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 her mother blunted by dementia, creating a path of communication through happy musical memories.
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…
Grow Your Creativity in Sarasota March 23-25, 2018 SARASOTA, FL. (February 15, 2018) – This year the 15th Annual Florida Creativity Conference will showcase 46 presenters from 9 states, as well as dynamic speakers from Colombia (South America) and The Netherlands. Personally and professionally, the importance of growing human creativity at this time in the 21st…
The Art of Healing is a 20-minute documentary exploring the role art has in healing a person’s mind, body, and soul.
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…
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…
