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,
         Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Newark, DE


2010, University of Maine, Presque Isle, Artist-in-Residence, Solo Exhibit,
         "Art and Transformation" a one day workshop


2010 Pecha Kucha Portland, Space Gallery, Portland, Maine, Oct 28


2010, Abused Women's Advocacy Project,
“Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,” talk and
casting demonstration, Lewiston, ME

2010, UCC CLERGY RETREAT, “Creativity and Spirituality,” Living Waters Spiritual
Center, Winslow, ME

2010, University of New England, “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,” talk and
workshop, Biddeford, ME

2009, University of New England, “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,” talk and
casting demonstration, Portland, ME

2009, BANGOR RE-ENTRY PROGRAM, "Tapping the Inner Well" Workshop,
(helping incarcerated women near the end of their sentences), Bangor, Maine

2008, MISSION CREEK CORRECTIONS CENTER FOR WOMEN,
Slide presentation and talk: “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,”
“Tapping the Inner Well” workshops, Belfair, WA

2008, COPPER CANYON ACADEMY, Slide presentation and talk:
“Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,” “Tapping the Inner Well”
workshops, Rimrock, AZ

2007, KING MONGKUT’S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Kmutt
School of Architecture and Design, Slide Presentation and DVD of "A
Body Story" to Visual Media Class, Bangkok, Thailand

2007, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BANGKOK, Slide Lecture and Talk,
Bangkok, Thailand

2007, TAIPEI AMERICAN SCHOOL, Artist in Residence, Solo Exhibit,
Evening Lecture and Book Signing, Taipei, Taiwan

2007, MAINE WOMEN’S NETWORK, “Integrating Our Professional and
Spiritual Lives,” Slide Presentation and Talk, Bethel, Maine

2007, GRAY WOLF RANCH, “Spirituality, Creativity and Recovery,”
Slide Presentation and Talk, Port Townsend, Washington

2007, CENTRUM ART CENTER, “Whatever!” Middle School one week
residential arts program, Port Townsend, WA, presenter

2006, BROWNING BOOK CLUB, Book for November, “A Body Story”
Norway, Maine, speaker

2006, WESTERN MAINE GIRLS ASSOCIATION, “Accessing Your
Creativity,” Grace Retreat Center, Bryant Pond, Maine, presenter

2006, GODDARD COLLEGE, “Embodiment Colloquy”, “A Body Story”
DVD presentation and slide talk, August, Plainfield, Vermont.

2006, COPPER CANYON ACADEMY, “Cast a Mask,” “Tapping the Inner
Well” week long workshops, July & December, Slide Presentation and
Talk, Rimrock, Arizona, speaker and presenter

2006, COMMUNITY TELEVISION NETWORK, DVD of “A Body Story”
and slide presentation , in conjunction with Sexual Assault Services
of Southern Maine, April, Portland, Maine.

2006, “CAST A MASK,” two day workshop, Port Townsend, Washington, January.

2006, CENTRUM ART CENTER, “Whatever!” Middle School two week
residential arts program, March, Port Townsend, Washington.

2005, GUILFORD COLLEGE, “A Year of Spirit and Spirituality,” "A Body
Story" presentation with DVD, “Tapping the Inner Well” workshop,
September, Greensboro, North Carolina.

2005, VOICES IN ACTION, 25th Anniversary Conference, "A Body Story,"
workshop and DVD presentation, July, Cincinnati, Ohio.

2005, CENTRUM ART CENTER, “Tales, Texts and Theatre,” one week
residential arts program, March, Port Townsend, Washington.

2005, KALIEDESCOPE ARTS CAMP, “Magic Mandala,” “Masks and
Wands,” “Figure Sculpture,” “Masks and Amulets,”
Port Townsend, Washington, July.

2005, CENTRAL MAINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, "A Body Story,"
Women’s Studies Classes, Art Appreciation Classes,
Auburn, Maine, April, May, November.

2004, JUSTICE WORKS, Workshops for formerly incarcerated women.
Followed by exhibit at Poetry Slam at Joseph Papp Theatre.
New York City, April.

2003, R.E.A.C.H. (Rape Education and Crises Hotline) Annual Spring Benefit
Luncheon, KEYNOTE for “Celebrating the Human Form"
Bethel Inn and Country Club, Bethel, Maine.

2003, “SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH THE ARTS”
A Conference Exploring Art and Spirituality as Media for Social Change,
Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, March.

2002, “WOMEN AND POWER”, Three Day Summit and Retreat at the
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck, New York
presenter for two art workshops.

2002, “HONORING CHANGE,” Falmouth Quarter Friends Women’s Retreat,
Portland Friends Meetinghouse, Portland, Maine, art workshop presenter.

2001, SLIDE TALK at ARTQUAKE, Celebration of the Arts, 15th Street
Friends Meeting, New York, New York.

2001, SPEAKER FOR VISUAL ARTS CAREER, Northern Oxford County
Area Counselors Career Day, Telstar Regional High School, Bethel, Maine.

2000, SPEAKER FOR OXFORD HILLS RETIRED TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION, Locke Mills, Maine.

2000, “TAPPING THE INNER WELL,” Alamance Regional
Medical Center, Burlington, North Carolina, workshop
for survivors of cancer.

2000, “TO CHERISH OUR BODIES,” series of five slide shows and a mask-
making workshop presented in Great Britain sponsored by Quaker
Meetings in the Lakes District.

2000, NEVOLA SYMPOSIUM ON HEALING AND THE ARTS,
Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency,
Waterville, Maine.

2000, MASK WORKSHOP, R.E.A.C.H., (Rape Education and Crises Hotline)
Norway, Maine.

2000, “QUAKERS IN THE ARTS CONFERENCE,” Guilford
College, Greensboro, North Carolina, March.

2000, “NURTURING CREATIVITY”
Catalog course Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York

1999, “YOU ARE AN ARTIST”
Catalog course Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.

1999, “TO CHERISH OUR BODIES: A WOMAN’S BREASTPLATE”
Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, North Carolina,
workshop for survivors of breast cancer.

1999, “INNER LISTENING - THE HEALING MASK,”
Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, North Carolina,
workshop for survivors of breast cancer.

1995-99, HOLISTIC STUDIES PROGRAM
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.

1996-99, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.

1998, “TO CHERISH EACH OTHER, MASKMAKING FOR COUPLES”
catalog course, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.

1998, “TO CHERISH OUR BODIES: A WOMAN’S BREASTPLATE”
Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, North Carolina.

1997, “TO CHERISH OUR BODIES: A MASK AND BREASTPLATE”
catalog course, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York.

1997, INTERFACE, “TO CHERISH OUR BODIES”
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1996, “TO CHERISH OUR BODIES,”
Wellness Center, Cailis, Maine.

 

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
IPPY Award Winner 2006, Outstanding Book of the Year, Most Life-Changing, Honorable Mention, Independent Publishers Association


2006 Winter, Gestures, Issue 45, Alumni Spotlight, “A Creativity Midwife”
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
 
2006, August 25, the Friend, article, “Lorenzo and His Mask”
Independent Quaker Journal, London, England
 
2006, Aug/Sept, Vol. 5, No. 2, Inner Tapestry, Artists and Writers Interview
Holistic Journal, Falmouth, Maine
 
2005, A Body Story, Treebody Publications, 48 pages, perfect bind book, 19
full color photographs. Forward by S. Epatha Merkerson. ISBN 0-9770920-0
IPPY Award Winner 2006, Outstanding Book of the Year, Most Life-
Changing, Honorable Mention, Independent Publishers Association
 
2003 Summer, No. 30, Types & Shadows, article, “Inner Wisdom is the
Physician, Art is the Prescription,” Journal of the Fellowship for
Quakers in the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
 
2000 Spring, Vol. 14, No. 2, Friendly Woman, article, “To Cherish Our
Bodies: A Woman’s Breastplate,” A Journal for the Exchange of
Ideas, Feelings, Hopes and Experiences Among Quaker Women,
Nashville, TN  

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.