The Art Therapy Pilot Program opens 2019 supported by the U.S. Government

The art therapy pilot program will be opened in the Faculty of Art and Design of the University of Tsukuba, supported by the United States government.

Prior to the opening of the program, the University of Tsukuba was invited to a related event which Mrs. Karen Pence, the U.S. vice president's wife attended, on November 13 at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Faculty members of the University of Tsukuba, Professor Emeritus Yasuyoshi Saito, Assistant Professor Fumiaki Murakami of the Faculty of Art and Design, and students and alumni of the School of Art and Design attended the event.

The art therapy is a very popular psychotherapy in western countries. Mrs. Karen Pence emphasized the spreading of art therapy in Japan through the training of experts.

Mrs. Karen Pence, the U.S. vice president's wife and Mrs. Akie Abe, the spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan attended the event at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.

Photo by the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo

The art therapy experience through molding and painting