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271	Drawn to art therapy: a qualitative study examining art therapists' personal healing experiences with art that led them to a career in art therapy. Whitty, Chantelle 20 December 2010 (has links) This study investigates the healing experience that current practicing art therapists’ have had with art prior to their training, and how that experience influenced their decision to peruse a career in art therapy. Narrative inquiry was the primary methodology in the current study. Six current practicing art therapists, all females who currently reside in the area of Victoria BC, participated in the process of co-constructing their 1st person narratives with the primary researcher. The six stages of Braun & Clarke's (2006) Thematic Analysis was used as the guiding framework developing themes across the stories told. Themes and the implications that came out of these narratives with respect to future research and counseling practice are also discussed. Healing Personal experiences Art therapist Careers Career choice Victoria, B.C.
272	Portraits of Young Artists: Artworlds, In/Equity, and Dis/Identification in Post-Katrina New Orleans Travis, Sarah Teresa 05 1900 (has links) Using portraiture methodology and social practice theory, this study examined the identity work of young people engaged in a teen arts internship program at a contemporary arts center in post-Katrina New Orleans. This research asked four interrelated questions. Through the lens of a teen arts internship at a contemporary arts center in post-Katrina New Orleans, 1) How do contextual figured worlds influence artist identity work? 2) How does artist identity work manifest through personal narratives? 3) How does artist identity work manifest in activities? 4) What are the consequences of artist identity work? The findings of the study highlight how sociocultural factors influence dis/identification with the visual arts in young people and provoke considerations of in/equity in the arts. art education education portraiture methodology portraiture portraits social practice theory artists youth adolescents teens art museums equity identity New Orleans Katrina Education, Art Identity (Philosophical concept) in art. Art museums -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.

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Drawn to art therapy: a qualitative study examining art therapists' personal healing experiences with art that led them to a career in art therapy.

Portraits of Young Artists: Artworlds, In/Equity, and Dis/Identification in Post-Katrina New Orleans