Art Therapy

Movie Highlights Kids With Disabilities and Art as Therapy

Admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:32:07 +0000

A new documentary is coming out that highlights kids with disabilities and how art therapy can help. It is an inspiring and heartwarming movie about a wonderful art teacher and some pretty amazing students. Check out the trailer and learn more about the movie below. “I’m An Artist” trailer About “I’m An Artist” I’m an Artist, tells the [...]

Artist With Autism Draws Entire Cities From Memory

Admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:54:05 +0000

Update: After a few days, Stephen has made amazing progress…and don’t forget, he’s drawing this from memory and only a 20 minute helicopter ride to recall. **Watch Stephen draw New York City live this week. Stephen Wiltshire was mute and diagnosed with autism at the age of three. His dad died the same year. When he [...]

Art & Poetry Exhibition at UNICEF

Admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:42:12 +0000

The following is a press release provided by Dreamsakes and Art in All of Us that we are excited to share: Children from 192 Countries Present Art & Poetry Exhibition at UNICEF To celebrate international children’s rights & their freedom of expression, a five year epic art adventure brings together children’s mini-masterpieces from around the world. Art [...]

Urban Street Art: 5 Inflatable Bag Monsters by Joshua Allen Harris

Admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:53:24 +0000

Talk about creative. And resourceful. Joshua Allen Harris can do some amazing things with garbage bags, tape and…sidewalk grates? Check out these videos of his fabulous inflatable bag creations! Air Giraffe Farmer’s Pet Centaur and Mus Cling SilverWall addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arttherapyblog.com%2Fonline%2Furban-street-art-5-inflatable-bag-monsters-by-joshua-allen-harris%2F'; addthis_title = 'Urban+Street+Art%3A+5+Inflatable+Bag+Monsters+by+Joshua+Allen+Harris'; addthis_pub = 'pfunkishere';

Animated Art: Videogioco, An XL Animated Flipbook

Admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:23:52 +0000

Check out this large animated flipbook by Italian artist Donato Sansone. It’s the biggest animated flipbook I’ve ever seen. Donato glued, folded, drew, and illustrated the whole thing…I have no idea how he remembered when and where to flip what, but I think it turned out pretty amazing… You can see more of Donato and his [...]

Introducing the Art Therapy Education Section

Admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:49:36 +0000

This is a quick update to let you know that we’re adding an Art Therapy Education section to help out those interested in becoming professional art therapists, or interested in expanding their knowledge and skills with an art therapy education. The schools section has been updated with schools from a variety of states and one from [...]

“Reflections” Exhibit at New York’s MoMA by The Bridge Group Artists

Admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:39:53 +0000

The Bridge Inc. & The Museum of Modern Art invite you to view the exhibit “Reflections.” For 10 weeks this summer, MoMA’s Department of Education and The Bridge Inc. participated in their 4th annual extended partnership. Through this unique collaboration, artists from The Bridge and their art teacher / art therapist met with MoMA educators [...]

October Update & Thank You

Admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:47:06 +0000

I’d like to thank our readers and visitors for making this site what it has become over the last year and a half. It has truly become a great resource for people interested in art and art therapy. We’ve opened the world of art therapy to thousands and thousands of people since its inception and [...]

Online Roundup 10/04/2009

Admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:18:46 +0000

Welcome to the Online Roundup where we highlight some of the more popular & interesting stories and websites related to art and art therapy around the web. We will continue to post art therapy news on twitter as well, but hopefully this proves useful for those of you that prefer blog posts and/or would rather not [...]

Amazing Stop-Motion Animation and Street Art

Admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:49:02 +0000

It loops twice, but is really incredible! And they finished this in a week! a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis: http://www.blublu.org http://www.davidellis.org produced by studio cromie http://www.studiocromie.org music by Roberto Lange http://www.robertolange.com made at Fame festival 2009 http://www.famefestival.it addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arttherapyblog.com%2Fonline%2Famazing-stop-motion-animation-and-street-art%2F'; addthis_title = 'Amazing+Stop-Motion+Animation+and+Street+Art'; addthis_pub = 'pfunkishere';