"Portal" by C. Malchiodi
Art, imagination, and the creative process are changing lives and communities, each and every day. The reparative and restorative power of art is central to the field of art therapy, the art in healthcare movement, and art as a socially transformative agent. Bookmark this page for information and links to articles and research about art therapy, art in healthcare, and art as social transformation. For more information on specific topics, be sure to use the sidebar menu.
From Art Therapy Sourcebook: While art can serve as decoration or hang in a museum, there are other purposes for art, ones that are connected to self-understanding, a search for meaning, personal growth, self-empowerment, and healing. Drawing, painting, sculpture, and other art forms are powerful and effective forms of communication, and cultures through the ages have been defined and understood through their art. While art has been used to record human history, it has also incorporated our ideas, feelings, dreams, and aspirations. Art chronicles and conveys a wide range of emotions, from profound joy to the deepest sorrow, from triumph to trauma. In this sense, art has served as a way of understanding, making sense, and clarifying inner experiences without words.
