An online Art Therapy Workshop was organised on Art and Beyond Facebook Live Page. Organised by Art Design Teacher's Forum Art and Beyond, an learning initiative, the workshop was conducted by expert Hritika Bhagat. She hails from Bangalore and is conducting art therapy from long.
It is to be noted that Art therapy is a distinct discipline that incorporates creative methods of expression through visual art media. One of the participant, and an art teacher Saba Iftikhar said, "It was quite an informative workshop by Hritika Bhagat from Bangalore."
First day was concentrated around "agility" which seemed like a synonym of student agency and even similar to freedom of creative expression in design thinking. She also talked about how it is important for us to ch assa be the old conventional way of thinking to growth mindset.
On the second day she shared how colours play an important part in our life. colours could help us express our inner most feelings in our subconscious mind. "Art therapy has proven very helpful in calming stressful lives and even solving problems," Saba added.
Art therapy can be used to help people improve cognitive and sensory motor function, self-esteem, self awareness, emotional resilience. It may also aide in resolving conflicts and reduce distress.
