IMAGINE a world without ART
Many children can't imagine
a world with ART
Help Artists Without Borders bring art to children who need it most
The Team
Director
I cannot imagine a life without painting, music, literature, dance...the "arts." Clearly, the arts have connected humanity across time and I believe they will help us cope in a future threatened with environmental and political conflict. To give peace a chance I believe we must give art a chance. Problem solving first begins with imagination.
I live in the village of Canada, a land of relative prosperity with a vastness of natural resources, education, museums, peace and opportunity. This existence is uncommon. I have learned that sharing with others benefits me in countless ways. Children remind me constantly to "colour outside the lines." I have discovered that the sea of "need" and "poverty" is deep and cold. This is the age of change. Now more than ever the message is clear that humanity, regardless of political borders, must cooperate and share more otherwise conflicts will become more frequent and dangerous. Communities of plenty must share more with those in desperate need. Let's start with art. Give the artists a chance to create change and forge a new path of shared prosperity. The child artist today is tomorrow's visionary...the brush, violin, poem will be their weapon.
Director, Art Therapy Program
Lucille Proulx, M.A., ATR, CRAT is a registered art therapist in both Canada and the U.S.A. Her 50 years plus of experience consists of working with children and parents in the community, private clinic and in the department of infant and child psychiatry at The Montreal Children’s Hospital. She is the past Executive Director of The B.C. School of Art Therapy (BCSAT). Lucille is an Honorary Life Member of The Canadian Art Therapy Association (CATA) and The Association des Arts-Therapeutes du Quebec (AATQ). She is a member of the Advisory Committee of Arts Health Canada and the vice president of the Canadian Art Therapy Association. She conducts specialized training workshops in Attachment Informed Art Therapy for professionals and parents in Canada, across the United States and abroad . In 2004 she became a CUSO-Canada, Cooperant and was assigned to the Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Bangkok Thailand, to introduceart therapy to mental health professionals working with traumatized children. . In 2003 she became a Director of The Canadian International Institute of Art Therapy(CiiAT) The Executive Director of the International Programs of Art Therapy in Thailand (IPATT) and Japan (JIPATT) Lucille is an Exhibiting artist and the author of Strengthening Emotional Ties through Parent-Child-Dyad Art Therapy,published by Jessica Kingsley Publisher, London, England and Ach Publishing House, Israel.