Therapeutic Impact of Public Art Exhibits During COVID-19

Abstract

During the unprecedented time of COVID-19, one art therapist noticed that her clients created images expressing their loneliness. To foster a sense of community catharsis, the art therapist worked with her clients to create an art display at a public mall to enable the general population to receive secondary therapeutic support for their own feelings of isolation and depression during the pandemic. Such use of a therapeutic art exhibition promoted a sense of connection and understanding.

Keywords:

• Social isolation
• pandemic
• art therapy exhibit
• response art

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Susan Devine

Susan Devine, LMFT, ART-BC, is in private practice in Minneapolis, MN. Correspondence regarding this viewpoint should be addressed to the author at [email protected]