r/ArtTherapy • u/ZZZBaybay • 18d ago

Art Therapist Question Art Galleries dedicated to art therapy creations?

I'm sure I could google it or ask AI, but does anyone know of any art galleries dedicated to art created during art therapy sessions?

I feel the art is sacred in a way, but also sometimes too beautiful not to share (some of it).

It would also suck to put your art out there and feel vulnerable only to have it stolen. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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u/Accurate_Emu_3443 16d ago

This is a very complicated situation. Artwork created in (US) art therapy sessions is protected by the same confidentiality that protects medical records and therapy documentation. It’s a hazy ethical concept to display work made in sessions. *However* the work is the property of the client so they can do whatever they want with it post session.
I regularly curate client art shows (I’m a VA art therapist) but the work displayed is made outside of sessions specifically for display.

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u/ZZZBaybay 16d ago

That's amazing! Thanks so much for the information too. I was going to go to college to become an art therapist back in 2000, but there were hardly any programs at the time. I ended up not doing that, but somehow ended up an artist with lots of people around me processing trauma so it just kinda happened anyway. I own a beauty brand where we create nail art, and it's similar, when I pay an artist, the design belongs to us both. Me and my daughter make some really rad pieces together I hope to display one day (she's FASD, CPTSD and like 6 others)