Additional Calls for Art

Art and Psychology and Everything in Between: Art by Creative Arts Therapists

 In collaboration with members of the creative arts therapy communities (Art, Dance, Music Drama, Poetry, etc.), Calendula Gallery presents a juried art exhibit created by psychotherapists. The American Art Therapy Association defines creative arts therapy as a type of psychotherapy that allows the expression of emotions and experiences not easily expressed in words. It is not about the final product but focused on healing that occurs through the making of art or expression.

What do creative arts psychotherapists create?  How does guiding creativity to healing and wellness impact one’s own art?  Art, Science, and the Worlds in Between gives us insight into how these unique therapists view this work and the world.    Calendula Gallery seeks 2D and 3D, video or projection art from eligible applicants for the juried exhibition, Art, Science, and the Worlds in Between:  Art by Creative Arts Therapists.

Eligibility

All applicants must have a master’s degree in a creative art therapies like: Art Therapy, Dance Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapies, etc. Students who are currently active in a program are encouraged to submit.

JURORS

Sean Plunkett, MPS, LCAT, ATR-BC

Sean Saint Aubyn Plunkett is a multimedia artist and licensed Creative Arts Therapist.  Born in Saint Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, Sean’s family later moved to the U.S. in 1985.  He received his BA in psychology from Binghamton University in 2002 and his Masters of Professional studies in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt institute in 2013.   Since graduation Sean has attained his license, board certification, and a teaching position at Pratt Institute, where he teaches various classes that focus on the intersection of therapy and creativity.  In his clinical work, he has worked with various populations, ranging from children to geriatric populations with diverse backgrounds and diagnosis.  He has worked with populations ranging from clients managing HIV, adults dealing with chemical dependence, children and adults on the autism spectrum and/or with developmental disabilities, LGBTQ populations, populations facing incarceration, and many other groups.

 Overall, Sean works within the framework of a humanistic, client-centered perspective, which emphasizes the inherent goodness of all humans and works improve client resilience, independence, decision-making, and life competence, while gaining self-awareness.  In his free time, Sean is a painter, writer, and curator.  He has participated and curated numerous art exhibitions in NY and abroad.  Sean views his role as a juror as an opportunity to use his background and experiences to open doors for others and to allow for emotion-centered creative expression, which he feels is a major pathway towards growth & healing for all.

Eve Chalom, MS, DMTCB

Eve Chalom is a board-certified dance movement therapist who received her M.S. in Dance Movement Therapy from Pratt Institute.  She holds undergraduate degrees in English and Philosophy from the University of Michigan and was a professional figure skater and coach for many years.  She also performed in several skating companies and modern dance companies while living in New York City.  She has been a dance therapist for 10 years, and has worked in a hospital, a nonprofit day program, and outpatient addiction recovery programs.  She currently has a private practice in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago and also sees clients via telehealth.  She also has certifications as a brain injury specialist and a yoga teacher, and has had a lot of training in Qigong and other bodywork modalities.  For more information, see her website:  website at www.healingthroughmovement.squarespace.com. 

Phyllis C. Solon, PsyD, LP

from Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Phyllis is a founding member of the Adaptive Internal Relational (AIR) Network Model and was involved with developing the Doctoral program of counseling psychology at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.  She photographs the natural world to remember that there is always profound beauty even in the midst’s of trauma and pain, seeing the miracle in the mundane.  She also build multilevel gardens incorporating mosaic and other forms of outdoor art. Phyllis excels at creative, out-of-the-box thinking and brings a stance of shared dignity as a therapist, supervisor, consultant, educator, and world community member.  She is involved in everyday practices to bring peace, justice, and freedom into the world in personal, professional, community and intercultural spaces. For more information about Phyllis C. Solon please visit:  https://www.phylliscsolonpsyd.com.

COPYRIGHT & USAGE RIGHTS

Artists retain all copyrights to their own images. Artists whose work is accepted for exhibition grant Calendula Gallery the nonexclusive right to use, print, and reproduce submitted digital files for the purpose of the exhibition, promoting the exhibit, promoting related programs and subsequent display on Calendula Gallery’s website, social media, and online exhibition archives.