Lani Gerity: Artist Lecture October 12, 2007

14 Secrets for a Happy Artist’s Life: Creating Resilience with Puppets and Storytelling

The Student Art Therapy Association of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to present an artist’s lecture by Lani Gerity on Friday, October 12, 2007 from 7-9pm. The lecture will take place in Alumni Hall Room 2401 on the campus of SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois.

Join us as Lani shares her unique integration of narrative and art in the therapeutic environment through puppet making and story telling. Lani will talk about her work with art making, community building, and resilience with survivors of hurricane Katrina. She examines the current resilience strategies utilizing a ‘quest narrative’ approach with an emphasis on group problem solving, modeling, and mirroring between generations and suggests how to incorporate these ideas into workshops. With a focus on developing and encouraging individual strength from the inside out, this event is an exciting, playful exploration of the creative process.

Lani Gerity is a trained art therapist with Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from NYU. She is also an Art Doll and Puppet-maker, author, and world traveler. Her passions have led her to search out the therapeutic value of non-traditional art forms. Doll-making, puppet-making, eZines full of encouragement and alternative arts are where she is currently focusing her creative skills, in her Nova Scotian fisherman’s cottage by the sea.

This event is funded through Student Activity fees, Friends of Art, Student Art Therapy Association, and the Art Therapy Department.

This lecture is FREE for SIUE Students and OPEN to the general public for a $5 admission fee.