ATP-520: Art Therapy and Transformative Practice for Social Justice

Department
Credits 3.00
Academic Level
Graduate
Instructional Method
Lecture
Engages students in thinking about the practice of art therapy within community-based settings serving marginalized, underserved, and/or oppressed polulations. Field visits to such settings will be included. Students will explore the psychosocial needs and sociocultural considerations involved in working with marginalized groups, further develop advocacy proposals created in the Social and Cultural Diversity course, and implement small scale art therapy-informed workshops or public art-actions designed to positively impact representation and access for identified groups. This course will further prepare students for responsive, transformative social action art therapy practice. Prerequisites: ATP-514 and ATP-519. [ 3 credits ]