PRESENTED BY THE ARTIST STUDY GROUP OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE FOR PEOPLE IN THE ARTS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 4th, 2024 from 1:30-3:00PM/Eastern

Attend in person or online:

In person at the Institute, 20 West 74th Street, between CPW & Columbus Avenues

Online via Zoom at https://wawhite.zoom.us/j/8180152948?pwd=cDkrUTlMSndQendyZzhnc054c0tpQT09

Please RSVP to attend: fvdillon@gmail.com

ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION

Mayan constructions of reality assume multiplicity of self and other, suggesting that there are portals to be explored between what we experience as material and spiritual reality. From the beginning of our psychoanalytic approach to the exploration of mental functioning, we have also been preoccupied with accessing the portals of exploration of multiple realities, primarily as represented by what we consider conscious and unconscious mental functioning. Our approach has emphasized dreams as a primary path of exploration, and we have expanded our sensitivity to such “portals” by attending to the nuances of dissociative states in our patients as well as in ourselves.

This meeting will explore how Mayan artists have represented and entered such explorations of self and other, time and space. Both historical and current Mayan art will be shown and discussed alongside current day clinical case material to draw parallels that seek to expand our exploration of dissociative experiences.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Ernesto Mujica, PhD, is Director of the Sexual Abuse Study Group and Service at the William Alanson White Institute, where he also serves as an Associate Editor of the Institute’s journal, Contemporary Psychoanalysis.  Dr. Mujica is a supervisor of psychotherapy at WAWI, and at the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology of Teachers College, Columbia University. He integrates his clinical work in the areas of childhood and adult trauma, as well sociocultural factors in mental health, along with his strong interest in the arts. His previous talks for The Artists Study Group have included discussions of artists El Anatsui (Ghana & Nigeria), Kent Monkman (First Nations-Cree, Canada), and Yayoi Kusama (Japan).

Frances V. Dillon, MSW, and Eric Dammann, PhD, Co-Directors,  Artist Study Group