Drawing Involves Caring: Fostering Relationship Building through Art Therapy for Social Change

Autor/inn/en	Potash, Jordan; Ho, Rainbow T. H.
Titel	Drawing Involves Caring: Fostering Relationship Building through Art Therapy for Social Change
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 28 (2011) 2, S.74-81 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
DOI	10.1080/07421656.2011.578040
Schlagwörter	Caring; Freehand Drawing; Empathy; Mental Disorders; Art Therapy; Social Change; Art Products; Creativity; Social Bias; Qualitative Research; Artists; Exhibits; Attitude Change; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Counselors; Familiarity; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation Centers; China; Hong Kong; Interpersonal Reactivity Index + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Drawing; Zeichnen; Empathie; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Kunsttherapie; Sozialer Wandel; Künstlerische Produktion; Kreativität; Qualitative Forschung; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Counselor; Counsellor; Counsellors; Berater; Ausland; Fragebogen; Rehabilitation center; Rehabilitation centre; Rehabilitation centres; Rehabilitationszentrum; Hongkong
Abstract	The art therapist's ability to foster the creative process in service of relationship can be a foundation for infusing a social change paradigm into existing practice. For clients affected by discrimination and stigma, art therapy can promote empathy and understanding of the societal forces involved. In this qualitative study, 46 people participated in a guided viewing experience of artworks by individuals who were living with mental illnesses. After providing data on their familiarity with mental illnesses, their attitudes, and their level of empathy, viewers created an art image in response to an exhibiting artist and participated in a discussion. Results indicated that the facilitated experience helped to foster empathy, allowed viewers to relate to the exhibiting artists, and promoted attitudinal change. By facilitating meaningful art-viewing and art-making experiences art therapists can attend both to individuals in need and to community structures that hamper full participation in society. (Contains 5 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10