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"Where we are located has brought a lot of creatives to the space," says a psychotherapist who specializes in dance and movement therapy.

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Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

"Where we are located has brought a lot of creatives to the space," says a psychotherapist who specializes in dance and movement therapy.

Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

A “safe space” can mean a lot of different things. In college campuses across the country, it can be a special, designated classroom where students can escape discrimination or harassment. In a corporate office, it can be a plushy room with an espresso machine. For others, it may not be as clearly labeled or classified and maybe it’s even your own bed. But for Brittany Knapp, who started Bushwick’s Art Therapy Place, safe spaces are something you create yourself—literally. 

In late July, this theory inspired an unusual workshop —or “therapeutic interactive art installation”—where participants fashioned their own human nest. Creatively-inclined locals of all ages gathered amidst a…

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