Today there is a give and take between the fields of art therapy and art education. Without art education, art therapy would not have had a place to blossom, and in return, the research done by art therapists has made its way back into the classroom. One of the schism’s benefits is a deeper rapport with artwork and art making due to psychological insights uncovered by art therapists (Eisner, 1972). Art educators are also better prepared to teach special populations because of research conducted by art therapists (Blandy, 1989). Possibly the most important gift the field of art therapy has given art educators is the knowledge that creativity is being actively used to heal. The weight that art educators once felt to use creativity for the purpose of healing our students is lightened and borne by the field of art therapy, so that we may in good conscience devote ourselves to education.