Arts Therapy

Watkins College of Art, Design & Film / Watkins Admissions
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Watkins College of Art, Design & Film / Watkins Admissions

Arts therapy is the broad category encompassing a variety of fields that employ music, dance, drama and the visual arts for healing purposes. Primarily studied at the graduate level, arts therapy programs prepare their students to work in a variety of health care delivery settings. For those interested in using art to further the well-being of others, arts therapy is an area of study and career path to explore.

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS

College for Creative Studies

Detroit, MI

Columbus College of Art and Design

Columbus , OH

Parsons School of Design

New York, NY

GRADUATE DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS

OCAD University

Toronto, ON

Pratt Institute

Brooklyn, NY

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY


Sarah Adeel with acoustic guitar and group of Pakistani girls

Sarah Adeel | Entrepreneur

After graduating from RISD in 2009, Adeel returned to her native Pakistan to launch the LettuceBee Kids non-profit organization with fellow alums Jabbar Bangash, a Global UGRAD alum who earned his degree from Carleton University, Mohsin Ali Afzal, a Fulbright alum and graduate of UC Berkeley, and Zainab Feroz Kapadia, a Fulbright alum and graduate of Columbia University.