Becoming a Cancer Thriver Through the Healing Power of Art

Becoming a Cancer Thriver Through the Healing Power of Art

Art is a creative outlet that provides health benefits to those affected by cancer. Art therapy is becoming more widely used in the field of medicine as its ability to help people is evidenced. BY Bonnie AnnisPUBLISHED May 17, 2019 Bonnie Annis is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2014 with stage 2b invasive ductal…

God is in Everything: A Bedtime Story for Little Ears
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God is in Everything: A Bedtime Story for Little Ears

Marcia “Muff” Calderon has become a children’s book author. She has self-published (as Marcia Calderon) God is in Everything: A Bedtime Story for Little Ears. She came up with the idea at a weekend silent retreat and says the writing went pretty fast. It’s available on Amazon. “It’s a non-denominational book, like a prayer to…

First-ever Baltimore Orioles Wellness Week
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First-ever Baltimore Orioles Wellness Week

First-ever Baltimore Orioles Wellness Week at Ed Smith Stadium. Arts for Health Sarasota-Manatee was invited to participate in the 2018 Wellness Week hosted by the Baltimore Oriels at the ballpark in Sarasota, August 6 & August 8. This first-ever (and they hope annual) wellness day event at the Ed Smith Stadium proved to be a…

SoloSynergy – An Intergenerational Program

SoloSynergy – An Intergenerational Program

The team is facilitating an intergenerational program with Carrie Mill’s VPA students at Booker Middle and older adults. They need your help in voting for this pilot program that is an inter-generational education outreach program called “SoloSynergy” that gives 2 groups a larger voice in the world. Middle school children and adults aged 60+ often…

Balancing a Rewarding Job with Work of the Heart
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Balancing a Rewarding Job with Work of the Heart

Article by Linda Joffe Arts for Health Sarasota-Manatee Member Practitioner Profile: Linda Odom A trio of highly stressful events in the late 1990s set Linda Odom, then on the management fast track at Delta Airlines, on a wholly unexpected path into the expressive arts. After 29 years, she’s still at Delta, but not on the…

How Art Therapy, Music Therapy, and Dance Therapy Help People with Cancer

How Art Therapy, Music Therapy, and Dance Therapy Help People with Cancer

By Meredith Begley, Thursday, April 5, 2018 Summary The path to feeling better goes far beyond conventional medicine. Creative arts therapists at Memorial Sloan Kettering help people with cancer craft meaning out of their experiences. Art has a proven, powerful effect on the healing process. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, patients, family members, and friends can incorporate…

Recent Art Therapy Research: Measuring Mood, Pain and Brain

Recent Art Therapy Research: Measuring Mood, Pain and Brain

Here is two recent art therapy studies of interest: 1) One focuses on the role of art therapy in possible improvement of mood and reduction of pain perception in patients hospitalized for medical conditions; 2) the second uses a common neurological instrument to compare cortical activity after art making with rote motor movements. Art therapy…

Art boosts long-term mental health – new study

Art boosts long-term mental health – new study

Taking part in art classes can improve mental health and enhance social inclusion over a prolonged period, according to a new study published in the International Journal of Mental Health Promotion. Anglia Ruskin University conducted an evaluation of an NHS initiative, Open Arts Essex, which consisted of 12-week arts courses in community venues in the county….