To help art therapists work effectively with the realities of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), this special report brings together art therapists who have experience working in pandemics (Ebola, SARS), attending to health professionals, and building creative virtual communities. Art therapists can support recommended public health psychosocial guidelines by disseminating information, promoting expression and inspiration, challenging stigma, modulating media input, securing family connections, monitoring secondary traumatic stress, developing coping and resilience, maintaining relationships, and amplifying hope.

Three veteran art therapists reflect on thedevelopment of the art therapy professionin Hong Kong over the past 10 years, the ways in which it has changed and the struggles still in front of them. From qualifying outside of Hong Kong, to the establishment of the Hong Kong Associationof Art Therapy (HKAAT), to adapting the models to Hong Kong society and Chinese culture, to the current pandemic (COVID 19), the art therapists share a love for art and a devotion to the field.