1 NBCC CE hour • $60

On Demand Workshop with Ashley Lagrange, LPC

Originally recorded as part of the
GEMS Neurodiversity Summit: FAT! Get the full replay bundle below.

Collage as Care:
Archiving the Fat Ancestor

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Replay of Full GEMS Summit

About this course:

Through this session, participants will explore archival as an act of resistance in a world that manipulates the Fat Body. Ashley Lagrange will discuss their history of personal archival, how it is rooted in documenting their own experience of living with a Psychosocial disability, and the therapeutic use of Collage in their journey. Learn the value of personal archival and be prepared with tools to create your own digital archival image. Leave with a deep understanding of collage making as a therapeutic tool, utilizing it in this space to help outline a lineage of Fat Ancestors.

What’s Included:

  • 1 hour recorded session

  • slides & resources

  • 1 NBCC CE hour*

Price: $60

Originally recorded as part of the GEMS Neurodiversity Summit: FAT!
Get the full replay bundle below!

Enroll in On Demand
Full Summit Replay

Objectives
Participants will be able to…

  • Identify the value of personal archival and will be provided with tools to create their own digital archival image.

  • Develop an understanding of collage making as a therapeutic tool, utilizing it in this space to help outline a lineage of Fat Ancestors.

Meet the Instructor

Ashley Lagrange, LPC

Ashley Marie Lagrange, LPC, (They/Them) is a therapist, coach, and collage artist born, raised and currently residing in Queens, New York to a multigenerational Dominican household. They are a Licensed Professional Counselor. Ashley works in the day as a politicized therapist and coach for the QTBIPOC population which stemmed from their lived experience with madness and grassroots peer support organizing. Ashley is also a Collage Artist, having taught and facilitated various classes and workshop spaces on the analog art form. They see collage as a tool for radical expression and care, challenging the scarcity that comes from playing without purpose. All materials are intentionally curated from secondhand materials - giving them a new cycle of life.

Find Ashley at Ashleymlagrange.com or on Instagram