The Living Museum
Last night in art therapy class we watched an HBO Special on the Living Museum, an open artist studio located at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens. It was a fascinating look at a unique approach to art therapy. The inpatients walk over to a large artist studio on the facility which is contained within a giant warehouse. This gives the patients ample room to create giant works of art if they like. The patients live with a variety of severe mental illnesses, but in the Living Museum, they’re just treated with respect as artists.
