Bridging the creative arts therapies and arts in health : toward inspirational practice

Case studies and perspectives from around the globe illustrate examples of effective collaborations between clinical creative arts therapists and arts in health practitioners. Reaching beyond silos, these professionals can collaborate to deliver inspirational practice in a variety of settings. Leading experts explain how they have pioneered arts-based practice, developed successful partnerships and overcome difficulties in fostering relationships to offer better support and increase access to their services by the public. Discussions surrounding policy, funding and international initiatives towards integration offer a timely call to action. By working together, we reach collective goals of positively impacting clients' mental health, wellbeing and quality of life through the arts. Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health 5 Cover 1 Of related interest 4 Title page 5 Copyright 6 Contents 7 Foreword 9 Lord Howarth of Newport 7 1. Introduction: Unifying and Promoting the Arts for Health and Well-Being 11 Donna Betts and Val Huet 11 2. Global Contributions of the Arts Therapies and the Arts to Health and Well-Being during the Pandemic :Embracing New Ways of Caring 25 Vicky Karkou, Nisha Sajnani, Felicity A. Baker, and Azizah Abdullah 25 3. Mutual Support?: What Do the Creative Arts Therapies and Creativity and Culture for Health and Well-Being Bring to Each Other? 43 Victoria Hume 43 4. Educating Artists and Administrators to Engage the Arts for Health and Well-Being in Healthcare and Community Settings 65 Patricia Dewey Lambert, Jenny Baxley Lee, and Jill Sonke 65 5. Navigating Identities within Arts in Health in Singapore: Reflections and Recommendations for Collaborative Art and Art Therapy Practices 93 Karen Koh and Sze-Chin Lee 93 6. Creative Forces®: The Continuum of Clinical Creative Arts Therapies to Community Arts Engagement for Military-Connected Populations 107 Rebecca Vaudreuil, Hannah Jacobson Blumenfeld, and Melissa S. Walker 107 7. Creative Arts Mentorship and Vocational Rehabilitation in a Forensic Psychiatric Community 137 Jaimie Peterson and Alison Etter GUZARDO 137 8. Studios of Life: Outsider Art at School 157 Pamela Whitaker 157 9. Exhibitions through Arts and Arts Therapy: From Empathic Understanding to Advocacy 177 Rainbow T.H. Ho and Jordan S. Potash 177 10. Eudaimonia: Museum Programs as Agents of Change—National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens 195 Elisabeth Ioannides and Marina Tsekou 195 11. Exhibitions and Immersive Spaces as Therapeutic Settings that Promote Health, Education, and Well-Being 215 Girija Kaimal, Susan Magsamen, Melissa S. Walker, Heather Spooner, Bani Malhotra, and Stephen Legari 215 12. Sowing the Seeds of Art Therapy in India: One Seed at a Time 237 Sangeeta Prasad, Susan A. Anand, Girija Kaimal, and Sumathi Prathap 237 Contributors 255 Subject Index 262 Author Index 272 therapy;,music,therapy;,art,therapy,in,hospitals;,music,therapy,in,hospitals;,drama,therapy;,play,therapy;,palliative,care;,dementia;,music,therapy,for,dementia;,benefits,of,art,therapy;,benefits,of,music,therapy;,art,therapy,and,COVID-19;,prescribing,creative,therapy;,when,to,prescribe,creative,therapy;,is,creative,therapy,appropriate,in,health,care;,how,to,integrate,art,into,healthcare;,how,to,integrate,music,into,healthcare;,poetry,and,healthcare;,art,therapy,in,schools;,music,therapy,in,schools therapy,music therapy,art therapy in hospitals,music therapy in hospitals,drama therapy,play therapy,palliative care,dementia,music therapy for dementia,benefits of art therapy,benefits of music therapy,art therapy and COVID-19,prescribing creative therapy,when to prescribe creative therapy,is creative therapy appropriate in health care,how to integrate art into healthcare,how to integrate music into healthcare,poetry and healthcare,art therapy in schools,music therapy in schools "An essential guide to best practices in forming partnerships between creative arts therapists and arts in health practitioners and implementation in a range of settings such as hospitals, museums, nursing homes, schools and prisons with successful accounts and joint projects from leading creative therapists around the globe"-- Provided by publisher