Abstract
Abstract This article introduces an art-based research study reflecting on women’s individual/collective experiences of personal transformation as they engage in visual art-making, writing, storytelling and ritual in a community expressive arts studio. The author shares how she investigated her practice of studio expressive arts therapy, where individual and therapeutic artistic work took place in a relational context through intermodal arts classes. Artist/participants become a community of a/r/tographers, examining the relational aesthetic of studio practice through art-making and writing as well as the creation of an art exhibit and performance ritual. The researcher explores her contiguous roles as artist/researcher/teacher/therapist, disrupting traditional views of therapeutic practice while questioning the role of the arts in healing and community. These re-imaginings invite transdisciplinary considerations of a/r/tography while considering the therapeutic aesthetics of gifting a/r/tographical works to public audiences.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
