Art Therapy In India

 

Aikiyam School is bi-lingual and a part of an outreach program of the international community of Auroville, " an experiment in human unity"  which began in the 1960's and continues to flourish today near Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu. 

 

Within the school and in an after school center, I led groups of children engaged in art therapy. I also assisted the school's Art Therapist, Tia Pleiman.  

 

Tia Pleiman is from New York and her processes draw from her art therapy training as well as modern art and Indian culture, which was a rich mix.  While there I made this short documentary about Tia and her work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4mVs0ng_Ok

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