Art-based enquiry: It is what we do!

Art-based enquiry is at the heart of what we do as arts-based therapists. Art-based research, a natural outgrowth of art-based enquiry, utilizes creative intelligence through immersion in creative process and scholarly reflection. This article examines the challenges in using art as evidence in research studies for students and clinicians and why other research methods are utilized first in the hopes of gaining validation from those outside the profession.