Susanne Bifano, M.P.S., M.S.Ed., A.T.R.-B.C., L.C.A.T.

Professor Bifano is a visual artist, board-certified, and a licensed art therapist and adjunct assistant professor of art therapy. Professor Bifano has been bringing fine and conceptual art practices into the art therapy milieu for the past 15 years. She was awarded the Culturally Responsive Professionals in Early Childhood Disabilities grant from the University of Miami. She has co-presented nationally and internationally on the topics of mental health and urban poverty, the fusion of art and writing in the hospital for pediatric patients, and wellness strategies for healthcare providers.

Her body of artwork consists of large mixed media drawings devoid of conventional form. She supports exploration, experimentation, and embracing excitement and fear that are elicited from the “unknown” in art-making. Professor Bifano currently provides art therapy services for New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.