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| Id | 84 | |
| Author | Kaimal, G.; Gonzaga, A., M.; Schwachter, V. | |
| Title | Crafting, health and wellbeing: findings from the survey of public participation in the arts and considerations for art therapists. | |
| Reference | Kaimal, G., Gonzaga, A. M., & Schwachter, V. (2017). Crafting, health and wellbeing: findings from the survey of public participation in the arts and considerations for art therapists. Arts & Health, 9(1), 81-90. |
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| Link to article | https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2016.1185447 |
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| Abstract | This brief report presents a review of the literature on health implications of crafting practices, as well as secondary analysis of data from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. The secondary data analysis focuses on trends in crafting practices in the United States. The findings indicate a greater prevalence of craft-based practices compared with fine arts media, as well as, distinct differences in arts participation based on gender, ethnicity and income levels. Using these data sources, implications for craft-based expressive practices as a therapeutic tool in art therapy practice are discussed. |
The findings indicate a greater prevalence of craft-based practices compared with fine arts media, as well as, distinct differences in arts participation based on gender, ethnicity and income levels. in this report we argue for the use of crafting techniques as a tool that art therapists could integrate into their practice as a way to: encourage self-expression reduce anxieties among patients about not being creative a tool for self-care and a means to integrate traditional and folk forms of expression into art therapy practice. although the survey provides data on a variety of art forms including music dance theater poetry and literature the focus of this report is mainly on engagement with visual arts and crafts. in addition many individuals might not identify as artists instead they would actively engage in crafting activities which could serve as a doorway to reducing anxiety about artistic abilities. given the widespread engagement with crafts seen in the sppa data as a means of self-ex- pression art therapists might consider the use of textile photography scrapbooking leather or metal work as potential media in art therapy.
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