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Where are they now? Expressive Arts Institute Pamela Underwood

  At the studio we are not approaching art to make a living but making art to live life fully with resilience. Pamela Underwood, MA is known for her artistic talents, her wonderful work with women in...

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Institute Graduates: A Leader named Lanae

One of the unforeseen outcomes of founding the Expressive Arts Institute was the popularity and expansion of educational applications in the expressive arts. Director Judith Greer Essex had experience...

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Successful Careers in Expressive Arts expanding in San Diego

Successful graduates and students are making waves in the San Diego community, and hold positions of influence is key non-profits in the area. And successful professionals guarantee  not only...

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Two Women Walk Into a Bra: My Search for an Ethical Foundation

by Judith Greer Essex PhD When is the beginning of womanhood? Unlike the biologically regulated event of menarche, the first bra fitting could be said to be one rite of passage for a girl.  In my day...

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Interview: Dr. Judith Greer Essex on the Healing Power of Dance/Movement

Restoring expressive movement and dance to our bodies doesn’t just allow for catharsis. Expressive movement is the native  language for the  existential expression of embodied being. With 40+ years...

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Thanks is for Giving: A Message of Hope for the Divided American Table

-Wes Chester MA, CAGS Director, Expressive Arts Institute In the hundred-and-fifty-three years since Abraham Lincoln declared it an official national holiday, Thanksgiving Day has evolved almost beyond...

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02 min. 26 sec. – Reflections on the Image of the Totality

A few weeks have passed since viewing my first total eclipse of the sun, I am still trying to find words adequate to describe the experience. I must begin by acknowledging that words are not adequate....

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Receiving the Gifts of the Season with Dr. Judith Greer Essex

The artist appeals to that part of our being…which is a gift and not an acquisition – and therefore, more permanently enduring.–Joseph Conrad   Black Friday indeed!  What a designation.  I hate...

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A Recipe for Luck in 2018

It’s New Year’s Day.  The Hoppin’ John is on the stove.  It’s a traditional Southern dish of black-eyes peas, onions, celery and ham. I add carrots and garlic. A humble, earthy dish, that is said to...

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Unmasking Rebecca: How Rebecca Found Her Expressive Arts Dream Job

I feel like the work at McAlister Institute is the crowning glory of my career, and what I was born to do… What happens when your “Dream Job” becomes reality? We interview Institute Graduate Rebecca...

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Spring Green: Creativity and Passion in the season of new growth

At this time of year the mystery of nature and life itself beguiles and beckons our eyes from azaleas to zeninas with this greening. In Greek mythology,springtime is born of Demeter’s gladness for her...

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Applied Gratitude 101: Thanks Are for Giving

This year’s trip to Yosemite for Thanksgiving left me filled with gratitude for family and friends, and the majesty of our western landscape. Photo by Wes Chester Applied Gratitude 101: Here are just a...

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Welcoming the Gifts of Darkness: Thoughts on the Longest Night of the Year

Scratch the surface of the darkness, and discover new light. …Winter has special offerings for your health and happiness… I am looking into the forest edge, the sky drizzling,cold rain drumming on the...

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Love= Friendship = Love

-Judith Greer Essex, Ph.D., Director, Expressive Arts Institute Who is Your Valentine? The history of St. Valentine’s Day is a messy mix of pagan and Christian celebrations.   The old pagan festival of...

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Recovering the Artist: the 8th annual show at the Swift Shines a light on...

How did the Artist get lost?  In life, most of us eventually face events that require a kind of absolute change in the nature of how we live, or think about life. But the loss of the artist is usually...

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New Swift Gallery show brings attention to the perilous lives of birds…

The Guam Rail (depicted here) is extinct in the wild, but captive breeding programs are keeping hope alive for its eventual return to the wild. For the last decade, artist Stacie Birky Greene has been...

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Dream Jobs Series: Ann Davis Brings the Heart of Aloha to the Monarch School.

  Institute Graduate Ann Davis came to us from the Hawaiian Islands, bringing a deep interest in education and community organization, and a serious need for play in the arts.   When Ann came from...

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Schools in Session: What will you learn this fall?

The start of the school year comes at a celebratory time in the cycle of the year. Summer is waning, and we may be feeling rested from vacation downtime. The work in the field to move us towards...

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Goddess Wisdom for Today’s Woman: Embracing your inner goddess to empower...

Why the goddess workshop?  Why now?  I have done workshops concerning the images and myths of ancient goddesses for many years.  Feminine psychology interests me, naturally, and I am at heart an...

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So, You Want to Become an Expressive Arts Therapist? – with Judith Greer...

I can’t blame you. For 40 years I have had the best seat in the house. I witness people unfold, come alive again, heal and grow through the arts. It’s the most satisfying job in the world. Helping...

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