Metàfora’s courses in Art Therapy attract an international community of students from all over the world.
For 6 weeks, students on this modality can attend both art and Art Therapy classes.
This course enhances the “mentalisation” processes to help achieve a better understanding of ourselves and our context.
Art & Process is a six weeks long full-time course which combines a foundation course in art therapy with a Metàfora’s habitual Studio Arts Program. It stands as a bridge between the two departments of Metàfora, the department of Studio Arts and the Art Therapy Unit, taking advantage of both lines of work in a unique, creative and exciting way.
Students on this modality have two options of participation: The Basic Package, which includes four weekly classes in Art Therapy and access to most of the classes in tools and techniques, or the Extended Package, which in addition gives access to tutorials, off-campus exhibitions and presentations (group crits).
In this data sheet you can find detailed information about the course. Have a look at the different tabs and let us know if you have any questions.
Basic Package: 15th of October – 21st of November 2019
Extended Package: 15th of October – 28th of November 2019
Basic Package: 17th of February to 27th of March 2020
Extended Package: 17th of February to 3rd of April 2020
You can contact us on + 34 933300089 or admissions@metafora.org
Have a look here to see the other Art Therapy courses offered at Metàfora
| Art & Process | 2019 |
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| TYPOLOGY: Visual Arts & Art Therapy Course | DATE: 15th of October – 21st (28th) of November 2019 |
| MODALITY: presential | LENGTH: Basic Package: 6 weeks Extended Package: 7 weeks |
| CREDITS: 18 ECTS | LANGUAGE: English |
| TIMING: Monday to Friday | REQUIREMENTS OF ACCESS: Different fields and levels |
| PRICE: from 1.274€ | PLACE: C/. Papin 29, Barcelona |
An overview of classes and contents
Basic Package:
Students on the Art & Process modality of Metàfora’s studio arts program follow the classes in tools and techniques, recent art history, debate groups, etc every day. On four afternoons – 6 weeks of the block – this group of students have Art Therapy related classes which are specifically designed for this modality.
Art & Process classes finalize after 6 weeks, and students on the Basic Package have no class during week 7, which is dedicated to presentations by studio arts students and students who have chosen the Extended Package of Art & Process. Students on the basic package are welcome to participate as listeners-in during the presentation week.
Extended Package:
In addition to the above, students who opt for the Extended Package of Art & Process have weekly tutorials and can chose to participate in off-campus exhibitions (if the exhibition dates coincide with the period of the Art & Process course).
This group of students present their work to the rest of the group during group crits in the week after the Art Therapy classes have concluded, hence the extended course dates.
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A break-down of academic contents
Art & Process is an independent course which can also be seen as a modality or “track” of our Studio Arts Programs.
Students share the tools and techniques classes scheduled on Tuesdays-Thursdays with the Studio Arts programs and have specially designed Art Therapy classes most afternoons.
Like the short term students on the Studio Arts Program, Art & Process students integrate into the program along with other students. Every week the program offers different workshops and classes in Tools & Techniques. These classes are optional and it is common for short term students to try to follow as many classes as possible during their stay. Nevertheless we recommend that students also leave time for their personal studio practice.
ART THERAPY CLASSES
The importance of the art making process entered the art scene for the first time in the early 60’s, soon afterwards art therapy also pointed at the art making process as a relevant element of the art experience. Ever since the creative process has become an essential part of any art training.
Art & Process offers both a number of theoretical classes run by art therapists and psychologists. Here, the main concepts of process work is distilled from art therapy and psychology.
There are case presentations of the course tutors’ clinical work with different clients. Alongside this presentations, workshops are an excellent occasion to see how creative methods are practically applied in art therapy, and how art therapy is implemented with different user groups.
The best way to learn art therapy is from within. Experiential groups, or “training groups”, are the essence of art therapy training around the globe, and form the space in which the different teachings of the course become truly meaningful. Our methodology is based on specific ideas about the dynamics of groups in which art is used as a tool. As this type of group is similar to a therapy group, this allows the student to experience this aspect of an Art Therapy career from the participant’s perspective.
HABITUAL ACTIVITIES ON METÀFORA’S STUDIO ARTS
Every Studio Block starts with a new theme-based project. The idea behind this is to help the individual studio-practice of every student.
Each theme-based project ends with a work review where students present the work produced. Art & Process students do not present during these days, unless they have signed up for the Extended Package of the course, which also includes art tutorials.
Every week we expose the student to different currents in Recent Art History. These lectures are followed by dynamic debate-seminars where students are encouraged to build a personal discourse informed by what is happening today in Contemporary Art.
Every Studio Block offers a series of programmed classes in different tools & techniques, covering common techniques within graphic expression such as painting as well as 3 dimensional work.
Painting the Human Body, Piotr Perski
Painting the human body is one of the fundamental excesses in any painting program. Piotr will demonstrate fundamental techniques and guide you through a series of exercises to help you understand the structure of the human body and explore ways of seeing it in three dimensions. Piotr’s innovative and entertaining methods will give you a solid start in understanding portraiture and basic painting. You will be working in acrylic paint with live models, exploring acrylics and “a la prima technique” and do a large scale painting on canvas or wood.
Mold making and casting techniques, Oriol Texidor
In this class students will gain understanding of why, when and how to make a mold. Oriol will demonstrate the different type of molds and their uses and the focus is on learning the process, step by step, of obtaining a good rigid or flexible mold. We will be working on testing diverse types of resins, choosing the right one depending of our project. there will be one part dedicated to understanding of the chemical reaction with hardeners, working and cure time, mixing ratio and managing methodology. Naturally, this block of classes include a range of items around safety habits for preserving health.
Print Making techniques, Oriol Texidor
This workshop is dedicated to different printmaking techniques such as Screen Printing, Woodcut and Linocut, and Monotypes. We will learn concepts like image transfer, print edition, numbered copies, types of inks and supports, framing, and value on the market. There will even be a paper making lab. Students learn to use both traditional and contemporary tools, with the goal to gain basic skills for a professional edition project. Usually we end up with a “Printing Market Exchange” among all the participants.
Sound, Graffitti, Cyanotypes
There are a few classes we really want to “fit into the program” every year, but they do not seem to own their own module. The Graffitti class, the Sound-Editing and the Cyanotype are so popular that we have decided to offer this mixed-class module in order to equip our students with a wide range of different techniques.
Techniques in oil and acrylic, Piotr Perski
Join Piotr in this workshop focusing on still life in acrylic paint, where students learn the basics of color, compositions and brush techniques. Under Piotr’s guidance the class will work on their own still life, with the opportunity throughout the workshop for one-to-one discussions and assistance. The second part of this block of 4 classes contains an introduction to oil painting of unusual objects in still life, reduced palette colours with soft and thick texture and palette knife. Students will use a projector and photographs of the faces in digital and print format to achieve powerful big scale painted gesture portrait on large paper.
Installation / site-specific art, Oriol Texidor
Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called public art, land art or intervention art. However, the boundaries between these terms overlap. Loss of the centre, accumulation, site-specific, multimedia, atmospheric, interactive… are the issues we work with in this workshop. Taking the architectural space as a ‘frame’ and placing the elements for a multisensory experience related with the concept.
Graphic Design
Many of our students are considering which career to choose and world of design is attractive because of its creative contents and a practical applications. The basics of narrative thinking, layout and presentation have many things in common with Fine Arts. This group of classes is not only recommendable because it presents students to a coupe of programs from Adobe’s Creative Suite, but because is places emphasis on communication, presentation and conext, things which are basic when working with art.
Other classes
Like in Block 2,we reserve a space for classes which are useful for our students, even if they do not”belong”in any of the other batches of classes. At this point of the academic year it is also useful with a flexible space for recollecting specific wishes of the student group which are no represented in the program.
Assessment and evaluation
Even if Metàfora is an independent institution, its Studios Arts Programs operate according to habitual university-level accreditation norms. Short term students can request a detailed transcript by the end of their stay. The transcript is issued only to students whose attendance to the course complies with formal attendance-indications.
The transcript reflects hours (ECTS credits) and grades of all the classes which the student has attended. The transcript also reflects studio work and programmed activities like Art History and presentations.
Credits are calculated according to ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), where 1 ECTS credit equals 25 hours of the sum of lective hours + homework. As in all universities and schools for further education in Europe, a full time academic year counts 60 ECTS. This includes all education activities, individual studio practice, writing and academic work, exhibiting and preparing final dissertation (3rd year project).
Classes, for which the student has been absent for more than 20% will not appear in the transcript.
Let’s help you with the process
Metàfora’s student population is rich and diverse in age, previous fields of experience and level. Our students come from all over the world, and we are interested in candidates who contribute to the community through active participation in all our activities. We look for students who take art seriously, who are willing to work intensely and who dare to be thrown in at the deep end.
Foundation Program in Studio Arts
Scanned copy of Passport, Passport-type photo (jpeg)
If possible: Portfolio of 10-15 artworks (.jpeg, .ppt, .pdf or http address).
Intermediate to advanced level – Certificate / Diploma / Advanced Diploma in Studio Arts
Transcripts and other academic records / Updated CV, copy of passport, passport photo (jpeg) / Url with 15-20 artworks, preferred: pdf file, Instagram, Facebook etc accepted only if you do not have a website or blog / Motivation letter of 250-350 words.
Feel free to contact us any time on admissions@metafora.org or +34 933300089
We will be happy to receive your application: it will normally take us max. 2-3 days to process it.
Details of all prices
The fees for Art & Process are equal to the fees of one studio block (short term stay) on Metàfora Studio Arts programs. Students on Art & Process can opt to continue onto the Studio Arts programs, if there are places available on the course.
The fees of Metàfora’s Studio Arts Programs are paid at different moments and are divided into different concepts: Reservation Fee (due upon admission) tuition and personal studio space (optional). Remaining fees are due 2 weeks prior to course start). Scholarships of 10% are available upon application.
Students who want to take the add-on module of Art therapy, Art & Process, pay an additional fee of 350€. This course is the equivalent of a Foundation Course in Art therapy and is valid for access to university training worldwide.
Trip to Madrid: Every year in February Metàfora organises a trip to Madrid within the framework of ARCO, an international art fair. The trip is low cost and included in the fees for students who stay one year on the Studio Arts Programs. Short term students are welcome to join (cost 160€).
The Art & Process modality of Metàfora’s Studio Arts program come in two versions:
The basic package is designed for students who are not already signed up for Metàfora’s Studio Arts Programs, and who are not interested in receiving art tutorials and presenting their art work to the rest of the students at the end of their stay.
This package includes 5 weeks of practical and theoretical classes in Art Therapy (approx. 8 hours per week), a personal studio space and access to classes on the Studio Arts Program: Tools & Techniques and Recent Art History.
The Extended Package lets Art & Process students participate in all class activity on the Studio Arts Program, including personal tutorials and presentations at the end of the block.
The Extended package is for students who are already part of Metàfora’s Studio Arts Programs, and who want to take the 5 weeks of Art Therapy classes as an add-on module to their studio arts training. The extended package is aso for short term students, who are interested in both art therapy and studio arts (including tutorials and work presentation).
Off Campus exhibitions: Art & Process students who opt for the extended package can participate in off-campus exhibitions in galleries and art institutions around Barcelona if these coincide with the period of the course (november).
Students are invited to respond to Open Calls organised by inhouse tutors. Some of the off-campus exhibitions may involve a small contribution of 50€. Metàfora organizes orientation regarding set-up and contributes with drinks for the opening reception.
Art & Process, Basic Package
566€
Art & Process, Extended Package
566€
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Application fee:
When applying for admission to some Metàfora courses, the application form must be accompanied by the payment of an application fee. Said payment is only returned to the applicant in the case of non-admission. In case of admission, the total tuition payment is deducted.
If the student wishes to cancel or postpone the registration, said payment will remain valid for a maximum of 12 months, counting from the beginning of the course in which the student originally enrolled.
Reservation fee:
When the student has been admitted to the course, it is essential to pre-enroll by paying the reservation fee. Metàfora does not guarantee the place without the payment of the reservation fee.
This payment will not be refunded under any circumstances.
For courses with a selection process, a letter of admission is required to pay for the reservation of the place. Upon being admitted, the participant will receive an invoice in which the amount and a payment term are specified. If this deadline is not met (and Metàfora does not receive notification of the delay in writing), the student may lose the place and go on to the waiting list.
For courses without entrance requirements the student can make the reservation of the space at the moment of registration.
If the student wishes to cancel or postpone their registration, said payment will remain valid for a maximum of 12 months, counting from the beginning of the course in which the student originally enrolled (see conditions below).
Tuition payment:
The remaining total tuition fee must be paid at least 15 days before the start of the course, 7 days before in case of courses without entry requirements.
If the student does not make the remaining payment within this period, they may lose their place in the course and go on to the waiting list. For bank transfers it is essential to send proof of payment to Metàfora within the deadline.
Once the course has started, there is no possibility of returning the enrollment (or part of it) if the student wishes to cancel or postpone his / her stay at Metàfora.
Payment of tuition fee in installments:
Depending on the specific conditions of each course, there is the possibility of paying the remaining tuition fee in installments with an increase of between 10% and 15% of enrollment. Payment terms are established by Metàfora.
Defer the beginning of a course or change course:
If the student wishes to postpone his / her start in the course or change to another course, the amount paid for reservation of registration and registration remains valid for a maximum of 12 months counting from the beginning of the course in which the student originally enrolled .
During this period, the student may opt for other courses (subject to admission and availability of places). In the event that the price of the new course does not coincide with the course chosen initially, the student will pay the difference. If the chosen course has a lower value than the one paid, the remaining amount will be saved for another Metàfora activity, for a maximum of 12 additional months. In no case will the amount paid to date (or part of it) be returned.
To postpone the start of the course or change to another course, it is essential that the student inform Metàfora by written notification at least 6 weeks before the beginning of the course for which he / she originally enrolled. If this notification is made later than 6 weeks before the start of the course, 80% of the payment can be kept valid for 12 months. Notifications of this type are not accepted in the last 7 days before the start of the course (payment is lost).
Involuntary interruptions of studies:
In case of accident or illness during the course, studies may be interrupted for a maximum period of 12 months. It is essential to present a medical certificate in this regard. During this time the acquired economic commitment remains valid without any surcharge.
Voluntary interruptions of studies:
Once the course has started, there is no possibility of returning the tuition fee (or part of it) if the student wishes to cancel or postpone his / her stay at Metàfora.
In case a student decides to interrupt the studies voluntarily, he / she loses his place in the course and must comply with the acquired financial commitment. In no case will interrupting the course voluntarily leaves the student exempt from the financial commitments contracted.
If the student wishes to resume the studies in the future, he / she must restart the application and enrollment payment procedures again.
Payment Methods:
All payments can be made by credit / debit card (online, by phone or at the office), by bank transfer or in cash.
When making the payment by bank transfer, it is essential to clearly indicate the full name of the applicant. Metàfora is not responsible for reservation of places for participants whose name and course is not correctly included in the transfers received. In case of doubt, please send proof by email.
All commissions related to international bank transfers are at the expense of the sender. Any erroneously applied commission will be claimed when the student arrives.
Late payments:
In the cases that Metàfora has indicated a payment term, a supplement of € 20 is applied for each week of late payment.
“…I had been thinking for a long time about what direction to take in my life. The Art & Process course came in just the right moment. I am now on my second year of Art Therapy training, looking forward to start my career in this field…”
Sally Thomson, Chicago, US
“… Before Metàfora I had trained in clinical psychology. I was longing to connect to my creative side and also curious about Metàfora’s reputation as a school of reference within Art therapy. This course gave me access to both sides and I loved every moment of my stay there…”
Soren Andersson, Sweden
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