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Publication Date: 2020
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Breaking Bars: Community-Based Art Therapy Mural Project
DelliCarpini, Elizabeth
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v37 n4 p185-193 2020
This article details a community-based art therapy mural project with young people involved in New York City's justice system. To address the racial and economic oppression they confront, the project aimed to increase social bonds and create social power shifts within a collective community. Examples from two projects, "Good Art: Bad City" and "Welcome to Our World," demonstrate ways to mitigate power differentials, facilitate community conversations, provide therapeutic benefits, and institute advocacy efforts.
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Art Products, Community Programs, Youth, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, Racial Bias, Socioeconomic Status, Social Bias, Social Influences, Power Structure, Barriers, Interpersonal Relationship, Cooperation, Artists
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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