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SUMMARY:The Need to Create with Richard M. Polsky\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:The Artist Study Group of the Psychotherapy Service for People in the Arts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\npresents\nTHE NEED TO CREATE \nRICHARD M. POLSKY\, PhD\nThursday\, November 5th\, 2026 from 1:30-3:00pm/Eastern\nAttend In Person or Online\nAttend in person at the Institute: 20 West 74th Street\, between Columbus Avenue & Central Park West\nJoin us via Zoom: https://wawhite.zoom.us/j/8180152948?pwd=cDkrUTlMSndQendyZzhnc054c0tpQT09\n\n  \nABOUT THIS PRESENTATION\n“My spirit and energy flow from inside.”  Prolific artist Richard Polsky\, whose artwork greatly enhances the Institute’s newly renovated 4th and 5th floors of the Institute’s Clinic\, joins us to share the arc of his creative life and language.\nHis compositions\, a complex mixture of line\, color and texture\, are reminiscent of de Kooning\, Krasner and Klee. Polsky will discuss his unique process\, including his discovery of  hand-made Dieu Donne’ paper in Soho that he examines closely before making a mark. Accompanied by a slide presentation\, he will delve deeply into the artist’s need to create\, his technique and the influence that Abstract Expressionism has had on his work. He has exhibited his paintings in New York\, New England\, Hong Kong and Seoul.\n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST\nRichard M. Polsky received his Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College\, Master of Education from Harvard University and Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education from Columbia University Teachers College\, where he taught Oral History. His love of education extends from the New York public schools\, tutoring in Harlem and the Children’s Television Workshop.\nJoin us for a lively presentation and discussion that bridges art\, life and psychoanalysis!\nRSVP to fvdillon@gmail.com  \n\n\nFrances V. Dillon\, MSW and Eric Dammann\, PhD\, Co-Directors\, Artist Study Group\n 
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