{"id":504,"date":"2012-11-20T08:39:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/?page_id=504"},"modified":"2012-12-21T11:02:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T16:02:37","slug":"arnzen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/cli-research\/fellows-partnerships\/fellows-2012-13\/arnzen\/","title":{"rendered":"Annie Arnzen, CLI Fellow 2012-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Annie Arnzen ’14 is anthropology major. She is\u00a0researching the\u00a0collaboration\u00a0between teaching artists and social workers when\u00a0providing\u00a0art intervention programs\u00a0for populations affected by incarceration, using the JDPP:\u00a0Bridging Boundaries<\/a> program as a case study.<\/p>\n

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Annie Arnzen listens to questions after her preliminary presentation in November.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finding Voice, Supporting Process: <\/strong>The collaboration between teaching artists and social workers\u00a0in an arts intervention program with populations affected by incarceration<\/em><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women and youth affected by incarceration struggle with numerous emotional and behavioral issues. Art is widely used as an alternative healing process for this population. Art often uncovers underlying issues when working with people affected by incarceration, yet currently there is minimal research on how teaching artists and social workers can collaborate to provide comprehensive art interventions.<\/p>\n

JDPP: Bridging Boundaries, an organization that provides art programs for incarcerated women and youth who have parents in prison, works closely with social workers at the various program sights. Using this program as a case study, my research will explore the benefits, as well as possible challenges, of collaboration between mental health professionals and teaching artists.<\/p>\n

Through interviews and observations, I have identified the strengths of this approach. Additionally, I aim to suggest ways that JDPP can continue to develop its program, as well as exemplify a positive collaboration for other art programs.<\/p>\n

Access<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through my interviews and observations, I was surprised to hear the theme of access continually repeated by both the teaching artists and social workers. Particularly when starting in-school art intervention programs, I assumed that the social workers already established within the schools, could assist the JDPP teaching artists to identify which students would be good candidates for the program. The teaching artists re-iterated the truth of this, saying \u201cit would be much harder to get into the school systems because they are the ones that find the kids.\u201d (JDPP teaching artists)<\/p>\n

To my surprise, many of the school social workers explained that, prior to the JDPP: Bridging Boundaries program, they were unaware of which students had a parent in prison. Because of the stigma of incarceration, students often don’t share their parents’ incarceration with peers, teachers, or social workers. Since the start of the JDPP program,\u00a0many of the school\u00a0social workers have identified which students have a parent in prison by placing flyers around the school, and inquiring in one-on-one session. Now aware of which students have a parent or parents in prison, the social workers have begun to uncover\u00a0various ways that parental incarceration is tied to the emotional and behavioral issues that\u00a0play out among certain students in the classroom.\u00a0A elementary school social worker affiliated with the\u00a0arts program explained that she has\u00a0since discovered that approximately one in six children in Hartford have a parent in prison. By identifying the large number of children who have parents in prison and the connection between incarceration and behavioral challenges, the social workers are able to address the root cause of\u00a0student’s behavioral and emotional issues.<\/p>\n

Strengths of Collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Beginning my project, I assumed that there would be many healing and therapeutic benefits to the collaboration between teaching artists and social workers when providing art intervention programs for populations affected by incarceration, yet I was unaware of the fundamental way that this collaboration would allow professionals to identify and begin to assist a population that is so often silent and unseen.<\/p>\n

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Read more about her project:<\/p>\n

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