ART + LIT COLLECTIVE
presented by
SoCalATA's Multicultural Committee
What is the Art + Lit Collective?
The Art + Lit Collective is a series of art, reading, and creative experimentation curated by SoCalATA’s Multicultural Committee. The intention of the collective is to use different media and entry points to engage our curiosity, increase empathy, build connection, and promote lifelong learning and reflection.
You are invited to a gathering of our members and colleagues to actively explore themes of humanity, including topics related to intersectionality, and social justice through art making.
Periodically we’ll choose a book, article, art piece, or community activity for inspiration and create an art response.
Featured Event
The Humble Chair: Fostering Culturally Humble Collaborations
AUGUST 12TH, 9 AM TO 10:30 AM
via ZOOM (RSVP FOR LINK)
Join Us for Discussion and Art Making in Community
Summary
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n their article, "The Humble Chair: Fostering Culturally Humble Collaborations" (2023), authors Deanna Barton, MA, ATR-BC and Zachary D. Van Den Berg, ATR-P, LPCA recount a collaborative art-making journey centered on self-reflexivity to sustain a partnership across racial, social, and cultural differences. The image of a chair, re-imagined as a Humble Chair, was a symbol to anchor critical inquiry. The authors’ explorations provide a pragmatic and artful approach to fostering cultural humility.
This article is currently featured in the most recent volume of Art Therapy Journal (volume 40, issue 2)- "Anti-Oppressive Art Therapy: Cultural Humility". AATA members have free access to the journal as a benefit of membership.
From the authors...
"We invite art therapists to sit humbly in the name of social change, a more inclusive and equitable profession, and a more hospitable future for students, colleagues, clients, and communities."
Authors
Deanna Barton, MA, ATR-BC, is the founder of ALLUMA: Art & Healing, LLC, in Atlanta, GA.
Zachary D. Van Den Berg, MA, ATR-P, LPCA, is an art therapist at CommunityArts, LLC, in Austin, TX
Southern California Art Therapy Association
www.socalarttherapy.org
info@socalarttherapy.org
SoCalATA Multicultural Committee
multicultural@socalarttherapy.org
