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I wrote Candles and Flags to make sense of the tragedy of 9-11.
I was on Long Island at a teaching assignment on that day. My secretary looked up at me from her desk while the radio broadcasted the tragedy as it happened. She told me that I would not be able to go home. The Holland Tunnel was closed. The towers and the Pentagon had been attacked.
I owned a gallery on Fire Island in Cherry Grove at the time and raced back to it heart pounding, tears welled in my eyes, frightened. I lived in Jersey City on the water facing the Trade Towers. Many residents worked in them and Jersey City became a triage area.
When I reached Fire Island, I took the art off the walls and hung up many sheets of butcher paper and arranged art supplies so that community members could express feelings through art-making and come together to grieve.
The article is a description of that time. I feel enormous gratitude to be able to share this with you in this memorial. I spent 37 years in NYC and on Long Island. I love New York!
Both NYFA and The American Art Therapy Association published this article.
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Barbara Ann Levy
Artist, Art Dealer and LCAT/Creative Art Therapist
http://www.balgallery.com
EDUCATION
MPS Art Therapy, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
MFA, Painting and Drawing, Columbus, Ohio
AWARDS
2001 Pamela Clark Distinguished Service Award, The New York Art Therapy Association.
EDUCATION
1990 MPS Creativity and Mind Development/Art Therapy, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
1985 Certification, Mental Health Counselor; Psychosynthesis, The Synthesis Center, Amherst, Massachusetts.
1975 MFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1973 BFA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1997-2006
Owner/President, The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, a corporation, design of a summer seasonal monthly art exhibition program of contemporary Fine Art (formerly also in Chelsea, NYC). Gallery exhibits have received reviews from The New York Times, Art On Paper, Village Voice, The New York Observer, Art News, Fire Island Times and The Fire Island News.
Additional Professional Positions:
Workshop Design and Facilitation, AHEC, Doral, Florida
Lecturer, “Art Therapy and Computer Technology”, Art Therapy Department, Hofstra University, NY.
Presenter, Grand Rounds, Psychiatry, Woodhull Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Practicuum Supervisor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY/Postgraduate Center For Mental Health West, NYC.
Adjunct Faculty, Art Therapy, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Program Co-Chair, The Big Apple Round-Up, alcoholism prevention conference, NYC.
Supervisor/Art Therapist, Postgraduate Center For Mental Health West, New York City. I was responsible for the supervision of all Creative Arts Therapists onsite and for individual and group art psychotherapy as well as talking group therapy. I designed an art exhibition program with clients as well as a monthly newsletter that highlighted staff and client achievements. I led MICA art therapy groups.
Presenter, "The Self-Portrait As A Diagnostic Measure In Addiction Treatment", 13th Annual Conference of the New York Federation of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Counselors, Inc., July 15-19, 1992. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. (2 hour training)
Workshop Design and Facilitation, Adult Children of Alcoholics, The Next Step, Keene, New Hampshire.
Presenter, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Grand Rounds, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
Program Designer, New York City's First Adult Children of Alcoholics Share-a-Day, New York City.
Therapist, The Welling Place, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Project Director, 10 On 8, non profit artists run arts organization, New York City.
Workshop Facilitator, Gouvenor Hospital, "Magic Power Workshop"; an empowerment workshop for learning disabled children.
Visiting Artist, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire.
Curator, group exhibition, "Homegrown", PS 122 Association, New York City.
Visiting Lecturer, Life Drawing, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio.
Curator, group exhibition, 10 On 8, City Gallery, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City.
Representative, Women's Caucus for Art, Women's Film Festival, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Presenter, NYCCAT and NCATA Conference, Quality Not Quantity: Art Therapy In A User Friendly Society, Creative Arts Therapy In The New Millennium: Change, Challenge and Growth, New York University, NYC.
Presenter, "Utilizing The Creative Arts", NASW Conference, "Channel The Rage", NYC.
Presenter, Lesbian , Gay and Bisexual Caucus and Resource Study Group, The American Art Therapy Association, Inc. Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Presenter, Art Therapy As A Diagnostic Tool in the Treatment of Addictions, New York Federation of Alcoholism Counselors Annual Conference, Ryebrook, New York.
Producer/Writer, Adult Children of Alcoholics, WBAI Radio, 99.5 FM, New York City.