Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries: Reframing Practice

by Ali Coles (Editor), Helen Jury (Editor), Sue Holttum (Contribution by), Mary Chamberlain (Contribution by), Emma Hollamby (Contribution by)

Overview

This is the first book to explore and evaluate the potential of museum and gallery spaces and partnerships for art therapy.

Showcasing approaches by well-known art therapists, the edited collection contains descriptions of, and reflections on, art therapy in museums and galleries around the globe. Case studies encompass a broad range of client groups, including people with dementia, refugees and clients recovering from substance abuse, exploring the therapeutic skills required to work in these settings. The collection also establishes the context for art therapy in museums and galleries through reviewing key literature and engaging with the latest research, to consider wider perspectives on how these spaces inform therapeutic practice. Offering a comprehensive look at ways in which these locations enable novel and creative therapeutic work, this is an essential book for art therapists, arts and health practitioners and museum professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785924118
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	02/21/2020
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Ali Coles is an Art Psychotherapist for Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS (National Health Service) Foundation Trust, UK, working with adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. She is also a Visiting Lecturer on the MA Art Psychotherapy course at the University of South Wales and an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Art Therapy. Ali co-edited 'Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries - Reframing Practice' with Helen Jury, also published by Jessica Kingsley.

Helen Jury is an Art Psychotherapist and Supervisor in Independent Practice, UK, working with adults and children, groups and individuals, clinical training patients and referrals from agencies and organisations, and at University College London (UCL) gathering data for PhD doctoral research. Helen is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Art Therapy. Helen co-edited 'Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries - Reframing Practice' with Ali Coles, also published by Jessica Kingsley.

Table of Contents

About the Front Cover Image Helen Jury 11

Foreword Jordan Potash 13

Acknowledgements 15

Introduction Helen Jury Ali Coles 16

Part I The Context

Chapter 1 Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries: Evidence and Research Sue Holttum 26

Chapter 2 What Do Museums Mean?: Public Perceptions of the Purposes of Museums and Implications for their Use in Art Therapy Ali Coles 44

Chapter 3 Making Space Safe at Modern Art Oxford Mary Chamberlain 63

Part 2 Art Therapists Working with Museums and Galleries

Chapter 4 From Isolation to Relation: Reflections on the Development of Museum-Based Art Therapy in Russia Nana Zhvitiashvili 82

Chapter 5 Starting with Art, Ben Uri Artworks as a Stimulus for Art Psychotherapy in Dementia Care Emma Hollamby Elaine Homer Jane Landes 108

Chapter 6 Creative Dialogues: A Journey from Recovery to Discovery for People Using Drug and Alcohol Services Simon Hackett Ruth McGovern Fiona Fitzpatrick 133

Chapter 7 The Caring Museum/Le Musée qui soigne: Art Therapy at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Stephen Legari Marilyn Lajeunesse Louise Giroux 157

Chapter 8 Expanding the Frame: Developing and Sustaining a Long-Term NHS Art Museum Partnership Within a Workforce Development Strategy for Enhanced Quality of Care Sheila Grandison 181

Chapter 9 Art Therapy at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum: A Gaze Through Emotions, Culture and Social Integration Karen Lund 202

Chapter 10 BALTIC Art Therapy Project: A Collaboration Between NHS Art Therapists and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead Michael Fischer Whittaker Scott 223

Part 3 Wider Perspectives

Chapter 11 Further Conversations with Rembrandt in Space, Place and Time: How Rembrandt's Self-Portraits and the Gallery Setting Inform the Art Psychotherapy Review Helen Jury 244

Chapter 12 Temporary, Portable and Virtual: Making Galleries on the France-UK Border at Calais Miriam Usiskin Bobby Lloyd Naomi Press 265

Chapter 13 Art Therapy and Museums in the Colombian Context: Co-leading Collective Transformations Andrée Salom 289

Biographies 310

Subject Index 313

Author Index 317

Figures

Figure 3.1 Making Space Safe shelf within the storage cupboard 71

Figure 3.2 The Project Space (photo credit: Stu Allsop) 73

Figure 3.3 'Our' corner in the Project Space 74

Figure 3.4 The basement space 75

Figure 4.1 Ivan Aivazovsky, 'The Ninth Wave' (1850), oil on canvas, © State Russian Museum, St Petersburg 91

Figure 4.2 Painted sculptures. 'From monologue to dialogue' workshop (1997) 95

Figure 4.3 'The Shadow' by patient A (2017) 103

Figure 5.1 Samuel Hirszenberg, 'Sabbath Rest' (1894), oil on canvas. Ben Uri Collection 119

Figure 5.2 Chana Kowalska, 'Shtetl' (1934), oil on canvas. Ben Uri Collection 119

Figure 5.3 Alfred Wolmark, 'In the Synagogue' (1906), oil on canvas. Ben Uri Collection 120

Figure 5.4 David Breuer-Weil, The Edge' (2007), oil on canvas. Ben Uri Collection 122

Figure 5.5 Albert, 'Waiting in Line', pencil and pastel drawing 125

Figure 6.1 Doing an Orozco 143

Figure 6.2 Collective collage workshop 144

Figure 6.3 The flyer invitation 149

Editorial Reviews

At a time when cultural institutions are increasingly open to exploring their social value, this collection of highly original, reflective and beautifully written essays considers the increasingly productive intersection between museums, galleries and art therapy. In doing so, it opens up important new conversations, possibilities and ways of thinking about the museum's capacity to foster human connections, wellbeing and inclusion.

Richard Sandell

Bringing together a range of novel ideas, critical thinking and good practice, this timely book is a must read for art therapists and art psychotherapists, museum professionals and all those interested in the intersections between arts and health. Museums, their collections, spaces and staff offer a vast, often, untapped potential to support professional therapeutic practice; this volume is the first step to realising the multifarious benefits of a closer alignment between museums and art therapy.

Professor Helen Chatterjee MBE

This timely book highlights the breadth of art therapy and underscores the adaptability and range of skills possessed by art therapists. Coles and Jury's collection of chapters expertly convey the unlimited potential of museums and galleries as optimal places for delivery of art therapy services, toward improved wellbeing and quality of life for as many people as can benefit.

Donna Betts

This timely book highlights the breadth of art therapy and underscores the adaptability and range of skills possessed by art therapists. Coles and Jury's collection of chapters expertly convey the unlimited potential of museums and galleries as optimal places for delivery of art therapy services, toward improved wellbeing and quality of life for as many people as can benefit.

Donna J. Betts

At a time when cultural institutions are increasingly open to exploring their social value, this collection of highly original, reflective and beautifully written essays considers the increasingly productive intersection between museums, galleries and art therapy. In doing so, it opens up important new conversations, possibilities and ways of thinking about the museum's capacity to foster human connections, wellbeing and inclusion.

Richard P. Sandell