Researched and Authored by Amanda Tetso: Art therapy initially began in the 1940s as an aide to psychoanalysts studying the Freudian ideology that one’s dreams can reveal much about their pathology. However, the practice has quickly evolved into a crucial method of healing for patients of all variances in recent years. Although art therapy mostly…
In recent years, the popularity of adult coloring books has skyrocketed. Walk into most bookstores and you’ll find a rack of them, including perhaps the recently published Garden Life and Animal Life by Tim Phelps, professor and medical illustrator in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of…
by Lisa Richardson in collaboration with Hedda Matza-Haughton Valerie David, writer and performer of her autobiographical one-woman show “The Pink Hulk: One Woman’s Journey to Find the Superhero Within,” gave an abridged performance of her play at Jewish Family and Children’s Service of the Suncoast’s Cancer Support & Wellness Center (JFCS), which was followed by…
Dance and Movement to Enhance Health Outcomes with Leymis Bolaños Wilmott – by Lisa Richardson in collaboration with Hedda Matza-Haughton Arts for Health Sarasota-Manatee (AFHS-M) co-chairs, Hedda Matza- Haughton, LCSW, and Lisa Richardson, LMHC, were very pleased to showcase on January 24, 2017 one of AFHS-M’s Professional Organization members, Sarasota Contemporary Dance (SDC), who actively…
New Hampshire Arts -in-Healthcare 2013 Survey Report The arts contribute to what it means to be human, especially in times of illness. In the present day, as the expansion of knowledge clearly outpaces its adoption and utilization, many professionals continue to seek new and better ways to meet basic human needs for safety, community, and…
Creating sand mandalas using shells, twigs and other found objects at the beach is a way for us, and those who join us in our circle, to feel connected to the ocean, the sky and, of course, the sand. Cynthia Bydlinski and Marcia Calderon, art and health facilitators as well as professional members of Arts…
The Picture of Health: Art Exhibits in Cancer Centers Help Patients and Families Heal With growing evidence that they can help patients and their families heal, art installations and exhibits are becoming more prevalent in cancer centers. MARILYN FENICHEL PUBLISHED: AUGUST 24, 2016 When Alice Momm, art advisor for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)…
Daughter of dementia patient reveals how music therapy has ‘given her mum back’ It was touching to see this article posted online in the June 2, 2016, issue of Express.co.uk, by Felicity Thistlethwaite. The article speaks to the significance of Music Therapy in the life of one woman’s mother, and how it helps unlock a part of…
Can Art be Medicine? Whether through expressive writing, music, movement or visual media, all the arts are able to change people’s perspectives, moods, relationships and overall health. As we study the science of creative expression as a path to healing, and put it into action through our initiatives, we also work toward broadening awareness of…
By Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Dance is the best medicine. That was the take-away message of a public forum by The Coalition for Arts and Health, a local grass-roots network of artists, healthcare providers, organizations and individuals working to make the arts — music, theater, visual arts, dance and literary arts — an integral part of…