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What's Art Got to Do it it? Megan Dunn on art as therapy

Megan Dunn joins the show to discuss the intersection of art and life, looking at the ways art is and isn't good for our wellbeing. This week: Megan Dunn  visited an art therapist, and liked it. She explores the age-old truism that ‘art is therapy’ and finds arguments for and against it, as public programmes in art museums globally connecting art to wellness continue to grow

A clay crocodile head created by Megan Dunn in therapy.

An abstract by art therapist Mark Geard 'Bleu Abstraction' from the Threshold series

An abstract by art therapist Mark Geard from the Threshold series

Participants of a Toi Art 'Art and Wellbeing' weekend in Tiffany Singh’s installation 'Total internal reflection', 2018. Photo by Kate Whitley. Te Papa

Mary Bishop's 'I Would Like A Good Doctor I Can Trust'. Image: Adamson Collection, Wellcome Trust

A work by Mary Bishop. Image: Adamson Collection, Wellcome Trust.

Mary Bishop's 'The Kitten'. Image: Adamson Collection Wellcome Trust

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