Nona Orbach
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 …
The studio is a container for many languages: Instruments talk. Materials talk. A brush speaks in a different language than a spatula or a hammer, or a glue-gun. A pencil speaks a different language than oil pastel. My aim is to set these allies in …
When and where is the shift between an open studio setting to cluttered storage space? If you are an art educator, an art therapist, please ask yourself: Are all the things on my open shelves sufficiently varied, yet not too much? How are many sets …
presentation as inspiration Havi Katchalsky: art and food Presenting a meal or art materials on a table is food to the body and mind. It similarly affects us. It calls for action through objects, …
Even if you do not have a studio you can still create! Here is a suggestion for the creation of a series of paperwork. I often use this process. You can implement this basic idea of limiting conditions and series to your preference of medium. …
The Good Enough Studio Art Therapy Through the Prism of Space, Matter, and Action One of the book’s main threads is the idea of permission in therapy and education and how it also manifested in the language of materials and studio setting. …
The language of materials “In the late 70s as a young art educator, then knowing nothing about Wilfred Bion or therapy, I thought about the terms “container and contained.” I thought of it straightforwardly. I have noticed the relationship between the materials that …
‘The studio is a concrete space that encourages responsibility and transformation because the activity within it, is founded upon personal interest, involvement and participation.’ Nona Orbach, from The Good Enough Studio Arno Stern painting wall and method Reggio Emilia Approach …
