ON QUALITY IN ART AND ART THERAPY Edith Kramer, ATR-BC, HLM During last year's conference I was approached by a young colleague, who told me that she used my books with much success when teaching her students. She had difficulty only with my idea of quality. Had qual ity any place in our work? Did we not encourage our patients to forget about making"good"pictures or sculptures? Did we not reassure them that we did not care what their work looked like that we would never be judgmental? Edith Kramer, ATR-BC, HLM pioneered art therapy. She teaches at both New York University and The George Washington University in their graduate art ther- apy programs. Her frequent lectures are enthusiastically received world wide. She has authored four books, three on art therapy with children and the latest contain- ing many articles first published in AJAT. She devotes considerable time to the stu dio, painting, and sculpting, and enjoys an international reputation spawned by her numerous solo shows Requests for reprints should be made to the author at: 95 Van Dam Street, New York, NY 10013 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ART THERAPY, VOL 40, MAY, 2002 218