1st International Summercamp for Arts Therapies Students
The 1st International Summercamp for Arts Therapies Students (now 4ArTS) took place at the Fachhochschule Ottersberg (University of Applied Sciences for Art Therapy/Drama Pedagogy/ Fine Arts) in Germany, 16th to 21st September 2006.This student initiative was organized by Anna von Butler and Cettina Francella and supported by the Fachhochschule Ottersberg and ECArTE (European Consortium of Art Therapy Education). Together with the help of 8 other arts therapies students they organized the 1st 4ArTS and brouht their vision of an international and interdiciplinary encounter for arts therapies students to life.
A total of 25 international arts therapies students from Australia, Chile, Estonia (Tallin), England (Sheffield University), Germany (FH-Nürtingen, FH-Ottersberg), the Netherlands (Hogeschool Utrecht, Hogeschool Leeuwarden, Hogeschool Zuyd), Spain (University of Barcelona) and Sweden (Stockholm) attended the encounter for a five-day programme comprising workshops, discussion groups and project presentations. The encounter took place on the grounds of the Fachhochschule Ottersberg in the beautiful countryside, which provided an ideal environment for the exchange of experiences, on an artistic practical and theoretic level.
Programme
The complete programme comprised contributions from both Ottersberg and guest students, with a different focus for every day.
Day one: Art Therapy.
Day two: Drama Therapy.
Day three: Interdisciplinary Encounter.
Some workshop examples:
- "Art Process as Social Process- exploring our position as an individual in the social community through art" by Cettina Francella, Rebecca Marent, Sonja Moran, Julia Sommer (FH- Ottersberg, Germany)
- "Playing through the stages of Drama Therapy- a model for Intigrative Drama Therapy by R. Emunah" by Tessa van Leipsig, Nienke Slagboom, Rohde Vankan, Thijs Hougee, Hanneke Tops (Hogeschool Zuyd, the Netherlands)
- "Working with refugees- the meaning of home" by Lee Won Hui (Sheffield University, UK)
- "Costume workshop- good looking waste: One man's trash is another man's treasure." by Sausan Osman (FH- Ottersberg, Germany)
Some examples of the discussions and evening presentations:
- "Art Therapy at multi cultural schools- a case study" by Urania Dominguez (University of Barcelona, Spain)
- "Art project with refugees in Austria" by David Didebulidze, Sonja Hageman Moran, Rebecca Marent (FH Ottersberg, Germany)
click here to see all previous lectures and student lead workshops and presentations
What did we achieve
Our motto "for students by students" was put into practice with an extremely diverse and stimulating programme, where every individual input was shaping the encounter. The participants' confidence in their own artistic abilities played an important role for a project of this type. We succeeded in creating a "free space" in which each individual participant could present and test his/her contribution.
It was the interdisciplinary aspect of the workshops that led some students to discover new fields of interest, and this consequently stimulated their interest in further interdisciplinary exchange and led to new impulses and ideas for the studies.
The encounter provided the participants with an environment in which to discover the own potential and activate skills. Some of the participants had the possibility to prepare and lead a workshop for the very first time. This was an important experience in view of their later careers. Know-how and knowledge acquired during their studies could be put into practice and assimilated.
