The Art Therapy Project

09/23/2025

Mindful Movement Exercise – Begin this exercise by keeping your focus on the movement of your oil pastels, chalk, or whichever medium you choose, rather than what the art looks like as a final product. Focusing this way can help release stress, tension, and challenging thoughts as you sink into the art-making. Allow your focus to rest on your own movement, while the layering of colors and textures emerging in front of you creates a mindful flow that supports emotional regulation.

09/22/2025

“This program is grounded in a trauma-informed approach. That means we focus on safety, choice, trust, empowerment, collaboration and cultural knowledge.”

Read more about the creation of a new program that paves the path for graduate study in art therapy:

From Hurricane Katrina survivors to Alzheimer's patients, art therapy has proved a powerful form of healing. But because the practice blends both art and psychology, many undergraduate paths to a career in the field require students to pursue psychology first and art second (or vice versa).

09/21/2025

“I know that’s a service that a lot of people need. Art therapy helps kids process emotions in a safe, creative space, and strong communities are built on stewardship and shared leadership."

Read more about this Halloween inspired, community-based activity:

Throughout October, Monster Yogurt will host the Create-A-Monster art program to raise money for the nonprofit Dallas Art Therapy by selling craft sheets for families to decorate. Photo courtesy of Monster Yogurt. It’s almost Halloween season, and Monster Yogurt, which

09/19/2025

“It was a chance for them to feel safe to put a message out in the world. They could talk about something vulnerable without worrying the person reading it would ever know who they are.”

Read more about the letter exchange between seniors with dementia in the US and South Korea:

A Florida State University art therapy graduate student is connecting Tallahassee elders with dementia patients in South Korea through letters and

09/18/2025

https://www.cleveland.com/community/2025/08/stressed-out-parma-heights-hosting-uh-art-therapy-sessions-at-cassidy-theatre.html

Folks looking for stress relief will have a new option in Parma Heights.

09/17/2025

Our youth art therapy groups are back! This month we’re relaunching programs with five partners: Avenues for Justice, Cares, Mount Pleasant Blythedale, New Destiny Housing, and The Children’s Village. We can’t wait to see creativity and voices grow this fall!

09/16/2025

"‘Corpórea’ is about what we carry, how we heal and how we thrive. Art becomes a way to regulate, reflect and reconnect. It’s not about being perfect; it’s about being present.”

Read more about the art exhibition that culminates 6 weeks of art therapy workshops:

The themes of healing, identity and community through the lens of the human body are the focus of a new exhibition at La Casita Cultural Center. Acrylic on ...

09/15/2025

Last week, the NY Tech Hub at MasterCard unveiled their Community Mural! Through art-making and collaboration, participants shared their “glimmers,” small moments of joy and connection.

Want this team-building experience at your office? Visit https://thearttherapyproject.org/wellness-workshops to learn more

09/13/2025

"People say sometimes we're crazy, sometimes we're unpredictable or what this and that... Sit down with the veteran. We're not that bad — neither are these dogs."

Read more about how wolf dogs could improve the lives of veterans:

A wolfdog sanctuary is providing a unique form of therapy for veterans dealing with PTSD

09/12/2025

Save the date! Back by popular demand, we’re excited to welcome friends and families to the second annual Craft and Care fundraiser. Kids ages 1+ (and adults, too!) can get crafty and dive into art activities facilitated by Super Stories and while supporting a meaningful cause.

Special thanks to our friends Westbeth Artists Housing and Center for the Arts for hosting us in their amazing space and Herb-n-Peach for providing delicious bites and beverages.

All proceeds from Craft and Care support art therapy programs for youth and young adults. The event is co-chaired by TATP board members Grace Lang and Sarah Staller.

09/11/2025

“Children are witnesses to history, too... They see the reactions of the adults around them, and they are affected by it. This exhibit documents their experience of September 11. How children felt grief and trauma, and how they processed it.”

Read more about how children processed the events of this day through art:

New Exhibit at September 11 Museum Views Trauma Through Young Eyes

09/10/2025

With school back in full swing, this nostalgic, no-tech hobby invites self-expression through sketches, writing, or collected objects, by capturing feelings in the moment.