Community & Social Action Art Therapy in Nicaragua
Lisa joined other masters level art therapy students, and professional art therapists from Mount Mary College in Wisconsin, on an internship opportunity in Managua, Nicaragua in June 2012.. The objective was to experience the community as the client, and as art therapists, we were the art material.
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Since 2004, Mount Mary College has offered art therapist practitioners a life- changing, culturally enriching experience led by Dr. Lynn Kapitan in cooperation with Anabel Torres, Executive Director of Cantera (Centro Educativo Popular de Nicaragua). Community Art Therapy in Nicaragua is an exceptional opportunity to deepen and renew a sense of responsibility for our shared world and to act with
compassion for something larger than ourselves – as art therapists who aspire to live with gratitude and commitment to social justice and the common good.
This intensive hands-on practice opportunity took place in Managua and environs working cross-culturally with local community development teams who are dedicated to helping people build a more humane, egalitarian, and sustainable future. Social action projects involved art therapy with preschoolers, at-risk youth, rural environmentalists, and other needs.
(Info taken from the Mount Mary College in Wisconsin, International Internship Opportunity information sheet)
Since 2004, Mount Mary College has offered art therapist practitioners a life- changing, culturally enriching experience led by Dr. Lynn Kapitan in cooperation with Anabel Torres, Executive Director of Cantera (Centro Educativo Popular de Nicaragua). Community Art Therapy in Nicaragua is an exceptional opportunity to deepen and renew a sense of responsibility for our shared world and to act with
compassion for something larger than ourselves – as art therapists who aspire to live with gratitude and commitment to social justice and the common good.
This intensive hands-on practice opportunity took place in Managua and environs working cross-culturally with local community development teams who are dedicated to helping people build a more humane, egalitarian, and sustainable future. Social action projects involved art therapy with preschoolers, at-risk youth, rural environmentalists, and other needs.
(Info taken from the Mount Mary College in Wisconsin, International Internship Opportunity information sheet)
