Dear Friends & Colleagues:
I am proud to announce a sneak peek of the Buckeye Art Therapy Association's 2008 Altered Books-- go to:http://www.buckeyearttherapy.org/News.html
to check out the 10 minute film featuring the books and everyone's pages that were
created throughout this year. You'll need to be able to play videos on your web browser from YouTube.com to access it.
The following altered books were exchanged through the postal mail system over the last 10 months, focusing on different themes:
Book #1: Altered book celebrating this year's AATA conference theme, Art Therapy on the Cutting Edge: Invention & Innovation. This book includes work by 20+ art therapists across 5 states.
Book #2: BATA's Honorary Lifetime Members "Celebration of Creativity" altered book featuring the work of Don Jones, Mickie McGraw, Jacky Martin, Martha Stitt, Don Cutcher, Gail Wetherell-Sack, Petie Sildegs, Gail Rule-Hoffman, Rick Rule-Hoffman, Sr. Kathleen Burke, and Gretchen Crawford.
Book #3: Altered book focusing on the theme Art Therapy: Healing Inventions & Innovations from BATA members, local art therapists, and students in Ursuline College's Master of Arts Art Therapy & Counseling Program in Pepper Pike, OH.
All three books will be on display and part of a Silent Art Auction at the Local Arrangements Hospitality area during the AATA Conference in Cleveland. Bidding opens Thursday, November 20 and runs until Saturday afternoon, November 22. All proceeds from the altered books will benefit BATA's Legislative Fund. Payment through cash, check, and credit card through PayPal will be accepted on-site.
The books are definitely a must see in person so you can experience the full effect of secret doors, flaps, pull pages, mini-books within the books, textures, writings, and photos that are part of all the pages! If you'll be in Cleveland at the AATA Conference, remember to stop by and check them out.....and bid on your favorite to take home!
Looking forward to hopefully seeing you at the AATA Conference in a few weeks.....
Sincerely, -gretchen
Gretchen Miller, ATR-BC
President, The Buckeye Art Therapy Association
www.buckeyearttherapy.org
