Education

State University of New York B.S. Fine Arts, with Honors

Rhode Island School of Design M.A. Art Education

Institute for Transformational Studies Training Program in Transformational Counseling 1991

American Society of Alternative Therapists Certification in Holistic Health Counseling 1991

Interests

Playing guitar, singing, painting, writing, reading, swimming and walking

Memberships

Committee Chair: Christiane Corbat Memorial Symposium, Summer 2009.

Publications/Papers

Guest Speaker: WADK Radio, “Salve Regina University: What Our Faculty Know,” March 2009. 2 Audio

Art and Healing: Using Expressive Art to Heal Your Body, Mind and Spirit, Three Rivers Press/Crown/Random House Publications, New York, NY, 1999. Book

Drawing from the Heart: A Seven Week Program to Heal Emotional Pain and Loss, Quest Books, Wheaton, IL, 2004. Book

1994 - 1996 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RRI Lecture Series: Guest Lecturer on "The Healing Power of Art" Presentation

1996 Society for the Arts in Healthcare: National Arts in Medicine Conference, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI Conference Presenter: "The Healing Power of Art" Presentation

1999 Shiho Center for the Arts, Del Mar, CA Workshop Presenter: "Art and Healing" Presentation

1999 Earthstar Bookstore and Workshop Center, Del Mar, CA Guest Lecturer: "Art as a Healing Process" Presentation

1999 Gaia Bookstore and Workshop Center, San Francisco, CA Workshop Presenter: "Art and Healing" and "Visual Journaling" Presentation

2000 The Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA Seminar Presenter: "The Power of Art to Heal" Presentation

2000 Bookbridge Workshop Center, Binghamton, NY Workshop Presenter: "Art and Healing" and "Visual Journaling" Presentation

2001 Beyond Workds Bookstore and Workshop Center, Northhampton, MA Workshop Presenter: "Art and Healing" and "Visual Journaling" Presentation

National Artists for Mental Health - Annual Grief Clinicians Conference, Schenectady, NY Workshop Presenter: "Art and Healing" and "Visual Journaling" Presentation

2004 The Cove Center for Grieving Children and their Families, Milford, Connecticut; November 6, 2004, Workshop Presenter: One-day Training in the Use of the Expressive Arts for 2002 Presentation

"The Power of Art to Heal," April, 1995, Body, Mind, Spirit Magazine, Providence, RI. Article

"Dance/Movement Therapy: The Body Never Lies," July, 1995, Body, Mind, Spirit Magazine, Providence, RI. Article

"Releasing Pain through Touch," March, 1997, Body, Mind, Spirit Magazine, Providence, RI. Article

"Healthcare Visionaries Look Beyond the Year 2000," September, 1997, Body, Mind, Spirit Magazine, Providence, RI Article

Audiocassette Program: The Healing Power of Art: a 9-hour Expressive Arts Program, Sounds True Productions, Boulder, CO, 2001. Audio

Illustrated seven children's books published for a bi-lingual education project, National Materials Development Center, Bedford, NH, 1976 - 1979. Book

The Designer's Commonsense Business Book (Translated into Chinese), North Light Books/F & W Publications, Cincinnati, OH, 1991. Book

How to Approach an Advertising Agency and Walk Away with the Job You Want, N.T.C. Publishing Company, Lincolnwood, IL, 1992. Book

Painless Pricing for Designers & Illustrators, North Light Books/F & W Publications, Cincinnati, OH, 1994. Book

Visual Journaling: Going Deeper than Words, Co-authored with Susan Fox, Quest Books, Wheaton, IL, 1999. Book

Art and Healing: 2004 Foreign Rights sold by Three Rivers Press/Crown/Random House Publications, New York, NY. New edition translated into Korean, released in Korea in April 2005. Book

Research and Scholarly Achievements

Awards

Grant Recipient: The Rhode Island Foundation, for the Christiane Corbat Memorial Symposium on Expressive Art, Global Peace and Ecological Consciousness, Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Summer 2009.

Grant Recipient: The Rhode Island Foundation for Holistic Leadership and the Expressive and Creative Arts.

Curriculum Vitae

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Class Schedule

Fall 2009 Schedule