Calendar

Exhibition

Presented by MPS Art Therapy

Open Door

February 8 - 29, 2020
Illustration of a brown open door leading to pink and blue swirls and the outline of an anatomical heart. On the far left is text "Open Door," displayed vertically.

SVA Flatiron Gallery

133/141 West 21st Street, 1st floor, New York, NY 10011

Reception

Thu, Feb 13; 6:00 - 8:00pm

Photo of exhibition space from outside two glass doors, showing artworks by Art Therapy students on the wall. To the doors' immediate right is the text "Open Door" and "MPS Art Therapy" in black vinyl lettering on a white wall.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students and their clients in gallery space, hung on a white wall leading to a distant corner.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students and their clients in gallery space across two intersecting walls.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students and their clients in gallery space across two intersecting walls.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students and their clients against a white wall in gallery space.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students and their clients against a white wall in gallery space.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students and their clients against a white wall in gallery space.
Wide-angle view of exhibition with artworks by Art Therapy students spread across two walls, multiple pedestals, and suspended from the ceiling.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students against a white wall in gallery space. In the foreground are some small pieces on a square white pedestal.
A variety of artworks by Art Therapy students against a white wall in gallery space.
Photo of gallery space at angle, showing hallway at street-level with a horizontal row of posters to the far left, on the right is a small alcove with multiple drawings hung on wall.
Photograph of white wall next to gallery doors, with a grid of four drawings underneath the text "Other Voices: Selected work by the artists of Crawford Supported Studio, Cork, Ireland." To the right of these drawings is a pedestal containing a painted bag and a drawing of Superman holding a woman in his arms.
Photo of three walls with drawings on paper, hung in a horizontal line across each wall.
Three drawings on paper hung in a horizontal line on white wall, with a print containing twelve smaller drawings on a single sheet to the far right.
Photo of Hope Art Competition posters in a horizontal line going down hallway of the street-level windows at SVA Flatiron Gallery, with sign on the far right stating the name of the competition and information about the exhibition.
Photograph of artworks inside of large windows at SVA Flatiron Gallery from across street, where a horizontal line of posters is hung on a white wall.

School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Open Door,” an exhibition of multimedia work by MPS Art Therapy students and the people they work with at their internship sites. Curated by Liz DelliCarpini, internship coordinator and adjunct faculty member, the exhibition will be on view from Saturday, February 8, through Saturday, February 29, at the SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York City.

 

These artists seek to open doors, and in doing so, create restorative relational experiences. Public involvement is viewed as a key aspect of community-based art therapy practice: offering people opportunities for contribution, recognition and support within our collective community. The therapeutic goals of “Open Door” are to bring people together in ways that acknowledge and respect our differences.


MPS Art Therapy is an immersive two-year, 60-credit program that prepares students to become licensed, credentialed art therapists. It integrates the experiential components of art therapy within a comprehensive framework of academic theory, clinical application via an internship program, and art practice. Students learn to adapt the creative process to the specific therapeutic needs of the individual, population and setting, with a consideration of how systems of theoretical and social constructs impact treatment. SVA believes in active engagement with the community at large, which allows for utilization of the diverse, innovative, creative atmosphere of New York City and beyond to enhance training.



Free and open to the public