This podcast is 26:49.
This week’s guest: Pat B. Allen, author, artist, art therapist & teacher
Website: patballen.com
Upcoming Workshop: “Art Therapy and Nature” at the Cape Cod Institute
Upcoming Training: Open Studio Process in Evanston, IL, July 30-Aug 1, the method of accessing creativity that Pat teaches. Special Offer! If anyone sign up for the training and mentions the podcast, they will receive a copy of my book, Art is a Spiritual Path for free!
Books:
Pat B. Allen, Ph.D., A.T.R., is an author, artist, art therapist, and teacher who connects to the Creative Source through art, writing, and working in her garden. Her two books – Art Is a Way of Knowing (Shambhala 1995) and Art Is a Spiritual Path (Shambhala 2005) – explore the borders between art, psychology, spirituality, and social action. Author of numerous professional articles and several films, Dr. Allen lectures and delivers workshops throughout the country using the Open Studio Process which she has developed. Her artwork has been exhibited in a wide variety of juried and invited exhibits. She is an adjunct associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a member of the visiting faculty of the Expressive Arts Institute of Prescott College in Arizona. Her recent work has been in the area of permaculture design and she is working to integrate body based learning about ecological issues using the Open Studio Process of intention, art making and witness in natural settings.
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Such a treat to hear this interview with Pat B. Allen. I looked at my copy of “Art is a Way of Knowing” and noticed I bought her book in 1996! Pat’s book has been a treasure for me all these years. I love being reminded how our landscape, whatever it is, can be a deep source of nourishment for our creative soul.
Oh Jamie…thank you so much for featuring Pat Allen! What an invigorationg invterview, and the idea of clearing space at home is what I needed to hear (again!). I love Pat’s books – I have them both; and take a weekly class based on her Open Studio process – lead by one of her mentees…right in Oak Park, IL (where I also live!) –
So far, her work has opened the door for me to go deeper with my art-making, via methods I’ve not been introduced to before. And..I had to laugh when I heard her talk about talking to the roses! I”ve been doing that all spring and summer, talking to and mainly “listening” to the flowers, the trees and each part, the leaves, the blossoms, the colors, the breeze…all of it is incredible! …somuch that I started a little Nature Speaks journal…keeping up w/what nature is whispering to me. I have poems from the Lilas, the Ginkgo tree, etc..and OMG, the trees… I can feel their energy (esp,. one in particular) raining down, showing me w/love and healing energy. In early spring before all the leaves were on the trees, I felt like the trees were “palming the energy on me…blessing me as I entered the walkway…like an honoring” , ..I tear-up talking about it, because I KNOW the Spirit of Nature is alive and well and whispering to me, and blessing me every day. Thank you SO much Jamie.. I look forward to touching based with Pat.
oh i cannot wait to read her book – what an inspiring conversation!!!
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