  Recently I got to interview Mary Andrus in her office at Marylhurst University. We talked about so many topics, from relocating to Portland, Oregon from Chicago...to social action art therapy, state licensure, politics, encaustic painting, working in the field of art therapy and so much more! Personally, I can not be more happy for my alma mater. I graduated from Marylhurst University back in 1999 with my Master's in Art Therapy. The program has strong foundations and now is evolving into a new era along with the dynamic field I am lucky to work in. I have also been teaching out there once a week adjunct in the Counseling and Creative Therapies (CCT) program and being back on campus on a weekly basis is truly a delight. Mary has moved to Oregon, but also still has an open studio in Chicago. Recently, she went back to Chicago to her open studio, Art Therapy Studio Chicago, Ltd., to participate in some social action art therapy doing community work. Check out the video below to see what they did. For more details on our talk listen to our podcast HERE (links below). Marylhurst University is a jem, nestled in between West Linn and Lake Oswego. It is packed with trees, crows and deer, a wonderful place to take a walk between classes. At the beginning of the school year the art therapy program moved from a distant building to Mayer, to the bustling art building. It felt a natural fit for art therapy department. The first time I walked into the building since the move was last summer and my excitement grew as Mary toured me around explaining the new layout and plans for the department. Congratulations and thank you Mary Andrus for guiding art therapy students in Oregon into the new world! Links from the podcast! Art Therapy Studio Chicago, Ltd. Marylhurst University's Counseling and Creative Therapies Program Marylhurst University's CCT's BLOG Marylhurst University's First Tuesday Open Studio Sessions
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Acknowledgements: It is with deep respect and gratitude that I acknowledge that I reside and work on the traditional homelands of the Cowlitz and Clackamas tribes. I acknowledge and honor with reverence those who have stewarded this land, through colonization, systemic racism, structural racism, and genocidal policies. Additionally, I hold in the highest esteem those who have been historically enslaved upon this land, as well as those who may have been excluded to this land due to race, national origin, citizenship, and ethnicity. I offer some of my art therapy services at no charge to those who's homelands I occupy. If this applies to you or someone you know and you'd like to find out more please contact me.
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