Pat B. Allen

Pat B. Allen, PhD, ATR, is an author, artist, art therapist, and teacher who connects to the Creative Source through art, writing, and working in her garden. Author of numerous professional articles and several films, Allen lectures and leads workshops throughout the country using the Open Studio Process, which she has developed. Her artwork has been exhibited in a wide variety of juried and invited exhibitions.

Allen is formerly an adjunct associate professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and presently a member of the visiting faculty of the Expressive Arts Institute of Prescott College in Arizona. Her recent work has been in the area of permaculture design, and she is working to integrate body-based learning about ecological issues using the Open Studio Process of intention, art-making, and witness in natural settings.