DEANNA

Deanna is a Board Certified Art Therapist, educator, and artist creating and holding spaces for people of color to connect to innate creativity, heal and bloom. Deanna is a member of the American Art Therapy Association's (AATA) Multicultural Committee and has been featured in several AATA publications, including the 2021 DEI Gallery and Art Therapy Today. Deanna is a professor at Edinboro University's Art Therapy Program, and a member of the Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education. She received a MA in Art Therapy from The George Washington University and a BA in Psychology from Spelman College... I've come to respect my feelings. My works give emotions form and room to breathe. Each one helps to soften an emotional callus. My process allows for increased intimacy with the internal space where strength resides; where the wounded healer, the child, the shadow, and the inner critic can collaborate. Our mental health cannot thrive under the suppression of self-expression...

Also known as: Deanna R. K. Barton

Primary location: Atlanta United States