EXA2100 Art as Therapeutic Process

This course explores the relationship between creative expression, individual wellness, and community well-being.  Through hands-on studio projects, students will engage such concepts as imagination, empathy, and play while exploring how the creative process holds the potential for cultivating growth, insight, self-awareness, and resilience.  As the introductory course in the expressive arts minor, students will also become conversant in expressive arts foundational concepts and theoretical frameworks.

Credits

4 sh

Cross Listed Courses

ART 2100

Course Types

Studio course

Offered

• Fall
• Spring

Notes

If a student earns credit for EXA 2100 and later wish to enroll in ART 2100 (or vice versa), they must obtain permission from the professor before registering.

Learning Outcomes

1. To articulate, verbally and in writing, intermodal approaches in the expressive arts and apply them through personal art projects
2. To articulate, verbally and in writing, the “low-skill / high sensitivity” approach in the expressive arts
3. To explain the “decentering” approach in expressive arts contexts
4. To demonstrate understanding of goals and processes for artistic expression in an expressive arts context
5. To discern between feedback in a studio art context and feedback in an expressive arts context–this includes explaining the difference between “witnessing” and “critique” in response to creative works