A list of graduate and undergraduate schools in New York is below. If you know of any schools or programs that should be added to the list, please leave a comment below or email us below. We’ll check out the school and add them to the list.
Graduate Art Therapy Schools & Programs in New York
Brookville, NY
Long Island University – C.W. Post Campus
Contact: Christine Kerr, PhD, ATR-BC, CGP, Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Clinical Arts Therapies
Address: 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548
Phone: 516-299-2935
Email: christine.kerr@liu.edu
Web: http://www.liu.edu/~svpa/art/art_therapy
Degree: Masters of Arts (MA) in Clinical Art Therapy.
Rochester, NY
Nazareth College of Rochester, Hillside Children’s Center – Nazareth College of Rochester
Contact: Ellen G. Horovitz, PhD, ATR-BC, Director of Art Therapy
Address: 4245 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618-3790
Phone: 585-389-2535
Email: ehorovi4@naz.edu
Web: www.naz.edu/dept/creativearts_therapy/
Degree: MS in Art Therapy.
New York, NY
New York University
Contact: Ikuko Acosta, PhD, ATR-BC, Director of Graduate Art Therapy Program
Address: 34 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-998-5726, 212-998-5727
Email: ia4@nyu.edu
Degree: Masters of Arts (MA) in Art Therapy.
School of Visual Arts
Contact: Deborah Farber, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, Art Therapy Department Chair
Address: 209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212.592.2610
Email: arttherapy@sva.edu
Web: www.sva.edu
Degree: Specialization in challenged populations and addictionology, MPS in Art Therapy.
Hofstra University
Contact: Joan Bloomgarden, PhD, ATR-BC, CGP, Graduate Art Therapy Program
Address: 124 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1240
Phone: 516-463-5300, for appointments: 516-463-5752
Email: cprjsb@hofstra.edu
Web: www.liu.edu/@svpa/art
Degree: MS in Special Education/Art Therapy.
Hempstead, NY
Hofstra University
Contact: Joan Bloomgarden, PhD, ATR-BC, CGP, Graduate Art Therapy Program
Address: 124 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1240
Phone: 516-463-5300, for appointments: 516-463-5752
Email: cprjsb@hofstra.edu
Web: www.liu.edu/@svpa/art
Degree: Masters of Arts (MA) in Creative Arts Therapy
New Rochelle, NY
College of New Rochelle
Contact: Patricia St. John, EdD, ATR-BC, Program Coordinator, Graduate Art Therapy
Address: 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle, NY 10805-2339
Phone: 914-654-5279 or 914-654-5280
Email: pstjohn@cnr.edu
Web: www.cnr.edu
Degree: MS in Art Therapy Counseling.
Brooklyn, NY
Pratt Institute (Academic Year Program, Spring/Summer Intensive Program
Contact: Laurel Thompson, MPS, ADTR, ATR-BC, Chairperson, Graduate Creative Arts Therapy Department
Address: East 3, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Phone: 718-636-3428
Email: Lthompso@pratt.edu
Web: www.pratt.edu
Degree: MPS in Art Therapy and Creativity Development, MPS in Art Therapy/Special Education.
Undergraduate Art Therapy Schools & Programs in New York
New Rochelle, NY
College of New Rochelle
Contact: Professor Cristina deGennaro, MA, MFA, Chair, Art Department
Address: 29 Castle Place, New Rochelle, NY 10805
Phone: 914-654-5856
Email: cdegennaro@cnr.edu
Web: www.cnr.edu
Degree: BFA, BS in Art Therapy.
Brookville, NY
Long Island University C.W. Post Campus
Contact: Christine Kerr, PhD, ATR-BC, CGP, Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Clinical Art Therapies
Address: 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, NY 11548
Phone: 516-299-2935
Email: christine.kerr@liu.edu
Web: www.liu.edu/@svpa/art
Troy, NY
Russell Sage College
Contact: Leigh Davies, MA, ATR-BC, Coordinator
Address: 45 Ferry Street, Troy, NY 12180
Phone: 518-244-2437
Email: daviel@sage.edu
Degree: BA in Creative Arts in Therapy.
Sparkill, NY
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Contact: Carol Greiff Lagstein, LACSW,LCAT,ATR-BC, Director
Address: 125 Route 340, Sparkill, NY 10976-1050
Phone: 845-398-4166 or 845-362-8595
Email: clagstei@stac.edu or Lorac19@optonline.net
Web: www.stac.edu
Degree: BA in Art Therapy, Minors in Graphic Design and Fine Arts.
Are all of these schools private?
i know that CUNY schools, that are not private, offer the Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies program for ungraduate students, which lets the students choose the courses that they want/need to take in order to make your own degree. That’s what I’m doing to study art therapy, instead of double majoring in Psych and Art.
Do they have a masters option for that at CUNY and who could I reach out to about that
Hello Nonini, would love to speak with you more about how you are pursing an art therapy degree at CUNY, something that my sister is interested in. What classes are you taking? Did you meet with an academic advisor who has helped you choose clases?
Some of these schools are NOT accredited and should be noted as such. Also anyone interested in an undergrad Art Therapy program should be advised that they cannot legally practice as a creative arts therapist. NYU is by far the best program in the country!
how about SVA?
Art therapists are trained in a traditional university classroom setting, in a medical school or teaching hospital setting or in a fine art studio school setting.
Art therapy trainees mostly learn assessment and treatment skills from the study of psychopathology and from looking at examples of mostly unhealthy patient art and then practicing their assessment and treatment skills in a clinically supervised environment making little art of their own throughout the process.
Some programs emphasize experiential learning from the creative act and require the regular practice of making art in the studio setting as an integrated and necessary compliment to one’s clinical studies.
Are you more artist or more psychologist? Where are you on the continuum? Where is your creative health and healing? Where do you belong?
Thanks for this resource! I currently have a BA in Psychology, and I live right by Hofstra, so I’m thinking about getting an MA in Creative Arts Therapy or something related.
Hello, what kind of skills and qualifications do I need before I register ?
Thank you!
Sharona Shaked
P.S: I’ve got a bachelor’s degree in Art History (Israel Haifa University). Is it going to help me with anything?
Hi,
I am currently getting my bach in psychology. I want to become an art therapist, should I transfer or am I on the right track?
Hello,
I am currently working on a BFA (Bachelors in Fine Arts) and am planning on becoming an art therapist. I was advised by someone in the art education field that it is better to have a foundation in studio art for my Bachelors and then go ahead for the Masters in Art Theraphy. Had I been advised correctly? I will be graduating in about a year an a half so I would like to get some better advice on how I can be admitted to a Graduate school, majoring in Art Therapy.
I have my B.F.A. and am looking into art therapy. If I have my B.F.A. should I get my Masters in Art therapy or do I get my Bachelors in art therapy? Im not sure where to start.
I did BA in find art (sculpture) and MA in fashion & textile design in Italy.
I’d love to start my studies to be an art therapist(related to family and group art therapy) in NY.
i did look for some schools in NY such as Pratt,SVA,NYU but i really don’t know what to start and how.
Would you help me to find out
where can i get a credits for basic psychology and also other requirements if its needed?
what do i need to do ? what do i need to start? (do i need to just apply a BA which has an art therapy course? or MP?)
can i go to CUNY college to have some credits to go to other school (NYU) for PhD ?
I currently have BA in family and child studies with a p-3 teaching cert. However, I felt like it just doesn’t fit. I love working with others and helping others so I thought teaching was it for me…
I currently work as a one-to-instructor for children with autism in which they get art therapy twice a week. I fell in love. I have a strong feeling that this is what I should be doing.
Where do I go from here? I thought I could get my MA in art therapy but is that far fetched?
Hello
I was just wondering how to begin a Bachelor degree in Art Therapy, when my initial two years and a half have little to do with that. I was oriented wrong, and was lead to believe there was no way to have a bach in Art Therapy. How long do I need to be a resident of NY to be accepted? How do I apply from another country? Is there anyway I’d be accepted from PR? I’d be mighty grateful if someone could clarify this for me. Thanks a lot for your helpful website.
hello my names is Carla i live in NC and my major is Art and a minor in Psy. I would love to become an art therapist but I need information on what schools I can go!!!
I also would like tp know what Psy class I would really need, so by the time I go to an Art therapy school I am good to go!
Thank u
I have a BA in Education N-9 and would like to get my Masters in Art Therapy. I plan to begin studio art this spring. I need some information on what else is required.
I’m Ana from Argentina and my major is Art and I’ve been working in a fundation for disabled children over 7 years now but I need to know how can I fo to an art therapy school, I need some information. Thank you!
I love to study psychotherapy ..as a contiunig education.may be some intence course..what whould u edvise.i have a bachelor in arts, from another country
Hello,
I have Ba in Communication Design and want to become an art teacher or an art theraphist. I dont know where to start. I am most likely interested in being a special ed teacher combined with art.
Please advice
My daughter is determined to be an art therapist and is presently in her undergraduate college search. What is the best undergraduate means to prepare for a an MA in Art Therapy program? Should she go liberal arts and double major in Art and Psychology? Is it worth going to an art school and majoring in art if art therapy is the goal? What else can she be doing to help imrpove chances of getting into an Art Therapy MA program? I would want her to have a strong basis in clinical work and counseling. I’m so lost!
Hi, I am currently completing my Honours in Curatorship. I have a Degree in Fine Art. I would like to study abroad doing Art Therapy.
I am from South Africa. Any advise on how to apply, for scholarships as well as a Masters programme focusing on Art Therapy. Do i need to have studied psychology? Or would the institution offer lessons or basic classes on an over view of psychology?
Regard
Mosa 🙂
Hi!!
My name is Valentina and I’m an educator. I’m degree in science of education in my country (Italy) and I have a lot of work experience with special person (adults mental disability/children/teens)
I love art-therapy and I would love to attend your course!!!
Are there scholarship for foreign?
Internship? Volunteers? I would like to know more about it!!
Can someone help me??
I m waiting for u!!
Thank u!!!
Hi
I have an MFA from Pratt, have a fairly active art career showing with a gallery for 20 yrs.- in NYC.
Wondering about art therapy as both a way to increase income as well as an interesting way to help others thru beauty.
Would I look at masters programs for art therapy or do I need to start at undergrad level?
I live upstate near New Palz .
Would love any suggestions or experience related comments.
Thanks
The New School also has a Creative Arts Therapies program.
Hello,
My daughter is a freshman at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA and she would like to become an art therapist working with disabled children. Can you tell me what major she should pursue prior to Art Therapy School? Her current major is Psychology, however we have also heard, that she could major in Early Childhood or Family Counseling or Early Education.
Thank you!
Hi, I just received my associates for mental health and i want to get my bachelors for art therapy but I’m not sure if my associates is useful for art therapy major?