Museum program integrates art, nature, wellness
SHAWNEE The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art presents “Art and Nature in Health and Wellness,” a new program that will provide participants a new creative process using arts and the natural world and develop “listening” skills for connecting and working with others.
This certificate program is led by Madeline Rugh, an environmental art therapist. The curriculum is five modules that integrate a variety of art disciplines with primary attention given to visual art. It provides 200 hours of training in the arts, nature and wellness.
The program runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on select Fridays and Saturdays Feb. 19 – June 12. To register, go to
MGMoA new program: Art and Nature in Health and Wellness
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A new program is coming this spring to the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art.
Art and Nature in Health and Wellness is a new program that will provide participants with the opportunity to learn a new creative process using arts and the natural world and develop “listening” skills for connecting and working with others. The program is being led by Dr. Madeline Rugh, an environmental art therapist.
Madeline Rugh holds a Ph.D. in adult and community education and is a registered/board-certified art therapist (ATR-BC). For the past 30 years, Madeline has been a consultant and educator specializing in the role of spirituality, art, and nature in health and wellness. She has taught nationally and internationally in both Canada and Ireland. Dr. Rugh was an assistant professor for 15 years at St. Gregory’s University (the former university run by the Benedictine monastery) in psychology and art.
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It looks like the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art has classrooms buzzing in Wisconsin and Illinois because of its virtual art tours.
The MGMoA was excited to see virtual art tour requests from two schools that were from beyond Oklahoma. The first request came from the state of Wisconsin from the Milwaukee Scholars Charter School requesting a virtual art tour over the MGMoA’s Native American collection. The students and teachers saw the various Native American artifacts and art pieces in the MGMoA gallery as Amber DuBoise-Shepherd explained the various uses of the objects from Oklahoma tribes. The manager of education, DuBoise-Shepherd is of Navajo, Sac & Fox, and Prairie Band Potawatomi descendent and enjoys teaching students about her culture and traditions.
The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’s "Momentum" annually features Oklahoma artists ages 30 years and younger, working in diverse media. The program presents a diversified look at young artistic talent in Oklahoma.
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