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Yesh, Patrick – 1989
A qualitative research study documents the progress of an adult male art student enrolled in a grade nine art class of adult males in a federal, maximum security penitentiary. Analog drawings were used as part of the curriculum. An analog drawing is a symbolic drawing expressing one's emotions, ideas, and feelings, often used to identify and help…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Products

Rubin, Judith A. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1988
Discusses when, how, and why elementary school counselors might use art materials in working with children. Discusses establishing a trusting relationship, timing, choice of media, using what emerges therapeutically, processing the session, projective techniques, and training and resources. (ABL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Art Therapy, Counseling Techniques
Brown, Ara C.; Colon, Enid S.; Garman, Nicole; Chambliss, Catherine – 2001
Given the increasing use of art as a means of fostering communication in therapeutic settings, it was hypothesized that an art-focused group activity might improve social relations on a college campus and reduce campus residents' levels of loneliness. A controlled efficacy evaluation was conducted using college students (N=140) living in 11…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, College Students, Group Dynamics

Silver, Rawley – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1996
It is generally accepted that males are superior to females in spatial ability. To test this assumption, the Silver Drawing Test (SDT) was administered to students 12 to 15 years old (33 girls and 33 boys) attending public schools in Nebraska, New York, and Pennsylvania. No significant differences in spatial ability were found. (KW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art, Art Expression, Art Therapy

Allen, Pat – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1995
The Open Studio as a way of working evolved in an effort to maximize the effectiveness of the artmaking project as a means to increase and deepen consciousness. This method differentiates art from psychotherapy and calls into question the validity of marrying the two experiences. (JPS)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Creative Art

Kaplan, Frances F. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1998
Relationships among anger, anger drawing themes, and age are investigated in this follow-up study. Data used were scores from Spielberger's State Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and an anger theme drawing. Chi-square and two-factor ANOVA were used. Results suggest that anger drawing theme is a function of maturity rather than level of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anger, Art Education, Art Expression

Martin, Elaine – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1997
The symbolic graphic life-line was used with clients (N=50) in short- or long-term group therapy programs. Information expressed through the life-lines helped to integrate the clients' feelings and thoughts in relation to past events, and aided therapists in devising treatment goals. (MKA)
Descriptors: Adults, Art Expression, Art Therapy, Counseling Techniques
Testa, Nicole; McCarthy, James B. – Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Assoc, 2004
This article describes a small group of preadolescent, psychiatric inpatients and their collaborative painting of a memorial mural about the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. Through an immersion in the group experience, the group members became increasingly introspective about their feelings of loss and their…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Mental Disorders, Hospitalized Children, Self Efficacy

Rousseau, Cecile; Singh, Abha; Lacroix, Louise; Bagilishya, Deogratias; Measham, Toby – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004
The number of immigrant and refugee children coming from war-torn countries is increasing in North America. Over the past decades, creative expression activities have been increasingly recognized as a useful way to work with migrant and refugee children. These activities have been used to help them to construct meaning, to structure identity, and…
Descriptors: Workshops, Creative Activities, Immigrants, Refugees
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1996
This journal focuses on art therapy from research, clinical, and educational perspectives. Current issues arrange information under six categories: editorial; commentaries; articles; brief reports; viewpoints; and reviews of books and videotapes. While most articles are not education-related, each issue generally contains some material relevant to…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Artists, Disabilities

Jones, Jean Ellen – Art Education, 1978
Intended for researchers, teachers, and administrators, this bibliography covers much of the literature concerned with visual art education and samples materials from the related areas of visual perception, creativity, art therapy, leisure research, and space planning. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Art Education, Art Expression, Art Therapy
Ulak, Beverly J.; Cummings, Anne L. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1997
Examines whether the use of artistic expression in counseling heightened clients' emotional awareness. Analyzed the content of the dialog of six clients who used artistic expression and found that their level of experiencing increased as they discussed their pictures. Recommends art therapy as an adjunct to verbal modes of counseling. (RJM)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Client Attitudes (Human Services), Counseling Techniques

Brauer, Gerd – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1996
Describes the author's practical and theoretical explorations of the potentials of humanistic psychology and expressionistic writing pedagogy for academic and therapeutic learning. Creates a framework based on his own experiences where education and therapy together seek a more holistic approach to their fields. (SR)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Higher Education, Holistic Approach

Hrenko, Kathy D.; Willis, Robert – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1996
Identifies common imagery created by psychiatric inpatients through the amusement park technique; demonstrates how the artwork serves to identify the psychodynamic concerns of the mentally ill substance abuser. Connections are examined relating patients choice of image, psychiatric diagnosis, and drug of choice. This technique offers promise for…
Descriptors: Adults, Art Expression, Art Therapy, Clinical Diagnosis
Lusebrink, Vija B. – Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Assoc, 2004
The application of new techniques in brain imaging has expanded the understanding of the different functions and structures of the brain involved in information processing. This paper presents the main areas and functions activated in emotional states, the formation of memories, and the processing of motor, visual, and somatosensory information.…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Memory, Cognitive Processes, Neuropsychology