VITAE

ELIZABETH A. GARLINGTON, M.Ed., CRC

EDUCATION

  • 2020: Spiritual Direction Graduate Certificate, The Haden Institute, Hendersonville, NC

  • 2016: Expressive Art Therapy Graduate Certificate, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

  • 2006: EC & Gifted Endorsements, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

  • 1985: M.Ed. Rehabilitation Counseling, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA   

  • 1983: B.S. Ed. Art Education, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURES

Standard Professional II North Carolina Department of Public Instruction License

  • Academically Gifted, K-12

  • Severely/Profoundly Handicapped, K-12: Cross Categorical, K-12

  • Visual Art Education, K-12

Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)

Community Mental Health Clinician, Northeast Georgia Community Mental Health

ARTIST RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS

  • 2023 Workshop Leader: Earth Painted Words: Mandala Writing, The Haden Institute, Summer Dream & Spirituality Conference at Kanuga, Hendersonville, NC

  • 2022 Workshop Leader: The Book as Sacred Container for Embodied Dreams ~ An Exploration of Book Arts & the Studio Practices of Jung as Found in The Red Book, The Haden Institute, Summer Dream & Spirituality Conference, Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC

  • 2021 Workshop Leader: Healing Rhythms: Creating with Our Hands with Slow Stitch Embroidery, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC

  • 2020 Artist in Residence: Exploring Fabric Collage, Hand Quilting & Slow Stitch Workshop, Expressive Arts Institute, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

  • 2018 Maker in Residence: The Quilt Studio: Embodying Home: The Great Returning to Our Senses, Expressive Arts Institute, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

  • 2017 Artist in Residence: Expressive Arts & Domestic Violence Support Program, ArtsREACH of Haywood County, NC

  • 2011 Artist in Residence: TAPAS (Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools), Claxton Elementary School, Asheville, NC

  • 2010 Artist in Residence: Next Step - Narrative Collage Program, The Kennedy Center/Vanderbilt University: Sarratt Art Studios, Nashville, TN

  • 2010 Artist in Residence: Reflective Teaching Practices Thru the Process of Narrative Collage, Vanderbilt University: Sarratt Art Studios, Nashville, TN

  • 2010 Artist in Residence: TAPAS (Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools), Asheville City Schools, Asheville, NC

  • 2010 Artist in Residence: TAPAS (Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools), Hall Fletcher Elementary School, Asheville, NC

  • 2001-2002 Artist in Residence: Madison Art Center, Madison, TN

  • 1999 Artist in Residence: The Many Faces of AIDS, Gaston County AIDS Council & UNC Charlotte, NC

 EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

IN THE AREA OF VISUAL ARTS EDUCATION

  • Instruct visual arts to K thru 12, college, and community student populations.

  • Motivate students’ pursuit of ideas, creative development, and artistic self-expression.

  • Facilitate multi-generational classes in the visual arts.

  • Remediation, academic accommodation, and enrichment activities for students with special needs.

IN THE AREA OF GIFTED EDUCATION

  • Identify gifted learners from a variety of diverse cultural and economic backgrounds.

  • Meet the diverse and often complex social-emotional needs of gifted students.

  • Creative problem solving/critical thinking skills activities and learning centers for gifted students.

  • Interpret the complex profiles of twice exceptional students and at-risk gifted learners.

  • Support gifted students with enrichment and extension activities in the regular art education classroom.

IN THE AREA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION & COUNSELING

  • Develop IEP’s and 504 Plans for the exceptional student via collaborative team meetings.

  • Observe and record client and student behaviors.

  • Knowledge of the DSM-V, mental health terminology, and EC rulings, and medications.

  • Coordinate community human service agency services for the benefit of the client.

IN THE AREA OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPIES

  • Embrace the field of expressive arts as a special educator, arts educator and counselor.

  • Develop specific programming for designated classes and participants.

  • Facilitate others to participate in healing arts modalities.

  • The ability to facilitate others further their creative expression via a wide range of specialized programming, sensitive facilitation, and high-quality art media and materials.

  • Support and encourage a client's self-expression as a means to bring awareness to the present moment and to promote self-discovery and therapeutic healing.

  • The ability to work effectively with a variety of materials and art media.