module 4
Art therapy and public art
Module 4 – Art therapy and public art
- How can you use a public museum?
- Which works can you use at the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK) with a client?
- The 3 trauma components:
- Biological
- Psychological
- The trauma of social
- What online options can you research about public art as therapy?
Benefits for practitioners:
- Can explain why art and creativity in society is important for relief work
- Has insight into exercises and concepts
- Can facilitate the exercises based on their own professionalism and ethics
The module includes:
- Intro to community art as trauma treatment
- A museum tour at SMK with Aglaia, who explains how art can help. A guided tour with narration of the famous paintings for hope and relief
- Intro to public art with tools
- Recovery processes
- Exercise 1: Creating community to support public art.
- Exercise 2: Create your own artwork: Embodied consciousness and being in society.
- Public art with a focus on facilitation and group work.
Read more about museum visits as recovery here.