Stitched Stories: Art Therapy, Narrative Textiles, and Human Rights (AC6200)
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Lisa Garlock, MS, ATR-BC, ATCS, LCPAT
Lisa Raye Garlock works in textiles and mixed media. She’s a full-time faculty member at the George Washington University Art Therapy Program, where she teaches, does clinical placement, and manages the gallery. She also works with an international non-profit, training therapists to use narrative textiles in trauma treatment.
The Storycloth Database, an online collection of narrative textiles, houses collections of story cloths made for healing trauma, documenting struggles, and showcasing human rights issues. This paper explores connections between art therapy, story cloths, and human rights through viewing the collections and discussing actual narrative textiles from various countries.