Arts For The Health Of It

Kate Powell is the Executive Director of Tidewater Arts Outreach (TAO) in Norfolk, VA. Their mission is to bring joy to older adults and those living in isolating circumstances and enhance their well-being through creative engagement with the arts. Key topics Kate discusses include the following: the loneliness epidemic the types of art engagement offered in their community the importance of age-a...

Amy Latta is an artist and author who is passionate about helping others to discover and express their creativity. She has written five books on hand lettering, a creativity journal, and a book all about how to doodle. In this episode, Amy walks us through some of her doodle tutorials from her Doodle Everything book, shares about her creative process and how her books evolved, and where you might...

A longtime advocate for comics as a medium for serious storytelling, Sam Hester is a contributor to comics journalism, comics in academia and the graphic medicine movement. She writes and draws comics about life in her hometown of Calgary, in the Treaty 7 region of Alberta, Canada. Particularly special about this episode is Sam sharing about her experience as a caregiver for her mother. Sam uses h...

Lisa is a proud wife and mother of two boys, ages 7 and 5, who lives just north of Boston, Massachusetts. She is an almost four-year Triple Negative Breast Cancer survivor and a former elementary school teacher who now devotes her time to helping other young adults who are facing a cancer diagnosis. She does this through her work as the Marketing and Communications Manager for the Steven G. Cancer...

We're visiting with Hannah Garrison, one of our artists-in-residence. Hannah works both virtually and in-person with patients at their bedsides. Using the arts as meditation and a very general form of physical therapy helped her not only cope with a diagnosis of MS, but to also become a better caregiver. Being honest about her diagnosis to herself and to complete strangers is not only effective me...

"Art is part of who I am. I use art for my health by integrating different artistic styles and mediums into my day or week. Drawing or painting allows me to stay present, practice mindfulness, enter a meditative space, and expand my artistic capabilities. I use art for my mental health. It is an outlet for complex emotions that I may be feeling and gives those feelings a safe outlet to be seen and...

Ella Rosewood (she/her) is a dance educator, entrepreneur, and lifelong Girl Scout based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder and CEO of Crelata, a new on-demand dance education platform aimed at making access to dance education in schools more equitable. Rosewood holds dual Bachelor’s Degrees in Dance and Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters Degree in Da...

live music | window painting | poetry | caricatures | origami | games | patient artwork |  auctions | special appearances | BIG announcements This and so much more at the 2022 Night of 1000 Hearts ! We're close to selling out so don't wait to RSVP: heartsneedart.org/1000hearts

In honor of National Grief Awareness Day, we've partnered with our friends from the podcast Out Of Grief Comes Art to have an open and honest discussion about grief. What is it? Why do we do it? How can we express ourselves during it? Catherine shows us an easy art piece that you can make with someone, for someone, or in honor of someone. You can connect with Elizabeth and Halle by visiting griefd...

Danielle Filippone is an OR nurse for Northwell Health and a member of the Northwell Health Nurse Choir; America’s Got Talent Season 16 finalists. She uses singing to communicate with her son, and to make patients comfortable for surgery.

Melanie Ambler is an aspiring physician-artist from Redding, CT. She is currently a medical student at Stanford School of Medicine and a classically-trained cellist. She graduated from Brown University in 2019, then spent a year in Caen, France as a Fulbright Scholar where she researched music and dementia at a neuroimaging lab. She currently plays weekly virtual concerts for critically ill patien...

Throughout her six years of experience in the field of Arts in Health, Brooke McKinney has witnessed firsthand the healing capacity of the arts. As an Artist-in-Residence with Art with a Heart in Healthcare (AWAHIH), Brooke passionately provides fine art experiences for pediatric patients and their families at Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. AWAHIH has hundreds of art tutorial vid...

Amy L Bernstein writes stories that let readers feel while making them think. Her novels include The Potrero Complex, The Nighthawkers, Dreams of Song Times, and Fran, the Second Time Around. Amy is an award-winning journalist, playwright, speechwriter, and certified nonfiction book coach.  PLUS Amy's stretching our creative writing muscles with 2 different writing prompts that you can follow...

Clinton Kirkpatrick is a community artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He graduated in 2008 from the University of Huddersfield, England, with a Paint and Drawing Degree and moved back to Belfast. His work examines the human and explores the systems that bind communities and cultures and the absurd. He's here to teach us a fun and easy way to incorporate drawing into your day.  He's be...

The day after the school shooting in Uvalde, Marisa Castro drove to the small Texas city to do her part in helping the community heal.  Over 2 months later, she is still there making sure that anyone who seeks her help and guidance can find her. She's been a Musician-in-Residence with Hearts Need Art since 2019 and she joins this episode to talk about: the differences between art therapy and...

Grab some paint and paper and see what happens! Catherine's showing us how a few simple supplies from the grocery store can make unique art pieces and no two are alike! We're also talking about her art upbringing, how and why she uses the arts for her own well-being (and her son's), what she loves about working with patients, and why she's excited about sitting in the co-host seat on the podcast!

We wrote a song! You'll meet Catherine, the new co-host of the podcast! Dan Rubins and Jake Gluckman from Hear Your Song, Inc. join us and help write a song about Richard's recent hospital stay that features Ivy the elephant and her love of coffee. Hear Your Song, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex h...

Tasha is the Director of Research at the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and a national leader and consultant in arts and public health. She studies the impact of the arts, music, aesthetics, and social norms on health and well-being.   From Dr. Golden:  As a career artist, I know that art helps us recognize, navigate, and communicate the human experience.  ...

Claudia Marulanda is a New York City-based visual artist whose passion is empowering women through the beauty of art.  She pursued a career in graphic design, working in the publishing industry. However, it wasn't until Claudia hit an emotional rock bottom that she rediscovered her passion for art.  Art became her medicine, a source for healing, and a place for self-expression. Claudia s...

Claude is an artist with over two decades of experience working with textiles, paint and collage. She also facilitates workshops for adults and youth in the general population as well as those with developmental disabilities and brain trauma. Her approach to art is accessible to all and she feels that expression through art is a powerful bridge for people who might otherwise be excluded from tradi...

OPH was established in 1993 as a family-friendly theatrical company in Los Angeles, CA, to share the arts and beauty of West African culture with Americans. We have served communities in Washington, DC since 2003. Our purpose is to educate through a holistic, creative curriculum and entertain through performance that deepens intercultural understanding. Veera Oye Yaa-Anna affectionately known as A...

Kyria Marie MA, NC, CHD, is a holistic nutritional consultant and health coach. She helps clients achieve peak performance and heal stubborn chronic health issues by overcoming the underlying root causes of imbalance, without medications or countless hours of meditation. She brings over a decade of experience combining both modern science and ancient wisdom to support natural healing from anywhere...

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Vijay Gupta is a violinist and social justice advocate. An esteemed performer, communicator, educator and citizen-artist, Gupta is a leading advocate for the role of the arts and music to heal, inspire, provoke change, and foster social connection. Vijay is the founder and Artistic Director of Street Symphony, a non-profit organization providing musical engagement, dialogue and teaching artistry f...

We're back! Season 2 kicks off RIGHT NOW! After spending 16 days in the hospital WITHOUT access to the arts, we'll get an   update on Richard's health. PLUS Jeremiah Stemple is here talking about his journey with Cystic Fibrosis and how he's using his love of comic books to inspire kids with chronic illnesses. heroesforcauses.com