artandmind
How Art Helps Us Think
Art-making requires that we use our imaginative capacities to create form. In this way we refine our perception as we develop concepts and skills through visual art. And so we can come up with ideas, cultivate our thoughts, express our individuality, and access and share our emotional lives. This is something human beings have been doing for a very long time...
A Bit About Me
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Catherine Wells, B.F.A., M.A.
 is an art educator, art therapist, and artist, director of the Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School, member of the Pointe-Saint-Charles Art School Artist Collective, and a professional member of the Association des art-thérapeutes du Québec. She has worked in the art, medical, educational, community and corporate milieus with individuals and groups of all ages. Semi-retired, she also has a small private art therapy practice and works as a painter.
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