Milwaukee art therapists find new ways to help residents deal with complex emotions

Milwaukee art therapists find new ways to help residents deal with complex emotions

Inside Milwaukee’s blooming art scene, art therapists are helping people voice their emotions in new ways. Art therapy combines active art-making and psychotherapy to help people express complex emotions. It’s used as a healing tool for people with trauma, depression or other conditions. A painting by Blanche Brown titled, “Your Eyes Reveal the Pain Inside.” (Photo provided by Blanche Brown) For Milwaukee-based artist Blanche Brown, her art the…