Karen Pence will champion art therapy: 'This is not arts and crafts'

Karen Pence on Wednesday formally announced Wednesday she will use her platform as second lady to tout the benefits of art therapy through her “Healing with the heART” initiative.

“I chose one initiative to champion, and it is art therapy, which is near and dear to my heart,” Pence said Wednesday while speaking at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Fla. “From children with cancer to struggling teens, to grieving families, to people with autism, to military service members experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, to those with eating disorders, art therapy is changing lives. Unfortunately, art therapy is not well-known, but I hope to change that.”