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This study was conducted on foreign workers living in P City, Gyeonggi-do, to see the effects of short-term group art therapy in decreasing accumulative stress in foreign workers. The research subjects were 14 foreign workers experiencing cultural stress, divided into 2 groups of experimental group and control group, 7 people each. Experimental group received 8 group art therapy lessons, 90 minutes per week. Acculturation Stress Scale, PITR and paired t-test was used to analyze the data. Results : Short-term group art therapy was successful in reduction of accumulative stress in foreign workers. Results of Acculturation Stress Scale showed that decrease in accumulative stress was significant. Also, tests on subcategories of accumulative stress (discrimination, language conflict, and legal standing) showed significant reduction after short-term group art therapy. In conclusion, it was confirmed that this short-term group art therapy was effective in decrease of accumulative stress in foreign workers by giving them mental and emotional help.