Materials & Media in Art Therapy: Critical Understandings of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies

In art making, materials and media are the intermediaries between private ideas, thoughts and feelings, and their external manifestation in a tangible, sensual form. Thus, materials provide the core components of the exchange that occurs between art therapists and clients. This book focuses on the sensory-based, tangible vocabulary of materials and media and its relevance to art therapy. It provides a historical account of the theory and use of materials and media in art therapy, as well as an examination of the interface between art therapy, contemporary art materials and practices, and social/critical theory. Contributing authors provide examples of how art therapists have transgressed conventional material boundaries and expanded both thinking and practice in the field. The chapters discuss traditional as well as innovative media, such as body adornments, mail and video art, and comic books. Accompanying support material contains media clips, as well as 69 color images.Additional ISBNs9780415993135, 9780203858073, 9781283045087, 9781135161637, 9781135161569Materials & Media in Art Therapy: Critical Understandings of Diverse Artistic Vocabularies 1st Edition is written by Catherine Hyland Moon and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Materials & Media in Art Therapy are 9781135161620, 1135161623 and the print ISBNs are 9781138872943, 1138872946. Additional ISBNs include 9780415993135, 9780203858073, 9781283045087, 9781135161637, 9781135161569.