A step in the graduate direction

This image is of a watercolor drawing from my journal during my brief stay in Kauai, Hawaii earlier this year. It's titled chicken and papayas.

Many wonderful and exciting things are happening in my artistic life. Some of which have been several months in the making such as getting ready for graduate school! I will be attending Marylhurst University to pursue a degree in M.A Art Therapy Counseling. I’m so excited! I applied for and received a Miller Foundation Art Therapy Scholarship so that has put a bit of wind beneath my wings. Encouragement is always welcome.

I’ll be leaving the security of my 9-5 at PAM but I’m ready to take this next step in my professional development. My tenure at the museum these last three years has taught me lessons in patience, flexibility, altruism, and above all always bring the beauty of art into my everyday life.

Eventually with parental/ guardian consent I will be posting pictures from my internship with the special patient population in Aloha. In the mean time, I’m going to finish up here at work and go out and see some first Thursday openings.

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