Citizen art therapists: advocating for social justice and democracy
In recent years, much of the world has been confronted with challenges to democracy. Learn how to position your clinical and community work in a manner that champions social justice, open dialogues, critical perspectives, and citizenship.
Citizen art therapists: advocating for social justice and democracy
In recent years, much of the world has been confronted with challenges to democracy. Learn how to position your clinical and community work in a manner that champions social justice, open dialogues, critical perspectives, and citizenship.
How can art therapy support social justice?
Art therapy can support social justice by facilitating opportunities for visualising injustices, representing voices, bringing people together, and imagining solutions.
Art therapists can draw on the traditions of activist art and political psychology to enact socially responsive practices. Creatively drawing on resistance and engagement approaches to social justice offers ways to sustain reflection, foster relationships, and build community. Applying these ideas in art therapy yields a range of strategies that include: advocacy, lobbying, civic dialogues, and policy initiatives.
What you will learn
This course will help identify how art therapists can support citizenship, peace building, social justice, and democracy.
By completing the course, you will be able to:
- Synthesize social justice approaches of activist art and political psychology with art therapy practices.
- Describe art therapy social justice framework and approach to sustain reflection, foster relationships, and build community.
- Identify facilitator stances and strategies that art therapist can adopt for social justice.
Tutor
Jordan Potash
Read our interview with Jordan to find out more about his practice.
Jordan was outstanding. Such a valuable course with practical ways of working with powerful ideas.
Frequently asked questions
Bookings for our online Introduction, Foundation, ARTiculate, CPD and Masterclass courses close one week before the start date, at 10.00am.
Joining instructions and materials will be available in your Memberzone, under bookings, once bookings have closed. A reminder email will be sent out to delegates one week before the course.
It is the attendees’ responsibility to check they have access to the joining instructions before the course. Contacting the office on the day or evening before the start date will not always be responded to prior to the course starting.
Employer funded bookings are available for our online Introduction, Foundation, ARTiculate, CPD and Masterclass courses.
These bookings can be made on our website by paying by card at no extra cost. The booking should be made on the delegate’s account as we will need their contact details for the course. If they don’t have an account they can create one for free here. The employer will be required to provide their credit/debit card details to complete the payment. Please also tick the employer funded option at checkout.
If your employer wants to pay by invoice, you will need to complete our Invoice Details Request – Course Booking Form, and return it to us along with a PO number. Please note, we cannot accept the form without a PO number. Please note, there is an additional £20 admin fee for bookings via invoice.
If you need further assistance, please contact us at events@baat.org.
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