The Art Therapy Project

08/08/2025

"Here at JBER, we know that music and art facilitate healing in a very powerful way … You can see the brain waking up as the patients are engaged in these therapies and regaining their capabilities substantially over time."

Learn more about how art and music therapy are transforming lives of service members here:

https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2025/arts-and-healing-creative-forces-joint-base-elmendorf-richardson-hospital

08/07/2025

Traditional talk therapy has its benefits, but finding the right words isn’t always easy. Art therapy offers another way to explore and understand your feelings using symbols or metaphors.

08/06/2025

According to research, "participants reported significant improvements across various mental health measures, but painting selectively alleviated state anxiety... This finding helps to pinpoint in what specific manner ER emerges during creative art production and adds to the growing body of work suggesting therapeutic benefits of engaging in art."

Read more empirical support for emotional improvement through artistic creation here:

https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)00804-1

08/05/2025

“We’re not craft ladies or paint and sip people... In art classes, they’re teaching you. In art therapy, we learn from our clients — what their needs are, where and how they want to communicate.”

Read more reflections on a community based art event:

https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2025/07/art-therapy-thrives-in-valley-park/

08/04/2025

Get 15% off our wellness workshops this !* Help your team unwind, recharge, and return to work with renewed focus, because positive well-being leads to productive employees.

📧 info@thearttherapyproject.org to plan a path to wellness

*Must be booked at least one month in advance and used by Dec. 1, 2025. Offer ends Aug. 31, 2025

08/03/2025

A new institute at FSU will use the arts to support rehabilitation and healing in correctional settings. https://ow.ly/VwVI50Wy8bu

08/02/2025

"I thought they were very primitive, but I really enjoyed expressing myself... The teachers made me feel like they looked alright, even though I thought they didn’t.”

Read more about the call for art based activities for seniors:

https://albanyherald.com/news/terrell-county-seniors-unleash-creativity-in-art-class-call-for-more-activities/

08/01/2025

"When you experience childhood trauma your brain at that time is rewired... So if you understand the majority of people who are incarcerated are there because of the trauma that they’ve experienced... then it’s our responsibility while they’re incarcerated and in the state’s care to rehabilitate them."

Learn more about a new documentary featuring prison reform through art therapy:

https://azpbs.org/horizon/2025/07/documentary/

07/31/2025

"We need creative arts therapists... to remind people to be creative as a way to heal themselves, because that’s not a part of our medical system”.

Read more about the association between the arts, healing, and connection:

This allows us to connect to a part of ourselves that is beyond the mind.

07/30/2025

Quilt a traditional log cabin design; a simple, reflective technique that promotes slow, intentional stitching and personal storytelling. What began as a craft of necessity has become a meaningful pastime, with the potential for artistry woven into every fiber.

07/29/2025

"Like the positive health benefits derived from physical activity, our study suggests that programs that encourage participation in recreational arts activities may be a useful population-based approach to healthy aging."

Read more about the benefits of engaging in the arts here:

At only a couple of hours per week.