Conducting an Expressive Arts Demonstration
The expressive art intervention involves altering or defacing photographs or magazine covers with oil pastels or acrylic paint. While working with the incarcerated juvenile teens, I found they were self-conscious and skeptical about making art: to alleviate the self-consciousness and skepticism and still benefit from the emotional growth and self-discovery realized through expressive art therapy without the need to create an artistic piece (Sharma and Dhawan, 2021). As established, the teens were not confident they had the artistic abilities to engage in expressive art therapy. Still, the objective is not to examine their artistic abilities but to engage them in the expressive process. Defacing pictures and magazine covers eliminates the concern about their abilities and make the process fun, surprising, challenging, and humorous.
The expressive arts therapy approach will involve using pictures or magazine covers to engage in the creative...
The demonstration would involve using paints to alter the complexion or expressively deform the images. For example, an entertainment magazine cover is used to cut out parts of the image, such as the ears, and attach ears from another cover, such as elves ears and paint them in green paint (Levy, 2012). The approach used to engage the participants in a...
…of the group and the structured approach to expressive art therapy, the individual space and the resources required should be readily available or enough to accommodate the clients needs.
Expressive arts are effective for teenagers therapy since they might face challenges due to the inability to communicate verbally. However, using expressive arts creates a means for teenagers to express themselves accordingly. The efficacy of this approach also lies in creating a safe space where the adolescents can engage without facing criticism. Engaging in groups is also effective since it allows the participants to engage in the group and interact towards the accomplishment of different goals…
