The New York University Creative Aging Therapeutic Services Program (NYU-CATS) will present drawings and paintings of 17 elder artists in a new exhibition, “What Were We Thinking?” in the Commons Gallery, 34 Stuyvesant Street, from May 14 through June 3, 2007. Admission is free. A welcome reception, open to the public, will be held on Tuesday, May 15, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The New York University Creative Aging Therapeutic Services Program (NYU-CATS) will present drawings and paintings of 17 elder artists in a new exhibition, “What Were We Thinking?” in the Commons Gallery, 34 Stuyvesant Street (at E. 9th St. and 3rd Ave), from May 14 through June 3, 2007. Admission is free. A welcome reception, open to the public, will be held on Tuesday, May 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. [Subway: 6 (Astor Place); R (8th Street)]
The exhibition features new work by residents of the Penn South Mutual Redevelopment Houses, with whom students from the Graduate Art Therapy Program at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development have worked over the course of the academic year. The graduate students introduce new techniques and creative ideas to the group each week in order to stimulate self-expression and support the creative process. The artists share and discuss their work, providing an enhanced sense of community and increased self-esteem.
NYU-CATS is funded by a grant from the Werner Dannheisser Testamentary Trust. The five-year grant allows graduate art therapy student interns to become familiar with a range of clinical approaches in this field. Students learn to modify and integrate two disciplines-the visual arts and psychotherapy-in order to bring about art therapy’s maximum benefits.
Reporters interested in NYU-CATS should call Tim Farrell at the NYU Office of Public Affairs, 212.998.6797 or email at tim.farrell@nyu.edu.