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Introducing: Art Therapy {Lite}

Do you love art & creativity? Then you’ll love our new site (or at least we think you will)! Art Therapy {Lite} is a “light” version of this site. It’s a place where we share all sorts of art that we find interesting, cool, creative or inspiring.

It’s like a quick dose of art+creativity for your day. The doses will typically contain images, but sometimes also video, sound, and/or poetry. You can visit Art Therapy {Lite} at http://arttherapy.me/. You can also follow Art Therapy on Twitter to receive tweets whenever we post something new on Art Therapy {Lite}. Continue reading »

Color Psychology: The Emotional Effects of Colors

This is the last installment of our color therapy series: Psychological Effects of Color. You can read the previous installments: Color Therapy & Healing, Color Meanings & Symbolism, and download our free Color Meaning & Symbolism Charts. For this last installment, we will be exploring the following topics: Continue reading »

Color Meanings & Symbolism

This is part two of a three-part series on color. Part one was Color Therapy & Healing. You can read part three: The Psychological Effects of Color, where we will delve into the psychology of some specific colors and how they might affect your everyday life. Continue reading »

Color Therapy & Healing – An Introduction

It is everywhere you look, and everywhere you don’t look. You delight in its marvels both consciously and sub-consciously. You see color all the time, but how often do you think about its origins and effects? In a series of articles, we are going to explore this topic further. With this first article, we’ll go over some basics of color therapy and healing. You can read the next 2 articles here: 1) Color Meanings and 2) Color Psychology. You can also download our color meaning and symbolism charts.
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‘Art From The Heart’ Helps Wounded Soldiers

One of our readers told us about a program at Fort Bragg, Art from the Heart, that helps wounded soldiers transition to civilian life with the help of art. Sponsored by the American Red Cross and Army Wounded Warriors Program, the program not only provides therapy to the soldiers but also aims to help them transition to, and establish, a life after the military.

Artist and veteran, Craig Bone, leads the charge for the project, utilizing his talents and connections to help the soliders. At the end of the project, Craig will give each member the opportunity have their artwork and back story published in a book.

You can also watch a video about the project here.

Art Therapy – 2010 Year in Review (Part 2)

Here is the follow up to Part 1 of our 2010 recap of Art Therapy. Thanks again for helping to spread the word and making this a great year! In the last year, we’ve reached thousands of people across 6 continents, 187 countries, and 14,278 cities! We also have the largest art therapy social network on Facebook, and hope to continue spreading the word there as well. To sum it all up…wow…we are very much looking forward to an exciting 2011! Continue reading »

Art Therapy – 2010 Year in Review (Part 1)

The year 2010 has been a great year for Art Therapy. The following is the first part of a 2-part recap of popular art therapy articles, stories, topics and more. Part 2 will be coming in a couple of days.

Thanks to everyone for making 2010 a great year and helping to spread the word about art and art therapy. And thanks for making this site one of the best art therapy sites in the world!

We’ve received so many wonderful compliments along the way and take that as a positive sign that we’re making a difference. Don’t forget you can also like Art Therapy on Facebook for additional news and information! Continue reading »

New “Art Theratea” Combines Art Therapy & Tea, Improves Overall Health

A new product was released today that, if consumed, will improve your overall health. It combines the healing powers of art therapy with the replenishing properties of tea. It is called “Art Theratea” and the FTC has approved it for its mental and physical healing capability.

Have a rough day? Too late to schedule an appointment with your art therapist? Now you can get instant relief and begin the healing immediately by drinking Art Theratea. You can buy Art Theratea in packets or you can utilize the following easy-to-do recipe:

Begin with a tea pot. Add in one geranium. Add one orchid. Add one bonzai branch. Add some sage. Add some basil. Add a piece of bamboo stalk. Add the rarest flower from your general location. Add something colorful. Add hot water and boil. Pour your tea into a clear glass. Stare at your liquid art for about 3 minutes. When you’re ready, drink and begin feeling the healing power.

Creative Art Video – Pink Terror With Stephen Hawking

Check out this creative art video from Mike Barzman and Christian Swegal, called Pink Terror With Stephen Hawking. It contains bits of audio interview from Stephen Hawking and was shot at a very high frame per second rate to achieve the super slow motion effect. We think the Stephen Hawking addition adds a nice touch…see for yourself. What do you think? What ways could you use video as art therapy?

Pink Terror With Stephen Hawking

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Largest Finger Paintings in the World

We thought these 2 finger paintings were pretty amazing and decided to share them with you. What’s cool about them is, that there were more than just 10 fingers painting on these canvases. We love seeing such large projects like this and throwing in the social awareness aspect makes it even better.

Over 30,000 fingers later:

A picture of the world’s largest finger painting. Over 22,000 square feet.
Photo Credit: Western District, Hong Kong Police

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