Our Students
Student Involvement
The Department of Art is affiliated with several organizations and programs that enhance student learning:
- College Art Association of America (CAA)
- American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
- Jackson Union Sculpture Tour (JUST)
- Trinity Institute
- Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
- Union University Painters Guild
- Union University Potters Guild
Recent Student Scholarship
Art Therapy and Children with Trauma: An Overview
Presenter: Joelle Cruver
Faculty Project Advisor: Christopher Nadaskay
Art therapy is a therapeutic practice that utilizes artistic expression as a means of processing emotions. Trauma is one of the many areas that art therapy can assist in coping with symptoms and impactful experiences. Due to the areas of the brain that trauma impacts and the area that art engages with, art therapy is an effective modality for treating trauma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While there is research in support of art therapy being an effective method for treating PTSD symptoms, there is further research needed to provide stronger evidence of this being the case.