Filmmaking as Artistic Inquiry: An Examination of Ceramic Art Therapy in a Maximum-Security Forensic Psychiatric Facility

Author

Serena Duckrow, Lesley University

Date of Award

2017

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

PHD - Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Expressive Therapies

Abstract

This Art-Based Research (ABR) illuminates the power of creativity to inspire and heal people living in a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital. The study comprises: the individual and group artwork from the Collaborative Ceramic Art Therapy Studio with thirteen participants; a culminating thirteen-minute film found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PytlFZVvlig, Conversations in Clay: Creativity, Collaboration, and Community; an artistic inquiry and examination of the project footage; and a discussion of how the therapeutic filmmaking process helped capture the essential therapeutic elements of clay, filmmaking, and the art therapy studio environment.

Language

English

Number of Pages

134

Recommended Citation

Duckrow, Serena, "Filmmaking as Artistic Inquiry: An Examination of Ceramic Art Therapy in a Maximum-Security Forensic Psychiatric Facility" (2017). Expressive Therapies Dissertations. 30.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_dissertations/30