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Students from a very underprivileged neighborhood in Indonesia gather for a 4-day art
camp that focuses on teaching healthy habits and the avoidance of cigarettes which is a
big social problem in the community. Percussion music, singing, movement, role-play
and visual arts are the activities. The art camp will end with a show-case of the large
collaborative paintings that the students are excited to show to their community.
Attributes of Hope*
Examples of responses
Art-related responses
WILL-POWER
THINKING
Initiating
Future orientation
Non-art responses
Working together in
a group to decide
what elements
should be included
in the collaborative
collage
Each participant
draws an individual
drawing in a small
part of the
collaborative piece
Role-playing in a
skit as practice for a
future situation and
future dramatic
opportunities
Doing theater
exercises to warm
up and also improve
control over ones
body, such as
mirroring.
Leading a group to
come to a decision
on what should be
included on the
collaborative
collage.
Coming to a
decision on the color
scheme
Gathering
knowledge for
future success.
Setting an alarm
clock to get up the
next morning.
Setting alarms for
future deadlines.
Intentionality
Do many color
mixing exercises to
decide on color
theme of the mural
Conduct in-depth
research for the
theme of the mural
Positive expectation
Mixing colors in a
special exercise to
Getting up early in
order to arrive at art
Attributes of Hope*
Examples of responses
Art-related responses
plan for a future
collaborative
painting
Choosing a
percussion
instrument carefully
before the
collaborative
percussion session
begins
Non-art responses
camp on time.
Planning who to
invite to the final
showcase
WAY-POWER THINKING
Ability to generate
workable routes to goals
Realism
Activity
Working together to
decide who will
have what role in
creating the
collaborative
painting. Who will
draw, who will
paint, who will
choose the collage
elements and who
will help to
coordinate the
group.
Use local and
available supplies
for making the
collage.
Keep the collaborate
art substrate to a
practical size so that
the project is doable
with regards to time
& space
Participate in
movement and
percussion session
and modulate the
speed & volume.
Participate in the
Bringing collage
elements from home
to add to the
available supplies.
Create a schedule
that is easy for
everyone to follow
Remaining flexible
throughout the
process.
Attributes of Hope*
Examples of responses
Art-related responses
collaborate painting
project
Interconnectedness
(relational behaviors,
willingness to connect with
others)
Transcendence
(Includes the ability to
extend beyond current
situation, moving from hope
for cure to hope for
fulfillment)
Non-art responses
Enjoying each
others presence
Sitting in a circle to
create music and to
share thoughts and
ideas
Sharing feelings out
loud with the group
*Compiled from Manifestations of Hope in Music Therapy with Hospitalized Pediatric Patients, a Masters
Thesis by Charissa Tan, Creative Arts in Therapy Program, Drexel University, June 2008.