[Self-Study] HeART in India: Indian Perspectives on Art and Healing Through Art (N/NY-MP158)

Alison is a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist and LMHC/LPC and has worked as an art therapist for eight years across schools, communities, and juvenile justice facilities. Most recently, Alison traveled to India to facilitate arts-based social-emotional learning workshops for children and a workshop on trauma and the arts in counseling. Alison also served as a Guide for a Master’s Student Thesis at MIT Pune, India in 2023. She expects to complete her doctoral degree at the University of Alabama in Educational Research in Spring 2025. Alison’s expertise is in using art therapy with trauma, multicultural populations, and in the public school system.

Vishakha has a Master’s of Arts in Yogic Science and a Bachelor’s of Design in Fashion Communication. Her interests include teaching Communication, Graphics, Illustration, Yogic Science, Art Therapy, & Holistic Healing. Vishakha teaches at Woxsen University in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, where she facilitates courses and international workshops in: Fashion Illustration, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Styling & Photography, and Publication Design. Vishakha’s recent publications include “Women behind wheels exploring the clay pottery from Thiruchigadi, Nilgiris, Tamil Nādu women behind wheels exploring the clay pottery from Thiruchigadi, Nilgiris, Tamil nādu,” in the Journal of Visual and Performing Arts and in the International Journal Of Novel Research And Development on therapeutic yogic techniques for improving sleep of youth populations.

Megha Ananth is currently a Bachelor of Design in Fashion Design Student at Woxsen University Hyderabad, Telangana. Her fields of interest include Fashion Design, Illustrations, Graphic Design, Film making, Communications, and works of Art and Dance. Megha is a leader both in class and outside of class. She believes that art is a medium that can be explored in many different ways, and this is her life motto.