Art as a Mirror | Krupa Jhaveri, MPS, TIEATC | TEDxWilmingtonWomen

Krupa challenges western values in art - such as focusing on the product and perfectionism, instead maintaining that everyone has something special to contribute. She also shares about life in her artistic community in India, including movies of her art forms to demonstrate how she harnesses the power of community and creativity in the moment.

Krupa was born in the US and is of Gujarati ethnic origin. Her organization promotes original self-expression, transformation, awareness and connection across all barriers through art. With formal graduate training at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Krupa worked with children and women with HIV/AIDS, in child protection, cross cultural exchanges, in the combined practice of Art & Yoga and as a Trauma-Informed Expressive Art Therapy consultant. She is an Ambassador to India for Art Therapy Without Borders with recent presentations on the therapeutic value of ritual, sacred and indigenous art forms throughout the US, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and India.

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