September 3, 2024
Join us as we celebrate National Hispanic American Heritage Month for this special virtual Continuing Education session hosted by Gabriela Osorio Fajardo, MTFS, MTA. Together, we will explore how to integrate textiles and photoembroidery in clinical practice.
Each September 15 to October 15, our nation recognizes National Hispanic American Heritage Month to pay tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.
Mexican Huipil-Making and Photoembroidery to Find Connection: Integrating Textiles, Photo and Embroidery in Clinical Practice
They connect us to ourselves, highlight our pain, and mark what we’ve left behind or lost. When we translate these concepts and emotions into wearable art, we celebrate life, embodying a “second skin” or reflecting on ourselves through embroidered self-portraits.
In this 2-hour virtual Continuing Education session, participants will learn how to begin their own art piece or a traditional Mexican huipil by exploring five key questions that deepen the symbolism behind stitches and colors. We will examine various examples of embroidery and textile-based activities, discussing how each can be integrated into clinical practice.
Additionally, the session will provide a brief overview of the history of embroidery and community projects in Mexico, where embroidery holds profound cultural and emotional significance.
The session will be held September 24, 7 – 9pm ET. Registration fees are $52 for AATA members and $82 for non-members. The session is FREE for AATA student members!
Attendees may receive 2 CE credits.
About Gabriela Osorio Fajardo
Gabriela Osorio Fajardo, MTFS, MTA is a bilingual, creative and eclectic art therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. She holds two Masters—one in Family Systems from UNIVA in México and the other in Clinical Art Therapy from Loyola Marymount University. Gabriela has been teaching for 15 years across different educational levels, up to masters, at the Universidad del Valle de México in Guadalajara, Jalisco. She also trained as a Montessori guide for children from 2 to 6 years old, focusing on teaching creativity and arts for 10 years.
Gabriela is a textile artist with extensive experience and background, having organized and participated in collective art shows for women in public spaces like “Casona Pardo” in México. She trained in fine arts at the Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver, Canada, where she also connected with Canadian art therapists. Gabriela is an active member (15 years) of the AATA in the United States, where she has also presented clinical work.
Currently, Gabriela lives in Zamora, Michoacán, México, where she has her office and a project called “Casa Corazón,” offering art therapy workshops for children, adolescents, and adults, among other art workshops like music, painting, and embroidery.
Gabriela is also the director of the “Open Art Therapy Studio ExpresARTE” in San Miguel de Allende, México, where she has worked with adolescents and children since 2019. She is the author of the Art Therapy workbook for children “Manual de Terapia de arte para niños de 6 a 12 años” in Spanish.