Pictured above: Auseklis Ozols discusses process & technique in the Ozols Studio during a Fine Arts Preservation Society event.
Our featured scholars work in various fields and incorporate connection to visual arts practice in their areas of expertise. Utilizing the benefits of studio practice and related research; our featured scholars are ambassadors for the visual arts in multiple professions.
Cybèle Gontar
Cybèle Gontar is an art historian, author, curator & arts publisher. She is native of New Orleans, Louisiana and the owner/director of Degas Gallery.
Featured Scholar, Cybèle Gontar discusses her research on Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (1801–1888) in front of one of his original paintings during a studio class break. (photo)
Ked Dixon, LCSW-BACS, RPT
Ked Dixon utilizes expressive arts in play therapy as a regular part of practice. Children and adolescents use paint and colored pencils to illustrate emotions, describe family relationships and build rapport through nonrepresentational art. Ked also uses sand tray and miniatures to deepen client stories and to help clients focus on different aspects of their stories through Narrative techniques.
Ked’s education and training include a Master of Social Work from Tulane School of Social Work 2010; Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2014; Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor since 2017; and Registered Play Therapist since 2018.