Leslie Schultz feels there are many ways of being an artist just as there are “self-states.” She will explore with us how art-making has greatly enhanced her own sense of well-being on many levels — physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual — from early childhood on. “Art is a fertile part of life. We encounter it and are affected — sometimes soothed or shaken and often changed — and then often we are moved to try our hand.”
Ms. Schultz will highlight the three stages of her intimate practice of poetry, photography and quilting: encountering and absorbing the art of others; being moved to make art herself, and sharing that work with others in some informal or professional way. Discussant Dr. Sarah Stemp, will elaborate on the alchemical shift in art-making, the experience of psychotherapy for the patient and the capacity of the analyst to create with the patient.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Leslie Schultz, (Northfield, Minnesota: www.winonamedia.net), has published six collections of poetry. Her most recent is Geranium Lake: Poems on Art and Art-Making (Kelsay Books). Her poetry has appeared widely in such journals as Poet Lore, Mezzo Cammin, Midwest Quarterly, Able Muse, Naugatuck River Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Orchards Poetry Journal, MockingHeart Review, and Blue Unicorn. Twice nominated for Pushcart prizes, she serves as a judge for the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest. In addition to poems, she publishes photographs, essays, and fiction.
Sarah Stemp, PhD, is a psychologist and supervising analyst at the William Alanson White Institute where she teaches the class on the ending phase of psychoanalysis. She has also been studying and writing poetry for many years, and has published a collection called Wellspring.
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Frances V. Dillon, MSW, and Eric Dammann, PhD, are Co-Directors, the Artist Study Group