Dianne Tennyson Vincent
409 Coleman Blvd., Suite 2B
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
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843.870.7236
EDUCATION
1995 Thirty graduate hours toward art therapy registration (The University of
Oklahoma, 1995,The Citadel 1994, The University of Illinois, 1995)
1980 M.A.T. - Art Education, University of South Carolina
1978 B.A. - Fine Arts, College of Charleston
1975 A.S. - Nursing, Southern College
LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION
Professional Member of the American Art Therapy Association, Board Certified Registered Art Therapist
South Carolina State Board of Education Professional Certification in Art, K – 12
Member of South Carolina Arts Commission Arts in Education Roster of Approved
Artists for residencies
LICENSING BOARD APPROVED CEU PRESENTER
South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors
South Carolina Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists
South Carolina Board of Examiners for Psych-Educational Specialists
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Vincent, D (2016, February), Self-Care Art Therapy Workshop for School Counselors,
Oakbrook Elementary School, Ladson, South Carolina
Vincent, D (2016, February), Art Therapy Workshop for Mental Health Professionals II,
Presented at Art Connects, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Vincent, D (2015, August) Art Therapy Workshop for Mental Health Professionals I,
Presented at Art Connects, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Vincent, D (2015, October) Art Therapy Workshop for Mental Health Professionals I,
Presented at Art Connects, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
Vincent, D (2015, October) Art Therapy Workshop for Mental Health Professionals I,
Presented at Jamison Consultants, Beaufort, South Carolina.
Tennyson Vincent, D., (2015, May) Parent and Child Self Discovery Workshop.Presented at Meeting St. Academy in conjunction with the Gibbs Museum, Charleston,
South Carolina.
Tennyson Vincent, D., & Maierle, S., (2015, March) Mandala Worshop for Teachers.
Presented at Ecole Mixtre des Aigles, Sibert, Haiti.
Tennyson, D., Henson, M., & St. Louis, S., (2014, October) Using the Expressive Arts in
Haiti.Presented at Palmetto Behavioral Health for Helping Professionals Monthly
Workshops, Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., (2013, October) Art of Healing: Mandala Workshop. Presented at The
Gibbs Museum, Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., (2012, September) Art of Healing: Mandala Workshop. Presented at the
Charleston County Main Library, Charleston, South Carolina
Tennyson, D., (2008, October) Art Therapy: Creativity’s Power to Heal. Presented at the Series of Professional Education Workshops on Complementary & Alternative Medicine at MUSC, Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., (2007, May) Art Therapy: An Experiential Workshop. Presented at Palmetto Behavioral Health with the Helping Professionals Monthly Workshops, Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., (2006, November) Art Therapy. Presented at the Charleston Artist Guild,
Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., Luhrs, K., & Fender, S. (2006, October) This Magic Moment in Art and
Play Therapy. Presented at the South Carolina School Counselor Association Convention,
Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., (2005, October)Introduction to Art Therapy. Presented at The Trident
CharlestonCounseling Association, Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., DeLaMaza, L., & Stafford, S. (2003, October) Mandalas: Circles of Discovery.Presented at the South Carolina Art Education State Convention, Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., DeLaMaza, L., & Stafford, S. (2003, August) Mandalas: Circles of Discovery.Presented at the In-Service Training for Charleston County Art Teachers, Gibbs Museum,Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., Jayne, B., & Wentworth, M., (2001, May) Creating a Healing Environment: The Cancer Experience. Presented at the South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society, Charleston, South Carolina.
Tennyson, D., (1999, September) Art Therapy Workshop forCharleston County Certified Art Teachers. Presented for Charleston County School District, Charleston, SC.
ART THERAPY EXPERIENCE
2015 HeArts Mend Hearts – Founder and Clinical Director of non-profit to provide free art therapy to the Charleston community after the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church
2014 ArtReach - Art therapist for pilot program for Haiti using the expressive
arts to heal from trauma of earthquake
2006 Carolina Youth Development Center Summer program - Art therapist to
facilitate art therapy groups with children placed by DSS with sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, including runaways and homeless children
2005 to Present- Art Connects - Art therapist in private practice
2002 and 2004-ArtReach - Art therapist in Bosnia for a non-profit organization that
goesinto war torn countries and uses art therapy to help victims to heal from the
trauma of the war
1999 to 2002 Roper Hospital - Art therapist with "Expressions of Healing,” a cancer
support group
1996 to 1998 Carolina Counseling Associates - Art therapist in private practice including
substance abuse, psychiatric, self-awareness, individual, family, and group
therapy, children, adolescents, and adults.
1992 to 1994 Fenwick Hall Hospital - Art therapist for substance abuse, psychiatric, dual
diagnosis, adolescent and adult patients
ART TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1991 to Present, Owner, Art Connects Art School – Adults and children
2000 to 2005 James Island Charter High School - Art Teacher
1999 to 2000 Wando High School - Art Teacher
1997 to 1999 Angel Oak Elementary School - Sixth grade special arts project teacher
and fifth grade art and music
1996 to 1997 Chicora Elementary - Art Teacher
1996 Mary Ford Elementary - Grades K - 5 art
1995 Brentwood Middle School - Grades 6 - 8 art
1993 to 1994 East Cooper Community Education (CCSD) - Art Teacher, developed and
taught after-school art classes
1993 to 1994 Charleston Junior Academy - Art Teacher, grades 1 - 8
1992 Charleston County School District - Charleston, SC Art Teacher, James
Island High School, art and sociology, grades 9-12
1991 Berkeley County School District Art Teacher - Cain Hoy Elementary and
High School art for grades 1 - 12
1983 to 1992 Mount Pleasant Recreation Department - Mount Pleasant, SC Art Teacher,
Developed and taught summer art programs for children and adults
including drawing, painting, sculpture and pastels
VOLUNTEER
2014 The ArtReach Foundation, Art therapist to Haiti
2004 and 2002 The ArtReach Foundation, Art therapist to Bosnia
1991 to 2001 Mt. Pleasant YMCA, Board of Director, feasibility study
1987 Director, Five Day Plan to Stop Smoking- MUSC
1981 to1983 Counselor for My Sister’s House- home for battered women,
1983 Sponsor for Vietnamese family- assisted move to apartment, taught
cultural skills, took them to English classes, helped
them find employment, and even delivered their baby
1979 to 1980 Boys Club of America, Columbia, SC, Art teacher
1978 to1979 Foster Parent with Charleston County DSS, Five year-old twins
ART EXHIBITS
2014 MUSC Art Connects Art Show, Cinebarre, Mt. Pleasant,SC
2013 MUSC Art Connects Art Show, Cinebarre, Mt. Pleasant, SC
2012 Gage Hall “Botanical Life”, One Person Show, Charleston, SC
2012 Saul Alexander Gallery “Untitled”, One Person Show, Charleston, SC
2012 MUSC Art Connects Art Show, Charleston, SC
2011 MUSC Art Connects Art Show, Charleston, SC
2010 Saul Alexander Gallery “Circles of the Soul” Mandala Art, Charleston, SC
2010 MUSC Art Connects Art Show, Charleston, SC
2009 MUSC Art Connects Art Show, Charleston, SC
2009 Treasure’s Nest Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, SC
2008 to 2010 Fish or Cut Bait Gallery, Edisto, SC
2008 to 2010 Hatfield II Gallery, Charleston, SC
2008 MUSC Art Connects Art Show, Charleston, SC
2007 MUSC Storm Eye Institute - “Fight for Sight”, Charleston, SC
2007 Sandpiper Gallery, Sullivan’s Island, SC
2006 Pattison’s Academy Art Auction - Old City Jail, by invitation, Charleston, SC
2006 Life Management Center Auction - Fenwick Hall, by invitation, Charleston, SC
2005 Saul Alexander Gallery - “A Closer Look”, One Person Show, Charleston, SC
2004 The Charleston Ballet Theatre Art Auction - by invitation, Charleston, SC
2003 Spoleto Juried Art Show - Charleston Visitor Center, Charleston, SC
2003 Saul Alexander Gallery - “Landscape as Metaphor”, One Person Show,
Charleston, SC
2003 The Charleston Ballet Theatre Auction - by invitation, Charleston, SC
2003 Spoleto Juried Art Show - Charleston Visitor Center, Charleston SC
2002 Spoleto Juried Art Show - Charleston Visitor Center, Charleston, SC
2001 Spoleto Juried Art Show - Old City Jail, Charleston, SC
2001 Women Supporting Women Art Show - by invitation, Charleston, SC
2000 Spoleto Juried Art Show - Customs House, Charleston, SC
1994 International Icarus ’94 - Nags Head, NC