“Mount Mary College provides an education that will give you both wings and roots. Graduates have a strong foundation —what they know, they know well. Where they go and how they use that foundation is limitless.”

– Catherine Ellenbecker, Class of 1973

Art Therapy Undergraduate Program

What is Art Therapy?

The undergraduate Art Therapy program at Mount Mary is a pre-professional program that introduces students to the expanding field of art therapy. Built on a solid foundation of studio art and psychology, the program offers the opportunity to learn and grow in a creative and dynamic environment. Through community service and volunteer opportunities, students explore the healing potential of creative action.

Working together with artist-activists and therapists, students learn what it means to participate in our multicultural, global world through opportunities such as community-based field experiences, study abroad, and self-directed senior capstone projects. The art therapy major fulfills all of the prerequisite requirements for graduate study of professional art therapy.

See the curriculum for the undergraduate art therapy program.

For more information about the exciting field of art therapy or the program at Mount Mary, please contact our undergraduate art therapy advisor, Melody Todd, (414) 256-1215 or toddm@mtmary.edu.

Learn more about the art therapy profession through resources provided by the American Art Therapy Association (AATA)-

• Fact sheet about art therapy and AATA
• FAQ about Art Therapy
• Allied Health Profession - Art Therapist

Scholarships Available

Students in the Arts and Design Division are encouraged to apply for the prestigious Layton Art Scholarship. Application deadlines for both new and continuing students are in January and February.