Specters of whiteness: Radical care for ghostly matters in art therapy

Abstract

The specters of whiteness in art therapy have continued to haunt the field since its formal foundation in the early 1970 s. The authors propose a radical care ethic for these ghostly matters in art therapy that centers the creative process as a critical method for white art therapists to develop the capacity for sincere antiracist work. The social and material conditions of neoliberalism are haunted by the specters of whiteness and colonialism, which, until recently, have been deliberately veiled within art therapy. The authors re-envision the studio as a critical site for intra-community antiracist practice and reclaiming of histories for a justice-to-come.