NY-ES9033 - Creating an Art Therapy Training Program: Cultural and Ethical Pitfalls and Successes

Description

This panel will present a case example of creating the first art therapy master’s program in a country in Eastern Europe. It will detail the initial vision, creation of curriculum, navigation of the country’s educational regulations, commencement of the program, and pitfalls and successes of the first year and cohort.

Learning Objectives

Understand the importance of guidelines and define the four lenses for creating art therapy training programs
Identify the cultural and ethical aspects of which to plan for and be cognizant
Comprehend the pitfalls and successes from differing perspectives

Heidi Bardot

Director of the Art Therapy Graduate Program, The George Washington University

Heidi Bardot, MA, ATR-BC, LCPAT, Director of the Art Therapy Graduate Program at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is a licensed, registered, board certified art therapist and has created service-learning programs in India, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, and Croatia, and assisted in creating a post-master’s program in Croatia. She has collaborated with organizations to train relief workers in art techniques, self-care, and trauma. Bardot has published and presented internationally on refugee and war trauma, resiliency, grief, ethics, and international education.

Jasmina Pacek

Jasmina Pacek, MFA, associate professor of art, Vice Dean of The Academy of Arts in Osijek Croatia. Internationally trained: BDes from Republic of Ireland, MFA from the US, and currently pursuing Doctorate research and Art therapy postgraduate studies in Croatia, has a goal to bridge multicultural gap and create international connections in higher education

Mia Janković Shentser

Mia Janković Shentser is an artist in search of sense of inner and outer visual world through understanding the ancient and contemporary symbolism—a source of meanings of common ideas. As an art educator she commits to strengthen the creative powers and find a healing direction in art making.