Main description:

* Offers readers information about the current growth in museum-based art therapy and wellness through the contributions of authors with various experience and approaches in the US and Canada museums
* Includes chapter examples of successful museum art therapy and wellness initiatives by authors who have worked in the field of museum art therapy and wellness in the past decade, and who have implemented art therapy and wellness projects of significant depth and scope in museums
* In addition to at therapy students, it serves as a resource for new museum-based teaching artists, museum administrators and executive staff interested in implementing cutting edge art therapy, health and wellness programming in cultural institutions, to engage communities of all abilities in arts-based inclusive educational and wellness programs

Contents:

1. The Power of Museums for Therapeutic Reparation; 2. Exploring Museum-based Art Therapy: A Summary of Existing Programs; 3. Creating a Community Partnership for Lasting Change: Museum Art Therapy with Juvenile Offenders; 4. Museum-based Art Therapy: A Collaborative Effort with Access, Education, and Public Programming; 5. A Binational Participatory Project with Families Affected by Autism in the Museum Art Therapy Context; 6. Collaborating Organizations Help Interns Light Up the Panorama of the City of New York; 7. ARTogether: A Possibility of Therapeutically Informed Programming in a Museum Setting; 8. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's Artful Healing: Putting the ART in Partnership; 9. People inside Museums: One Hands-on Artmaking Room in Context; 10. There's Always Room at the Table: The Art Hive of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; 11. Museum as Therapeutic Space: Centralizing the Experiences of People of Color; 12. Musings on Healing, Museums, and Disability; 13. The Role of Museum Collections in Therapeutic Work; 14. Practical Methods and Strategies; Index