapy: Critical Understandings of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies Moon Catherine Hyland
In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas, thoughts and feelings, and their external manifestation in a tangible, sensual form. This book focuses on the sensory-based, tangible vocabulary of materials and media and its relevance to art therapy. Thus, materials provide the core components of the exchange that occurs between art therapists and clients.
Contributing authors provide examples of how art therapists have transgressed conventional material boundaries and expanded both thinking and practice in the field. It provides a historical account of the theory and use of materials and media in art therapy, as well as an examination of the interface between art therapy, contemporary art materials and practices, and social/critical theory. The chapters discuss traditional as well as innovative media, such as body adornments, mail and video art, and