a set of 6 greeting cards with the art work of clients who are attending Art-therapy sessions at DANA Counselling Centre.
Rabindra Jayanti
Dana organised Rabindra Jayanti on 12th May, 2013. Dr Dilip Sinha spoke about Rabindranath and value System Gautam read his article and sang his favourite songs.
Seminar on Art Therapy at DANA on 10/02/2013
DANA organized its 2nd Seminar on Art-Therapy on 10th February, 2013 which was attended by a wide range of artists, art-therapists, activists and mental health professionals from Kolkata and other parts of India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. The seminar was held at DANA’s own premises in Kolkata and the participants shared their experience of working with patients with mental health problems, patients suffering from cancer, patients under palliative care and jail-inmates.
While charing the seminar, Dr. Debasish Bhattacharya gave us an overview of art therapy as being practiced in recent times across the world. He emphasized on visual therapy & how its content & form plays a crucial role in understanding human psyche. He narrated the various types of art therapies that can successfully be practiced to give relief to stress & tension of mentally dysfunctional people.