The Ithaca College Department of Sociology presents the spring 2004 mental health speaker series, The Creative Personality.
The Unique Self of the Artist: What Makes Artistically Creative People Different?
Psychotherapist Rick Miller '83 and graphic artist Oren Sherman will present a free lecture and slide show on Monday, April 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m., in Textor 103.
- How do we define creativity in general?
- What aspects of personality/creativity are unique to artists (visual or performance)?
- What is the impact of the ups and downs, ebbs and flows that occur in an artist's work life?
- What does a clinician need to do to prepare to work with artist clients?
- How does an artist's view of him/herself differ, if at all, from the general population?
Richard C. Miller, LICSW is a psychotherapist and small business consultant in Boston and Truro, Massachusetts. He has lectured and taught internationally on using creativity and consults on marketing with artists to achieve business success. He also helps people who experience a block in their creativity to recover their natural abilities. He graduated from the Ithaca College sociology department in 1983 and from Simmons College School of Social Work in 1985.
Oren Sherman is an illustrator on the faculty of Rhode Island School of Design where he teaches several courses. He owns his own publishing business, Oren Sherman Limited Editions, and has illustrated several L.L. Bean catalog and Yankee Magazine covers. He has also designed for Steuben Glass, been commissioned for US Postal Service stamps, Disney Corporation, Visa, the Boston marathon poster, and the Art Deco Festival poster in Miami. He has illustrated the Random House Book of Greek Mythology.
In addition, Richard and Oren lead workshops and presentations on marketing for artists and lead support groups for artists.
This event is sponsored by: the Ithaca College Department of Sociology social work minor, LGBT Resource Center, School of Music, Departments of Psychology, Art History, Occupational Therapy, and Therapeutic Recreation, the Mental Health Association of Tompkins County, the Community Arts Partnership, and Community School of Music and Art.
For more information, contact Anne Brous at 272.5535 (home) or 227.1181 (cell), or Sarah Rubenstein-Gillis, srubensteingillis@ithaca.edu.
Contributed by Sarah Rubenstein-Gillis
