Dan Anthon, MA, ATR-BC, LCPC
An interview about Dan’s book with cellist Cheeko Matsusaka on her Podcast “Mission Artist”:
https://missionartist.org/dan-anthon-ma-atr-bc-lcpc/
From Carol Mendelson’s web site created for her son Steve Mendelson and artists impacted by HIV/AIDS:
http://www.artandhiv.org/artandhiv/Home.html
A spotlight on Dan in the Newsletter of the American Art Therapy Association
https://arttherapy.org/featured-member-dan-anthon/
An interview with art therapist Zachary VanDenBerg for his series “Invisible Histories”
Biography:
Dan is an artist, art therapist and clinical counselor who worked in the field of art therapy for nearly 32 years. He developed a private practice that represented his core belief in the healing power of art making that was housed in a store-front art studio. He taught in the Graduate Art Therapy Department at the School of Art Institute of Chicago and consulted at various agencies including: Better Existence with HIV; Center on Halsted; Test Positive Aware Network; Haymarket Center (substance use disorders); Quetzal Rape Crisis Center; Safe Passage (Domestic Violence); and currently, Back to the Beat (art and music). Dan has curated many art exhibitions of his own and his clients art and facilitated useful community interactions that expanded conversations related to mental illness, substance use disorders, trauma, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS. The Magic Carpet Ride: Art Therapy in the Real World is his self-published memoir. The book illustrates the efficacy of art therapy predominantly through his own artwork, often done beside his clients.
Engagement with the American Art Therapy Association (AATA)
An active member of AATA, IATA (Illinois) and FATA (Florida)
IATA - President (2); President-elect (2); and Treasurer (2); local Conference Chair; many local conference exhibitions, presentations, workshops.
AATA - Served on the committee to create the first Board Certification exam (2+); Art Committee chair and member (3); Ethics Committee (3); helped co-ordinate one of the first AATA national art exhibitions in the Chicago Loop at the Thompson Center; performed at an opening session of the national conference at the Chicago Palmer House Hotel; reader of conference proposals (1); presented at national conferences.