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Why this event is significant:
Freud is credited as the father of psychology, and without his work, influential art therapists like Margaret Naumburg would not have entered or created the field. -
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Her experience at the Walden School laid the groundwork for her theories on art therapy. -
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Another influential work by an influential theorist. Jung's publication is worth noting because Naumburg underwent both Freudian and Jungian analysis. It stands to reason that her vision of art therapy was influenced by both schools of thought. -
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The Walden School is where Naumburg's theories of art therapy were first created, and Florence Cane was also a pioneering Art Therapist. -
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This publication marks the beginning of what we know today as outsider art. It is important for art therapists to be aware of this phenomenon, as it helps us understand the power of art (and the artists who make it). -
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This is the first of many publications for Naumburg. It is a reflection of her time at the Walden School, and contains the roots of art therapy as Naumburg conceives it. -
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The WPA allowed Mary Huntoon to be a creative director in Topeka, Kansas. This puts her on the path to significant events years later. -
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Edith Kramer is considered the second art therapy theoretician, believing in art as therapy, as opposed to Naumburg who practiced art psychotherapy. -
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Huntoon's work in Topeka, Kansas lead her to a career in art therapy through the Menninger Clinic. -
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The paths of two art therapists cross. There is some discrepancy over whether or not Naumburg truly coined the phrase "dynamically oriented art therapy" due to this meeting. -
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Kramer, the second theorist of art therapy, brings her experience and knowledge to the East Coast. -
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This established the profession as an independent mental health discipline. -
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Huntoon uses the same phrasing as Naumburg, though she is cited as doing so 6 years later. -
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Though it isn't Naumburg's first publication, it is her first book specifically focused on the field of art therapy. -
Why this event is significant:
Just as Naumburg is spreading art therapy through teaching seminars, Kramer spreads art therapy by teaching it in a therapeutic environment. -
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This spreads knowledge of the field throughout the whole region, meaning new Art Therapists are sure to emerge. -
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Another influential text that laid the groundwork for the profession. -
Why this event is significant:
This journal spread art therapy throughout the entire United States, uniting art therapists across the country who were otherwise isolated in their practice. -
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This marks the beginning of art therapy as a nationally recognized profession. -
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These are events that remain important today, with conferences and art therapists earning their registrations every year. -
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Many of the events and covered in this timeline and in many textbooks focus on white art therapists. Therefore, it is important to include Venture, an art therapist of color, just as her work on the Ad-Hoc Committee was important. -
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This laid the groundwork for the way the profession is structured to this day, with high standards in place for accredited institutions. -
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This was a way for the AATA to standardize the way art therapy is taught in colleges and universities across the United States. -
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Venture had misgivings about the criteria set in place by the AATA, as she felt they were exclusionary to art therapists of color, as many of them practiced in community spaces rather than mental health settings. -
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Venture was the first person in the United States to write a dissertation on art therapy. -
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This criteria is still in place today, and art therapy programs are structured around preparing aspiring art therapists to pass their certification exams.