Nona Orbach
Nona Orbach
The Good Enough Studio is a library blog and a FB study group, and for all who are using a studio: artists, art educators, and art therapists. The studio is perceived as an extension of the artist, educator, and art therapist. It is my best …
Over a year ago, I got an email from Diogo Oliveira from Brazil. He introduces himself as interested in art, the Reggio Emilia approach, and therapy. He shared that he often studies by translating texts that interest him. He suggested translating The Good Enough Studio, …
A new understanding of plasticine While working on this video for the last few months, there is a war with Hamas and Hizbullah from Lebanon – and Israeli citizens are still not back in their homes. The cruel and tragic attack on Israeli civilians on …
Joiners, Dividers, and Measuring Tools are a category in my studio. They are metaphors that characterize relationships. They all own a context and a common denominator for the relationship they create: they separate or merge, foster a connection between, or isolate things. By utilizing them, …
This week in Israel, art therapists held a conference dedicated to materials. A lecture, a panel, workshops, and an installation of materials remarkably expressed our deep longing to make materials more central to art therapy. We aimed to grant a vast presence and stage to …
During COVID-19, we witnessed a global phenomenon that stemmed from uncertainty and anxiety. It seemed like an almost reflexive need worldwide to impose order in the home environment: organize the wardrobe, sort books and give up a few, organize the pantry, and consolidate the lentils …
In response to the harrowing Pogrom events of October 7, 2023, the Creative Arts Therapies Association of Israel (YAHAT) swiftly established 40 safe studio spaces nationwide for evacuees. Spaces were assembled in hotels, community centers, camping sites, offices, and classrooms. As I write three months …
In response to the horrific Pogrom events of October 7, 2023, the Creative Arts Therapies Association of Israel (YAHAT) has responded by setting up safe studio spaces across the country. Sadly, we are trauma experts – but we have never experienced such a time. Holocaust …
This text is written as Isreal’s democracy is in great danger, 2023. The text is based on my decades of observations and experience as a studio manager. I have created many in education, art therapy, and as an artist. Since the 70ies, when I began …
What is the fine line between intervention and assistance? Like a plant drawn to the sun, humans flourish where there is acceptance and permission to be who they are. I believe this is our fundamental intention as educators, parents, therapists, and friends. We try to …
A toddler asks her kindergarten teacher: what should I draw now? What does her question mean? It seems that she needs help and thinks the correct answer is in the world somewhere, not within herself. Her teacher knows what she should do and not her. …