This course combines the visual arts and other creative processes to foster personal growth and community development. By exploring and integrating the arts with the greater community, students will learn to develop the resources necessary for healing, creativity and self-expression. The course will incorporate studio artwork with a focus on self-expression and reflection to be better able to understand their application in counseling and therapeutic contexts as applied to individuals and groups of all ages. This course is designed for students looking to gain experience using art within the local community and/or gain arts-related volunteer experience in preparation for graduate programs in art therapy or expressive arts. Students will develop skills in art making and collaborate with a variety of populations on and/or off campus.