Art and social interaction : a guide for college internships serving correctional, rehabilitation and human service needs / Judith Peck.

"This manual presents a program that introduces creative visual arts activities to students working with individuals in jails, nursing homes, psychiatric facilities, and more to gain an intimate understanding of major issues such as crime, mental illness, and substance abuse. By engaging in personal artistic expressions with individuals in the institutions served, students gain a unique opportunity to understand the major domestic issues of our time through one-on-one contact with those affected. The covered activities stimulate memory, awareness, and self-acknowledgement. Delivering everything needed to set up the course in any liberal arts college, the book offers approaches for diverse populations and covers the processes of execution, aesthetic and humanistic objectives, projected outcomes, and methods of evaluation. Techniques and approach are presented for drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, and crafts. By adopting this manual, colleges can provide students with visual arts activities and education relevant to their lives and potential careers while providing a unique service to social service institutions"-- Provided by publisher.