Art Therapy, Community Building, Activism, and Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: This article is a descriptive study of two groups who came together through service-learning: The first group is graduate art therapy students enrolled in a research class, who partnered with six community agencies to help them prepare assignments for undergraduate service-learning students in a subsequent semester. The art therapy research students also assisted the agencies with program evaluation. The second group is the six directors of the community agencies who were preparing for service-learning students enrolled in an art history class titled Art as A Social Practice. Service-learning is an experiential pedagogy where community service is integrated into an academic course, and where the services performed meet genuine community needs. The hyphen in service-learning represents the

SUBMITTER: Feen-Calligan H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176654 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature