1. Creative Methods:
Circling the Self Through Three Media
This method achieves receptivity to the creative self by “drawing out” an image, object and idea
through through three media: clay, circular [mandala] drawing; and writing - to arrive at content
that is both meaningful to the individual and the community at large. Both clay and mandala
drawing are “safe” processes for those who are afraid of expression in general and drawing in
particular. The key is the reflective piece that creates meaning that can be shared through
articulation of the process in words.
Creative Methods with Clay, Drawing and Word
An “Art and Healing Workshop” with Kim Alderman
Methods Workshop: 6 sessions run 2 hrs each and include clay and drawing materials.
A journal is required.
Conference/Presentation Workshop includes a one hour slide presentation/talk/ Q&A and a
1 1/2 - 2 hour hands-on method workshop with drawing, clay and writing.
For more information contact:
Artmaking Can be Therapeutic
and Healing
Artmaking can be therapeutic and healing
when approached in a way that is as much
about “self-formation” as the formation of
images and objects as works of art.
Individuals willing to explore their sens-
es, feelings, and insights through hands-
on visual/tactile media and writing with
intention, can open to an art experience
that is inherently therapeutic and revital-
izing, creatively playful and aesthetically
meaningful.
Kim Alderman
phone: 845-399-5366
email: alderman.kim@gmail.com
location: St Petersburg, FL & Woodstock, NY
Creative Methods: Artmaking with Intention
I inadvertantly discovered the importance of art as healing during my studies in art education
at Vermont College from 2002 –2005. I undertook studio art studies to explore the creative
process and employed a method centered on the use of circular “mandala” drawing and clay
to bring what was in the dark, to the light. The key was to “realize” what I knew from the
process, through reflection and articulation in words. My intention was to experience “whole
ness” and I fulfilled the intention and discovered a method of creating that feels healing,
therapuetic and can be shared.

2. Kim Alderman
Objective:
To promote social and material good as a Fundraising/Development
Consultant, Teaching Artist and Writer.
born: NYC 1953 located: Woodstock, NY & St Petersburg, FL
phone: 845-399-5366 email: alderman.kim@gmail.com
Fundraising and Development Consultant
Client: The WoodstockPublic Library, Woodstock, NY, 2011-2014
Job: To Develop, lead and implement a $1.5 million capital campaign
Client: Hartley Consulting, New York, NY, Nov 2013-March 2014
Job: To provide full support for Fundraising Feasibility Study
a Major Gift Fundraising
a Capital Campaigns
a Donor Relationship Management
a Prospect Research
a Fundraising Events
a Annual Fundraising
a Fundraising Strategy and Planning
a Production of Presentation Materials: Written, Graphic and Video
Recent Work
2011-2015 Client: Hoexter Executive Consulting, New York, NY, Feb 2015 - present
Job: To provide prospect research and production of presentation materials
for a major gift fundraising camapign.
Domain Expertise
Teaching Artist, Ceramist and Writer
a Teaching Artist: ClayHaven: Studio workshops and classes in Creative
Methods, Woodstock, NY, 2005-2011
a Teaching Artist: Leading curricula, “Sand Painting: Creating Place and
Identity within the School Community”, Harris Middle, Penland, NC, 2008-10
a Teaching Artist: Leading curricula, “Dada for Middle School”,
Harris Middle School, Spruce Pine, NC, 2009
a Teaching Artist: Mandala Workshop for Teachers, Penland Community
Outreach, 2010
a Author: MOON TIME: Receiving Images of Feminine Consciousness through
Clay, Drawing, and Word, with a foreward by Paulus Berensohn, 2007
a Guest Artist, Installation of MOON TIME, International Conference
for Expressive Art Therapies, Boone, NC; May 2007
2005 - 2011
Psychological and Art Therapy Lectures/Presentations
a Presenter: Nurturing Creativity through Active Imagination.
Present and hands-on clay workshop, The Jungian Talk Assoc. of Philadelphia,
2009
a Plenary Speaker and Workshop Presenter, The Jungian Society for
Scholarly Studies, Burlington, VT; August 2008

3. Experience Timeline
Teaching Artist,
Spruce Pine, NC
Vermont College, BA
7-12 Art Education
Art & Healing
Writing
Published
Moontime
Studio Artist, Teaching Teaching Artist Fundraising Consultant
Workshops,
Presentations
& Shows
2002 2005 2007 2010 2011
2011- Present
NYU School of
Philanthropy and Fundraising
Woodstock, NY
ClayHAVEN
Ceramics
Food & Wellness
Millinery
Woodstock Public Library
2011- 2014
Fundraising &
Development Consultant
for planning a $1.5 miilion
capital camapign
Education a NYU School Of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Continuing Edu, 2011-2014
a BA, Vermont College, 7-12 Art Education and Visual Art, 2005
a Millinery, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, 1995
a Ceramics, Sheridan School of Design, Toronto, Canada, 1976
a Ceramics, City of London Polytechnic, London, England, 1973
a Communication and Writing
a Working Well in Groups
a Providing creative energy, direction and organization
a Champion for Social Good
Professional
Strengths
Tech
Skills
a Photoshop
a InDesign
a Photo/Video editing
a Excel
a CiviCRM
Craft/Art
Skills
a Ceramics
a Mixed Media Visuals
a Food and Wellness
a Sewing/Millinery/Costumes