Art lights up our brains and ignites action (David Suzuki and Jode Roberts, David Suzuki Foundation)
“When we encounter art — whether it’s a painting, dance, music or story — our brains engage networks tied to emotion, memory and empathy.”
In the News
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Yes, Listening to Music Is Therapy (Daniel J. Levitin, The Walrus)
The Walrus: Music reduces pain, increases resilience, and reconnects Alzheimer’s patients with their memories. It’s time for science to take it seriously
Making arts and crafts improves your mental health as much as having a job, scientists find (Riane Lumer, CNN)
CNN article on the benefits of arts and crafts on your mental health according to studies published in Frontiers in Public Health.
Creative arts therapy can help healthcare workers experiencing burnout, researchers say (The Conversation, Fast Company)
“The creative process invites doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to remember what it means to be human, to be vulnerable.”
Researchers study how arts therapy can benefit health care workers (Hunter Boyce, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“The University of Colorado research team has spent nearly two decades studying work-related stress” says this article.
Doctors Should Offer ‘Social Prescribing’ to Patients(Julia Hotz, Scientific American)
Article on the benefits of social prescribing, published on Scientific American.
Mass. starts country’s first arts prescription program for physical and behavioral health (Alison Kuznitz, State House News Service, WBUR)
WBUR article on a new social prescribing program developed by Massachusetts Culture Council and health-care provider Art Pharmacy.
Taking a look at ArtsCare (Dan White, Sydenham Current)
Sydenham Current article on the MAC’s ArtsCare initiatives and programming.
Mississauga Arts Council: Health Through the Arts (Rick Muller, City Life Magazine)
City Life Magazine article on the introduction of Mississauga Arts Council’s Pilot ArtsCare Social Prescription Program.