“Throughout human history, people have used comic book-like art forms to document the horror and valor of war.” Post-traumatic stress disorder is frequently found in the brave men and women who fight to protect our country. To help these men and women relieve this anxiety, DARPA, the Defense Department’s research wing, has put together an [...]
Many of us know Roger Ebert as the hard-to-please film critic, not as an artist. In this article, “You can draw, and probably better than I can”, Ebert tells of his experience with Annette Goodheart, a laughter therapist, who preaches the idea that, “Everyone can draw.” Although there are few people who can technically draw [...]
Although colors surround us every day, most of us would never think of the difference they make in our lives. Color Therapy, also known as chromotherapy or light therapy, is an astounding practice that uses light and color to positively impact a person’s physical and mental health. Since color is a combination of light and [...]
“Art Therapy Reflections” is a great blog by Karen Wallace about all aspects of art therapy. Karen has an extremely respectable background as an Art Therapist, artist, and focused trainer who specializes in depression, trauma, and life transitions. She recently posed the question on her blog, “How was your art experience in school?”. Responses have [...]
Tattoo transformation is not what usually comes to mind when thinking of art therapy, but for Eric Spurth of Sacred Transformations that is all he knows. Graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Masters Degree in Art Therapy, he began using his skills to transform scars, burns, and tattoos into works of art. For [...]
Julia and Mathew Carter volunteer at North Coast Youth Correctional Facility in Astoria, Oregon. They have developed an art program for troubled youths within the correctional facility run by the Warrenton-Hammond School District. Students are selected with certain criteria to participate. The result is often a way for these young men to look at mistakes made, [...]
For one autistic kid, art gets him talking. Seven-year-old Jalyn Weston loves sharing his artwork with anyone who wants to see. This summer, one of his drawings will be displayed in a national traveling exhibit with the 2010 International VSA festival, The International Organization on Arts and Disability. His mom Pam explained the importance of [...]
Ines Lozano, principal of the International Christian School, knows the healing power of art. That’s why he helped put together “Through the Eyes of a Haitian Child,” a project that has him and three other educators visiting Haiti to teach art and photography to homeless and orphaned children. “Art could be a great therapy [...]
They’re like sports trading cards, except they don’t have a picture of a baseball player on the front or any stats on the back. When dealing with these cards, the message is a little less obvious. They’re artist trading cards, miniature works of art that are traded or given away. The movement, which started in [...]
A small study revealed art therapy reduces anxiety in kids who suffer from asthma. Anya Beebe, an art therapist at National Jewish Health in Denver, led a study of 22 children between the ages of 7 and 14 with persistent asthma. Beebe and colleagues assigned one group of children to undergo art therapy along with [...]
