MICHAEL FRANKLIN, MA, ATR-BC
Registered, Board Certified Art Therapist, ATR l982
Academic Degrees
MA, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., l98l.
Major: Art Therapy
BA, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, l978.
Major: Studio Art, emphasis areas: photography, lithography, ceramic sculpture
Major: Art Education, certified to teach K–12
Academic Positions
Full professor, core faculty, Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Department, Naropa University
Director, Graduate Art Therapy Program August 1997 to present.
Coordinator for the entire graduate art therapy program consisting of 50–55 students and 7 faculty members. Presently teach Art Therapy Skills I (Adult Development and Special Populations), History and Theory of Art Therapy, Perspectives of Art Therapy, Studio Practicum, Art Therapy Studio Observation and Professional Seminar classes. Coordinator and designer of the Naropa University Community Art Studio Project.
Research Interests
Currently researching two major topics:
The relationship between the art making process, meditation practice and yoga philosophy.
The relationship between youth violence, technology and expressive arts.
Maintaining active involvement with studio art efforts.
Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Franklin, M. In Press. Contemplations of a middle man: Anima rising. Art Therapy: The Journal of the American Art Therapy Association.
Franklin, M.; Rothaus, M.; Schpock, K. (2005). Unity in diversity: Communal
pluralism in the art studio and the classroom. In Kaplan, F. (Ed.), Art therapy and social action: Treating the world’s wounds. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. In Press.
Invited poet:
Moon, B. & Schoenholtz, R. (2004). Word pictures: The poetry and art of art therapy. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas.
Franklin, M. (2001). The yoga of art and the creative process: Listening to the
divine. In M. Farrelly-Hanson (Ed.), Spirituality and art therapy: Living the connection (pp. 97–114). London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Franklin, M.; Farrelly-Hanson, M.; Marek, B.; Swan-Foster, N.; Wallingford, S.
(2000). Transpersonal art therapy education. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 17(2), 101–110.
Franklin, M. (1999). Art practice/ psychotherapy practice/meditation practice:
Sitting on the dove’s tail. Guidance and Counseling. 15(3), 18–22.
Franklin, M. (1999) Becoming a student of oneself: Activating the witness in
meditation and super-vision. American Journal of Art Therapy, 38(1), 2–13.
Franklin, M. (1996) A place to stand: Maori culture-tradition in a contemporary
art studio. Art Therapy: The Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 13(2), 126–30.
Franklin, M. (l993). AIDS iconography and cultural transformation: Visual and
artistic responses to the AIDS crisis. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 20(4), 299–316.
Franklin, M. (l993). The image as cultural messenger: Iconography of the AIDS
crisis. In F. J. Bejjani (Ed.), Forum on arts and medicine. New York: Med Art Press.
Franklin, M., & Politsky, R. (l992). The problem of interpretation: Implications
and strategies for the field of art therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 9(3), l63–l75.
Franklin, M. (l99l). Art therapy and self esteem. Art Therapy: The Journal of the
American Art Therapy Association, 9(2), 78–84.
Franklin, M. (l990). Aesthetics and empathy: A point of convergence. American
Journal of Art Therapy, 29(2), 42–47.
Franklin, M. (l98l). Terminating art therapy with emotionally disturbed children. American Journal of Art Therapy, 20(2), 55–57.
Exhibitions
Art For Life: The Practice of Imagination, The Naropa University Nalanda Gallery, May, 2006
The Naropa University Faculty Art Show, The Naropa Institute Gallery, Boulder, CO, June 1997, 1998, 1999 (Regional invitational).
The Healing Imagination, Wasmer Gallery, Urusline College, Cleveland, OH, May 1996, (Juried Regional) 2 pieces
Positive/Negative: Artists React to AIDS, Artspace/Lima Center for the Visual Arts, Lima, OH, November l993, (regional invitational)
Toledo Area Artists 75th Annual Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, l993, (juried regional) l piece Jurors: Joseph Ketner, Director, Washington University Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri; Louis Marinaro, sculptor, Ann Arbor; Jose Roderio, painter, Frostburg State University, Maryland. Entries: 800.
Recent Presentations/Universities and Keynote Addresses (Invitational)
To Form Is To Transform: Art As An Alchemical Process The Sacred Rhythms of Creativity: Birth, Death, and Rebirth. Naropa University, Transpersonal Counseling Psychology 10th Anniversary Conference, Boulder, CO, July, 2001.
From Virtual Space To Heart Space: Celebrating The Pilgrimage Of The Arts Weekend workshop at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, March 2001.
Becoming A Student Of Oneself: Transpersonal Applications Of Art Therapy One credit hour course taught at the graduate art therapy program, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI, August 2000.
From Virtual Space To Heart Space: Celebrating The Pilgrimage Of The Arts Keynote Address Northern California Art Therapy Association, Assilomar, CA, June 2000.
From Virtual Space To Heart Space: Celebrating The Pilgrimage Of The Arts Keynote Address Northern Michigan Art Therapy Association , Traverse City, MI, April 2000.
From Virtual Space To Heart Space: Celebrating The Pilgrimage Of The Arts Keynote Address Soul-food Conference, Denver, CO, March 2000.
To Form Is To Transform: Art As An Alchemical Process World Wisdom Lecture, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, February 2000.
