Maryland First Lady Yumi Hogan Visits Art Therapy Thesis Presentation

(BALTIMORE, Md.) – Maryland’s first lady Yumi Hogan visited Notre Dame of Maryland University this week to salute nine master’s in art therapy degree candidates presenting their thesis projects in the state’s only graduate program preparing students to become professional art therapists.

At the Thesis Colloquium Graduate Art Therapy Program, Hogan offered words of encouragement and praise for the third cohort to complete the program, recalling her first visit to the campus when the Master of Arts in art therapy program launched in 2018. Since then, 20 students, including the class of 2022, have completed NDMU’s program, which requires 1,000 hours of clinical instruction and a thesis project integrating research and field experiences.

“This program centers art and artmaking as key to healing and the therapeutic relationship,” said Hogan. “Everything you have done with your research is wonderful.”