Art Therapy Workshop for Members

Rubin Museum members are invited to join Ikuko Acosta, Director of the New York University Art Therapy Program, for an evening of self-healing and creativity.

In this online art therapy workshop, participants will use a drawing exercise inspired by the current exhibition, Healing Practices: Stories from Himalayan Americans, to gain insights into themselves through creating, sharing, and processing their artwork. Attendees will also leave with a basic understanding of the field of art therapy.

An artistic background and/or skills are not required to participate in this event.

Ikuko Acosta, PhD, ATR-BC, LCAT.

Ikuko has been involved in the field of art therapy for the past 37 years as an art therapist and art theory educator. Her clinical expertise is with the adult psychiatric population.

Ikuko has been active in promoting cross-cultural application of art therapy worldwide, and has been presenting and teaching in more than 20 countries over the past 25 years.

Ikuko’s most recent funded research is a collaboration with the Parkinson’s Unit at Langone Medical Center focused on the impact of creative experience on the people with Parkinson’s disease.

Major support for Healing Practices: Stories from Himalayan Americans is provided by The Prospect Hill Foundation as well as by generous donations from the Museum’s Board of Trustees, individual donors, and members.

Public support of the Rubin Museum of Art is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.