Response art is commonly used reflectively for insight or self-care. It can also be used to communicate directly with clients. In this session we will review the types of response art made with clients and after client sessions, using cases studies of adolescents as examples. Participants will be given opportunities to briefly make response art and are encouraged to make art throughout the presentation. Directives for making response art at a later time will also be given.
Suggested Art Materials: Drawing pad or sketchbook for two- minute drawings. Your preferred mark-making material (graphite, charcoal, ink, pastels, paint).
Michael Pretzer
After careers as an art educator and journalist Michael Pretzer decided to change professions and become an art therapist. He earned a master of arts degree in art therapy at George Washington University and for the past six years has worked with adolescents at Newport Academy in Rockville, MD. He contributed a chapter about being a male art therapist to the recently published Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Art Therapy.