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On the Value of Arts in Healthcare: A Letter from the …
WEBLinh Dang is a member of the National Organization for Arts in Health inaugural Board. Here, she writes about the rich heritage of this new organization and the commitment of the board towards NOAH’s mission to “serve and advance the field of Arts in Health,” which aligns with Americans for the Arts’ work in the field of arts and healing, …
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Can Public Art Play a Role in Public Health
WEBThe research will be completed next summer and provide a new contribution of the impact of participatory public art on public health. Qualitative findings from the evaluation study are promising. At the individual level, participants have described four types of benefits that they have derived from the program: As one mural participant …
Strengthening Mental Health through The Arts (Including …
WEBThe NEA as well as local and state arts agencies support arts programs that address a vast array of mental health and personal well-being issues. With those benefits, it is no wonder that 73% of Americans favor government funding for arts in healthcare programs and 68% of Americans agree that the arts improve health and the healthcare …
The Positive Power of Art ARTS Blog
WEBYou might be surprised to know that the arts and health have over 100 years of partnership. Visual art, music, dance, creative writing, dramatic play, and theater have been used for decades to enhance individual experience in hospitals, mental health treatment centers, senior care facilities, emergency rooms, occupational therapy clinics, …
Strengthening Healthcare Systems Through the Arts
WEBArts Programs Reduce Healthcare Costs. Healthcare costs have marched steadily upward for decades. In 1970, spending on health was 6.9% of GDP. In 2019, the figure has ballooned to 17.8% ($3.7 trillion). As the nation’s population grows and we live longer, health expenditures are expected to reach 20% of GDP by 2028.
The National Initiative for Arts & Health Across the …
WEB2020 National Initiative Virtual Summit Arts & Health Across the Military: Artfully Navigating COVID-19 to Build Connected and Inclusive Military and Veteran Healing Communities An Online Event hosted by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Americans for the Arts September 16-18, 2020
Arts in Healthcare: 2009 State of the Field Report ARTS …
WEBThank you to the many people who have been blog contributors to, and readers of ArtsBlog over the years. ArtsBlog has long been a space where we uplifted stories from the field that demonstrated how the arts strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically; where trends and issues and controversies were called out; and advocacy …
10 Reasons to Support the Arts in 2022 ARTS Blog
WEBThe arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, empathy, and beauty. The arts also strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically—benefits that persist even during a pandemic that has been devastating to the arts. The following 10 reasons show why an investment in …
The Future of Arts Education ARTS Blog
WEBOne of the session proposals that Americans for the Arts sent to Grantmakers in the Arts for their annual conference this October in Brooklyn, NY was about the future of Arts Education. Here's a brief bit: Future Forms of Arts Education
Making art in person with community: Is it worth the risk in a …
WEBWhenever you make public art, there are risks—usually financial. But today with monuments being challenged, politics, history, and community emotions are often also at play. Oh, and we are in a pandemic. When everything was halted in March, I fell into a depression. The prospect of making art with community, if we could do it safely, felt like …
Summa Health Connects Patients to Art and its Healing Powers
WEBCOVID-19. Studies show the healing potential of the arts is powerful. It can change a person’s focus and alter a body’s physiology. Research suggests that it can lower blood pressure, improve stress management, curb anxiety and depression, alleviate pain, enhance memory, improve communication, promote wellness and relaxation, and …
Festival Aims to Empower Artists to Improve Their Health
WEBThe idea to exchange visual art and musical performances for healthcare was hatched in a conversation over a beer between a Kingston, NY, dentist and a painter. From that creative brainstorming session a small group of underinsured artists and providers was formed to found the first O+ (pronounced O Positive) Festival in 2010. …
Arts Education + Healthcare: A Conversation with Teaching Artist …
WEBAt The Pablove Foundation, we partner with teaching artists who teach children living with cancer the art of photography. As leaders and relationship builders who know their medium, they—along with the students we serve—are truly the heartbeat of our organization. Steven Hazlett, national teaching artist for our Shutterbugs program in …
Creating Lasting & Successful pARTnerships ARTS Blog
WEBTo encourage more partnerships like these, Americans for the Arts is launching the pARTnership Movement this January. Check out this video that played on MTV’s 44 ½ screen introducing the pARTnership Movement to the 1.5 million people, 56,000 cars, and 15 bus lines that pass through Times Square daily:
The (In)Efficiencies of Scale (Part Two) ARTS Blog
WEB(Editor's Note: Michael continues his response to our Animating Democracy Blog Salon from December 2012 in this post. It was originally published on his Man-About-Town.org site January 13, 2013.) The Means of Production When you “produce” something, that’s a very different process from “creating” something. Production is about assembly, …
Community Engagement in the Time of COVID-19 ARTS Blog
WEBWith social distancing practices supported by many medical professionals and government agencies to help slow the COVID-19 pandemic, limitations on public gatherings are good for public health but can provide a challenge for public art administrators to keep projects on schedule. Generally, public art community …
Nolen V. Bivens ARTS Blog
WEBNolen V. Bivens joined Americans for the Arts in 2021 as president and CEO and has supported and advocated for the arts as a national asset for much of his life. A retired U.S. Army Brigadier General with 32 years of service as an Infantry officer, Nolen is a passionate advocate for the benefits of the arts to service members and Veterans suffering the …
Increasing Arts Education Through a Service Year ARTS Blog
WEBAt Lighthouse Elementary in Queens, NY, the kids love to dance. They just never expected it to be tap dance. That’s where ArtistYear AmeriCorps Fellow Crystal Simon comes in. “When I told them no hip-hop dancing—they fought me tooth and nail. But once we actually put our shoes on and we actually started to make noise the kids’ face …
Drive Innovation ARTS Blog
WEBThank you to the many people who have been blog contributors to, and readers of ArtsBlog over the years. ArtsBlog has long been a space where we uplifted stories from the field that demonstrated how the arts strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically; where trends and issues and controversies were called out; and advocacy …
An Eventful National Arts Advocacy Day (from Arts Watch)
WEBJust a few short weeks ago, actors Alec Baldwin, Kerry Washington, Kevin Spacey, and Hill Harper joined more than 550 arts advocates representing 40 states from across the country on Capitol Hill for National Arts Advocacy Day 2011.. This year’s event took place at a critical time when legislators were battling over program cuts to reduce …
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