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SOCIAL ENTERPRISE VS COVID-19: DOING GOOD THROUGH ART During Singapore Circuit Break Period, Art for Good did our part by helping migrant workers in dormitories that are affected greatly during the Covid-19 Pandemic through the ‘Let’s Spread the love for Migrant Workers’ fundraising program by @sugarfreesaccharin. Art for Good helped to promote and reach out to wider audience through our Social Media page for this fundraising project. Every donation of $5, donors would receiv

Before we start an art therapy session, we usually inform the clients of the difference between art class and art therapy. This is so they will know what they would be expect in an art therapy session and enhance their art therapy experience. The chart below provides and overview of the elements of an art class and an art therapy session. There are benefits to both, art class and art therapy session, of which each achieves very different objectives. For an art class,

As an art therapist, I often get this question. On a social context, without the need for powerpoint slides and stuffy presentations with profound academic explanations, in my simplified version and definition; Art Therapy is a blend of Art and Psychology, used to help all kinds of people. The next question would usually be closely followed with an assumption that Art Therapy is only for children. This is completely forgivable, given that art therapy is a rather niche industr

ART THERAPY AS A TOOL FOR BUILDING EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE Smart ParenThink Magazine Issue 2 Mar-Jul 2018 Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy, facilitated by an art therapist, which uses art materials and art making as part of the therapeutic treatment. It does not rely on artistic knowledge or ability and there is no right or wrong way of expressing yourself through art. By accessing imagination and creativity, it focuses on the process and not on the finished product. The

By Amanda Chen Art Therapy is more about the art making process, rather than the result or the grade, however there is an element of art education that still needs to be present. In the similar concept where words are not enough, where in some cases children have not developed the vocabulary and words to fully express how they feel, if the child does not have the basic art making skills, they would not be able to fully express themselves either. For the case of Ann* (names ha

The Red Pencil (Singapore) is a charity which provides art therapy to children in need, especially those from low-income families. Our founder and art therapist Amanda Chen is also an art therapist with The Red Pencil (Singapore) and has been featured in their 2018 Annual Report. An abstraction of the report as below. Since 2011, The Red Pencil (Singapore) team has been devoted to bring the benefits of arts therapy to many beneficiaries, working with partner organisations a