Courses
Semester 1
- Exploration of Therapeutic Relationships ARTS0091
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate. Details available on EXA page. This course is a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. Please note: Successful completion of Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapies is recommended prior to taking this course. In this course you will explore various types of therapeutic relationships, as well as several important aspects of therapeutic relations in general. It will include experiential, demonstrated, and didactic learning methods. There will be ample opportunity for practice, discussion and feedback using role playing of the client, the expressive therapist, and the witness/observer. Some of these opportunities will occur in pairs, some in small groups, others in the full group. There will be an attempt to use the 'here and now' experiences of the class/group member to highlight the important factors of therapeutic relationships.
- Expressive Arts - SoundWork & BodyPlay ARTS0774
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate. Details available on EXA page. This course is an elective credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not an elective credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. SoundWork: Designing and Facilitating Sonic Rituals. Whether we are creating a ceremony of celebration or a ritual to grieve a loss, SoundWork enables participants to drop out of the topside world of words in order to engage the images, feelings, and themes of the inner life. Sonic rituals can be jubilant or heartfelt, but are always in-depth. BodyPlay: Integrative Movement with drawing and journalling. We will use breath and structured improvisational dance to explore the different facets of our inner worlds of images, emotions, sensations and impulses. As we move between modalities suitable applications and populations will be discussed.
- Expressive Arts - Wording Liminal Space ARTS1606
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate. Details available on EXA page. This course is an elective credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not an elective credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. This experiential course provides an opportunity to explore writing-focused expressive arts. Instruction will involve an interdisciplinary approach that includes additional art modalities such as voice and music, movement and dance, visual arts and drama as they generate and support the writing process. Discover how the creative writing process teaches you to articulate inner sensations, emotions, and thoughts. Exploring a variety of art modalities in the realm of creative writing gives a fresh perspective on recurring themes and issues in our lives, and deepens our understanding of the metaphors and images that surround us. Writing-focused expressive arts are effective with a range of populations, from high functioning adults and children, to clients who are not native English speakers, to populations with different challenges, including those who are not highly verbal. A background in writing is not required.
- Expressive Arts Modalities ARTS0436
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please Note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate.Details available on EXA page. This course is an elective credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not an elective credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. This course provides an opportunity to interact with graduates of Fleming's Expressive Arts Ontario College Graduate Certificate Program and to explore some of the ways they have incorporated their training into work with others. Labyrinths and mandalas are ancient and powerful tools to used centre, strengthen, and help us move out into the world. They have also been used for contemplation, ritual, initiation, celebration and personal spiritual growth. Centring exercises with breath, movement, colour, sound and words will lead you into the creation of a personal mandala, combining the ritual mandala of the East and the self-exploratory/expressive mandala of the West. The creation of both a personal and community labyrinth will provide further opportunities for self exploration and expressive arts experiences.
- Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapies ARTS0112
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate. Details available on EXA page. This course is a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. "Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself." (Zenrin). When we provide the right conditions for ourselves, we open the door to growth. Tapping into our creativity provides a natural source of imagery and energy to use for healing and personal expression. This course will introduce you to the theory and practice of the expressive arts. If you are working in the human service field, you will learn about the applicability of visual arts, music, writing, movement and theatre to your work settings.
- Planning Expressive Arts Experiences ARTS0171
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate. Details available on EXA page. This course is a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. Successful completion of Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapies is recommended prior to taking this course. This course will teach you to plan and lead expressive arts experiences for others. Instruction will address a broad spectrum of expressive arts experiences as well as present the theoretical tools for assessing what type of experiences might be appropriate for various individuals and populations. You will learn how music, movement, visual, and narrative arts can promote self-awareness and personal growth with various populations ranging from drug treatment facilities to nursing homes, daycares to prisons. There will be opportunities to experience leadership in the non-judgmental atmosphere of the student group.
- Professional Issues with the Expressive Arts ARTS0183
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate. Details available on EXA page. Successful completion of Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapies and Exploration of Therapeutic Relationships is recommended prior to taking this course. This course is a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not a mandatory credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. It is important to recognize the parameters of utilizing expressive arts within the bounds of one's training experience. How does one handle situations that are beyond the scope of our professional practice? What are the needs of cultural and racial minorities which can be appropriately integrated into the expressive arts? How do we handle burnout creatively? This course will cover ethical and professional issues which may arise as a result of using the expressive arts.
- Storytelling and Sandtray Therapy within the Expressive Arts ARTS1028
Units/ Hours: 47.5
Please note: To register for this course you must meet the admission requirements for the EXA Graduate Certificate. Details available on EXA page. This course is an elective credit toward Fleming College's Expressive Arts Certificate. It is not an elective credit toward Fleming College's Visual and Creative Arts Diploma. Successful completion of Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapies is recommended prior to taking this course. This course is an introduction to the practice and theory of sandtray-worldplay therapy and the application of storytelling within the expressive arts. These modalities give voice to the internal and external worlds of both children and adults. They are tools with which to explore for example issues of loss, abuse, and self-esteem that can provide new perspectives on life experiences. This will be of interest to professionals working with children and adults in educational, health, recreation or therapeutic settings.