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Hass-Cohen, Noah; Chandler-Ziegler, Karina; Veeman, Thomas; Funk, Sterling – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2016
The purpose of this study was to increase understanding of the diversity of characteristics in the drawings of children in Mexico City. The authors conducted a thematic analysis of 174 drawings from children ages 6 to 11 that revealed two main discrete themes: nature and stress. A personalized, supportive relationship with nature emerged as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Children, Freehand Drawing
Hill, Kaylin E.; Lineweaver, Tara T. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2016
We evaluated changes in positive and negative affect of grieving children in response to art making compared to another noncreative, non-expressive, but engaging visuospatial task and assessed whether art making was equally or differentially effective in individual versus collaborative settings. We randomly assigned grieving children to one of…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Children, Grief, Intervention
Montgomery, Alexandra – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the anxiety and stress-reducing effects of drawing, using different drawing materials by promoting the development of student confidence. The drawing activities were designed to foster the exploration of identity, emotion, and sense of self, while encouraging the exploration of materials and mark making.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Stress Management, Art Education, Studio Art
Wexler, Alice; Derby, John – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2015
In this article, we use a disability studies lens to examine ways in which the artworks of disabled people are bonded in a common sociopolitical experience. We analyze the history surrounding institutional art and the emergence of community art centers at the time of deinstitutionalization in the late 20th century. As a result of this…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons, Art, Art Activities
Lee, SeungYeon – Art Education, 2017
A student's lack of belief in his or her own ability to do well in school can be a driving component of disengagement. In response, the author created art activities aimed to build students' confidence in their ability to learn, carry out a given art task, and identify a competence; such asset-based thinking approaches encourage students to reach…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Urban Education, Competence
Fish, Barbara J. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2012
Response art is artwork created by art therapists in response to material that arises in their therapy work. Art therapists use response art to contain difficult material, express and examine their experiences, and share their experiences with others. In this viewpoint, some of the varied uses of response art are discussed and illuminated with…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Art, Responses
Palmiotto, Kimberley – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Research demonstrates that addressing mental health issues in children can yield both increased academic performance and better social-emotional skills. In the past, school-based mental health services for students have been implemented inconsistently and usually in combination with community partners. When school mental health interventions are…
Descriptors: School Counselors, School Counseling, School Psychologists, Art Therapy
Linesch, Debra; Ojeda, Angelica; Fuster, Maria Elena; Moreno, Stephanie; Solis, Guadalupe – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2014
This article describes an expanded case study methodology that was used to explore the value that art therapy processes have in expression and understanding of the complications of immigration and acculturation. Data collected from two art therapy groups of Hispanic/Latino youth and immigrant women at an urban parish were analyzed to develop an…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Acculturation, Immigration, Case Studies
Miller, Abbe – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2012
This article describes an art-based approach to supervision that combines clinical insights with archetypal awareness arising from painting on a single canvas throughout the internship semester. Supervision is comprised of three main components: (a) spontaneous painting, (b) complex reflective processing, and (c) aesthetically focused attention to…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Supervision, Painting (Visual Arts), Allied Health Occupations Education
Evans, Sarah – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2012
Creativity software and the Internet can be valuable tools in the practice of expressive arts therapy (EAT). They offer novel options, stimulate fascination, and hold potential benefits for a wide variety of clients and the therapeutic relationship and process. A review of literature in related fields is presented to demonstrate the expected…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Creative Activities, Computer Software, Computers
Lusebrink, Vija B. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2010
The Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) provides a theoretical model for art-based assessments and applications of media in art therapy. The three levels of the ETC (Kinesthetic/Sensory, Perceptual/Affective, and Cognitive/Symbolic) appear to reflect different functions and structures in the brain that process visual and affective information.…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Brain, Evaluation, Models
Thompson, Geoffrey – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2009
This paper examines the cultivation of artistic sensibility and its impact on the art therapy process and product in a community mental health center. Artistic sensibility embodies the sense of self as an artist through the integration of artistic and aesthetic attributes of self and other. The formation of a gallery to exhibit patient art was…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Art Expression, Art Products, Arts Centers
Allen, Pat B. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2008
In this commentary, the author discusses the Open Studio Project, which he cofounded in 1995. The community studio, as perceived by the founders, is a place where anything can be expressed as a moment on life's continuum. Believing that meaning in art is renewed in the process of art itself, the project is not conceived at art therapy: there are…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Community Programs, Art Therapy, Comparative Analysis
Wolf Bordonaro, Gaelynn P.; Blake, Ann; Corrington, Deborah; Fanders, Tegan; Morley, Lauren – Arts & Activities, 2009
Shrinky Dinks[R] are a plastic-sheet material that shrinks, hardens and thickens when heated in a traditional or toaster oven. The material was a favorite of generations, but many contemporary students and professionals in art have never had the opportunity to play with the unique media. This article discusses Shrinky Dinks and the importance of…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Mathematical Concepts, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Students
Van Lith, Theresa – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2008
This study sought to investigate the use of art therapy to assist a young person with mental illness making a transition from long-term inpatient care to a psychosocial residential rehabilitation setting. An art-based phenomenological case study method was used to investigate a lived experience of this transition. The participant attended 11 art…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Transitional Programs, Residential Institutions, Mental Disorders