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Posted March 24th, 2018 by Southwestern College & filed under Who’s Who at Southwestern College, People of Southwestern College, Top News, Featured.
I’m Sherry Young, PhD, CSAT, Independent Consultant to therapists and clinical professionals and their clients struggling with mental health and addiction; I’m also on the Board of Trustees at Southwestern College. I received an interdisciplinary doctorate in Psychology and Literature from the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas in 1986, studying under…
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Posted July 18th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, SWC Blog.
Wild Heart Gallery
Beth Lykins, an Art Therapy/Counseling student finishing up the first part of the Southwestern College masters program, approached the Wild Heart Gallery about hosting an exhibition featuring the artwork of her fellow students who completed the Winter 2017 quarter of AT/CN 592, Art Therapy Techniques: Studio Art.
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Posted July 2nd, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, SWC Blog.
Wild Heart Gallery
The term, “manifold” can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means “having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.” This show’s theme centers around visual narrative investigation of Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students into the sacred pieces which formed their…
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Posted June 22nd, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC.
Wild Heart Gallery
The term, “manifold” can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means “having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.” This show’s theme centers around visual narrative investigation of Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students into the sacred pieces which formed their…
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Posted June 1st, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC.
Wild Heart Gallery
The term, "manifold" can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means "having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc." This show's theme centers around visual narrative investigation of Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students into the sacred pieces which formed their…
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Posted May 12th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, SWC Blog.
Wild Heart Gallery
May 2nd was the Wild Heart Gallery opening night gala for Vicissitudes, the first solo exhibition for conceptual, multimedia artist and second year Southwestern College Art Therapy/Counseling student, Jessica Morris. The evening was filled with lively conversation, delicious refreshments, and music provided by SWC's own, Larry Harkcom.
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Posted April 16th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, SWC Blog.
Wild Heart Gallery
Monday, April 10th, Southwestern College's Wild Heart Gallery hosted the first opening night gala of the quarter. Deb Schroder, Program Chair of the Art Therapy/Counseling Program, had this to say about the exhibition:
“Students in our Family Art Therapy/Counseling courses are asked to create Art-Based Genograms, in order to experience the power…
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Posted March 9th, 2017 by Beth Lykins & filed under Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
There are lots and lots of things to do outside of the classroom at Southwestern College. Music, while not part of the curriculum, is still a passion of many of us here at the college and some of us got together to share a night of art and music making together. From meditation and yoga,…
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Posted March 2nd, 2017 by Beth Lykins & filed under Valuable Posts on working in the Mental Health Profession, New Mexico Art Therapy Association, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
SWC and NMATA joined forces to offer a letter writing pizza party to help pass legislation that would enable Licensed Professional Art Therapists (LPAT) to receive third party payment for their services. Currently, art therapists can be licensed in the state of New Mexico with the LPAT credential, but insurance companies have recently begun to…
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Posted February 16th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Wild Heart Gallery
The current exhibition up in the Wild Heart Gallery is called Moment of Truth. I sat down with Sarah Ehle, the liaison for the cohort of 13 art therapy/counseling students preparing to go into the internship part of the Southwestern College masters program, to talk about the meaning of this theme.
Sarah…
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Posted January 30th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Ann Filemyr, Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.
Prime Movers:
The Annual SWC Staff and Faculty Exhibition
On Thursday, January 12th, the Wild Heart Gallery had its first opening night gala of 2017: Prime Movers: The Annual Southwestern College Staff and Faculty Exhibition. A “prime mover” can be considered many things, in many fields – mechanics, biology, philosophy, etc. – but aptly describes…
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Posted January 20th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Wild Heart Gallery
On Thursday, January 12th, the Wild Heart Gallery had its first opening night gala of 2017: Prime Movers: The Annual Southwestern College Staff and Faculty Exhibition. A “prime mover” can be considered many things, in many fields - mechanics, biology, philosophy, etc. - but aptly describes Southwestern College faculty and staff when…
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Posted January 15th, 2017 by Beth Lykins & filed under Diversity Dialogue, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.
TLDR:
White privilege is entrenched in our society, and not where it might be expected. Many people who consider themselves "not racist" act in ways that are still oppressive. Racism and oppression are as much "ways of being" as "words" that are said. I was surprised that I have a history of being…
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Posted December 16th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery is proud to…
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Posted December 9th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery is proud to…
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Posted December 4th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery is proud to…
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Posted November 27th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery is proud to…
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Posted November 23rd, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Wild Heart Gallery
"Muliebrity" is coordinate term to "virility," referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes.
On Thursday, November 10th, the Wild Heart Gallery hosted a…
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Posted October 30th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Wild Heart Gallery
Featured in the Wild Heart Gallery until November 8th, is an exhibition of ceramic works from three Southwestern College students who took classes over the summer with instructor, Seren Clancy, at Serendipideez Ceramics Studio here in Santa Fe. Angelica Restrepo, a recent SWC graduate, was the only one of the three who…
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Posted October 21st, 2016 by Beth Lykins & filed under Creative Writing from Southwestern College, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.
The writing group at SWC is a place where students, faculty, and staff can come together and share in a communal free-writing experience each Thursday at noon. Patterned after Natalie Goldberg's exercises, we start with a prompt of some sort and write for a few minutes, then, if we want, we share what we wrote.…
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Posted October 21st, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Lead-in
Students new to Southwestern College this fall were invited to introduce themselves through their art and other creative processes. It is the Wild Heart Gallery's honor to feature a few of the contributing artists of the Lead-in exhibition. This show runs through October 22, 2016.
Artist: Nicol Blais
Title: Heroes
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Posted October 21st, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Lead-in
Students new to Southwestern College this fall were invited to introduce themselves through their art and other creative processes. It is the Wild Heart Gallery's honor to feature a few of the contributing artists of the Lead-in exhibition. This show runs through October 22, 2016.
Artist: Laura Murphy
Title: Awake. Present. Healing.
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Posted October 21st, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Wild Heart Gallery
Students new to Southwestern College in the fall 2016 quarter were invited to introduce themselves through their art and other creative processes. On Thursday, October 6th, the Lead-in exhibition gala opened with artist talk presentations by Laura Murphy, Anne Lebednik, Meg Hamilton, Blake Van Egeren, Victoria Begay, Eric Case, and Nicol…
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Posted August 16th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Top News, SWC Blog, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
Wild Heart Gallery Exhibition
Art Therapy/Counseling student, Rebecca LaPera, is in a cohort of 25 people who are about to enter into the last phase of the Southwestern College graduate program - internship. She had a dream where she saw her classmates' work from the past two years exhibited in the Wild Heart Gallery. Inspired by…
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