| Arla
Patch |
151
Cushman Hill Road Bryant Pond, Maine 04219 Phone: 207-665-2224 |
www.VoxPhotographs.com Email: arla@megalink.net www.arlapatch.com |
| Objective | My goal as an artist/teacher is to enhance and encourage learning opportunities especially in the area of creativity. I am interested in helping people recognize their own innate abilities and in nurturing their expressive and inventive sides. I believe this positively impacts every area of our lives and promotes healing. I am committed to exploring my own artistic development for the same purpose. |
| Education | 1972-1974, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana M.F.A., Sculpture, Summa Cum Laude 1968-1972, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania B.F.A., Ed., Sculpture/Education, Magna Cum Laude 1970-1971, Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy Junior Year Abroad 1967-1968, International School of Bangkok, Thailand, High School Diploma with Honors |
| Presentations and Workshops |
2011,University of Delaware, guest speaker, workshop leader,
2010, UCC CLERGY RETREAT, “Creativity and Spirituality,” Living Waters Spiritual 2009, University of New England, “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,” talk and 2009, BANGOR RE-ENTRY PROGRAM, "Tapping the Inner Well" Workshop, 2008, MISSION CREEK CORRECTIONS CENTER FOR WOMEN, 2008, COPPER CANYON ACADEMY, Slide presentation and talk: 2007, KING MONGKUT’S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Kmutt |
| Exhibition Record | As a professional artist, I have actively exhibited my artwork since 1969 in a variety of venues and locations. Exhibition Record |
| Other
Professional Teaching experience |
1991-present, EXPLORATIONS, Founder and Owner of Private Art Program, Bryant Pond and Bethel, Maine, grades 1 –12 and adult classes 2001 (summer) Adjunct Professor, University of New England, Masters of Science in Education Program 1999 – 2003, MAHOOSUC MOUNTAIN SCHOOL, private Alternative Middle School, Fine Arts teacher 1992-2001, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES: - SAD #44, Bethel, Maine1992-1998. - Durham School, Durham, Maine 1997-1998. - Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York, 1995 thru 1999. - West Bethel Children’s Center, 2000. - Mahoosuc Montessori, 2001, Bethel Pre-School 2001. 1997, TEACHER TRAINING-“CREATIVITY”, Durham School, Durham, Maine 1991-1992, PERU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, K-8, Peru, Maine, Art Teacher 1988-1991, F.O.C.U.S. CREATIVE AND TALENTED PROGRAM, SAD#44, Bethel, Maine Program development and teaching 1991-1993, CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE LEARNING, Rumford, Maine Art Courses 1988-1993, ELDERHOSTEL, Bryant Pond Conservation School, 1993, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine, 1989, 1990, 1991 Sunday River Inn, Newry, Maine, 1987, 1988. 1974-1986, SRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT, Oreland, Pennsylvania, 1986, full-time art teacher, High School, 74-86, Middle School, 1984-85, Elementary, 1985-86. 1972- 1974, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Bloomington, Indiana, , Associate Instructor while in Graduate School. |
Publications |
2009, Finding Ground: Girls and Women in Recovery, Treebody Publications, 58 pages, perfect bind book, 22 full color photographs. Forward by Shaun McNiff. 2010 Independent Publishers Book Awards GOLD MEDAL, Inspirational/Spiritual. 2005, A Body Story, Treebody Publications, 48 pages, perfect bind book, 19 full color photographs. Forward by S. Epatha Merkerson. ISBN 0-9770921-0-0 |
| Awards Received |
1994 Awarded a Maine State Arts Commission, One Percent for Art for the Crescent Park School, Bethel, Maine. IPPY Award Winner 2006, Outstanding Book of the Year, Most Life- Changing, Honorable Mention, Independent Publishers Association |
| Selected Additional Training |
2007 “Experiencing the Power of Expressive Arts Therapy” with Tana Slay, Seattle, Washington 2007 “It’s All About the Pelvis, Feldenkrais Method” with Jane Burdick, Norway, Maine 2007 “The Work of Byron Katie” with Jeri Lynn Schroeder, Mukilteo, Washington 2006 “Art Therapy and Anxiety: Healing Through Imagery” with Jean Shiners, Portland, Maine 2001-2002 Whole Writer’s Workshops, Joan Lee Hunter, Fifth House Lodge, Bridgeton, Maine 1995 Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, “The Artist’s Way: Recovering Your Creative Self” with Julia Cameron. 1993 University of Maine, Farmington, “Expressive Arts Therapy” 1992 University of New England, “Wabanaki Perspective: An Alternative Native American Studies” 1991 Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, “Drawing from the Light Within” with Judith Cornell 1987 Bowdoin College, Maine Summer Training Institute, “Gifted and Talented” |
| Travel | I have lived in the following foreign countries: Naples, Italy 1957-1959, Rome, Italy 1970-1971, Bangkok, Thailand 1967-1968. I have traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, North America and North Africa and been around the world twice. |