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.
News
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.
The Future of Music and Arts in Medicine and Health (Conference) – Berlin 2024 – IAMM & ISfAM
This hybrid event will bring together medical and artistic experts, researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world, offering opportunities for collaboration and networking across continents and disciplines
Resource: WhereToStart.ca
WhereToStart.ca provides access to a variety of mental health services for children and youth offered by four service providers in Peel Region.
Resource: The Arts and the Quality of Life for Ontarians (Nanos/Ontario Arts Council)
Arts and Quality of Life for Ontarians, commissioned from Nanos by OAC, surveyed Ontarians on the importance of the arts for their quality of life and mental health, as well as their opinions towards the role of the arts in relation to community, diversity and identity.
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.
Sound and sight: Anna Silgardo – We are all unique (Douglas McLean, Doppler Online)
Doppler Online (Hunstville) article on Anna Silgardo’s Artist in Momentum programming for self discovery, self awareness, and healing.
Mississauga Arts Council presents a two-year Pilot ArtsCare Social Prescription Program to Hon. Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
On November 30th, 2023, Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) presented a new Proposal for a Pilot ArtsCare Social Prescription Program to the Hon. Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.