IEATA REGIONAL GROUPS

USA — Midwest

About IEATA Midwest USA

IEATA Midwest Region is one of diverse heritages. We span twelve states including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Each state is comprised of varied identities. Rural, urban, suburban and migrant populations who come from a long line of self-taught artists, utilitarian makers, fine art educators, clinical practitioners and consultants. We are rebuilding a community within a community.

The International Expressive Arts Association exemplifies what can be created from the creative. IEATA is a steadfast, global group of volunteers dedicated to the arts and belief in extending multifaceted modalities to heal individuals, families, communities, and the planet.

Come join us in our effort to refresh the IEATA Midwest Regional identity and to celebrate our shared commonalities and colorful differences. We don’t strive for perfection, but we do hope to make a communal difference together.

Regional coordinator

Kim Anderson MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, REAT ieatamidwest@ieata.org

Kim's Bio

Kim Anderson MSW, LCSW, ATR-BC, REAT ieatamidwest@ieata.org

Kim Anderson is a licensed clinical social worker, a board-certified art therapist, and a registered expressive arts therapist with over thirty-five years experience as a clinician, supervisor, clinical educator and published author. Kim has presented her eclectic work to numerous local, regional, national and international events and venues, engaging her audience through compelling narrative, careful research, evocative experiences, and instructive storytelling. She has taught social work and expressive arts therapy courses at the university level and has developed continuing education content for educators and clinicians.

Kim is the author of Culturally Considerate School Counseling: Helping Without Bias (2010), co-author of Creating Culturally Considerate Schools: Educating Without Bias (2012), both published by Corwin Press, and What Grown-Ups Need to Know About Art Therapy for Kids (MabelMedia InnerPrizes 2013). She also contributed a chapter to Trayvon Martin, Race, And American Justice: Writing Wrong (Sense Publishers, 2014).