Art therapy and mind – body health
Media research on creativity, physiological and psychological health and well-being
- Medical news: How visual creative expression in VR is seen in the brain
- One Lens PA: An initiative led by the first lady of Pennsylvania
- American Scientist: How art can heal https://www.americanscientist.org/article/how-art-can-heal
- New York Times: The Big Impact of a Small Hobby https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/well/mind/coronavirus-health-benefits-drawing-art-hobbies.html
- Fast company: Artmaking and mental well-being https://www.fastcompany.com/90486119/now-is-a-great-time-to-make-some-mediocre-art
- NPR Arts and the brain https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/11/795010044/feeling-artsy-heres-how-making-art-helps-your-brain
- NPR Lifekit: https://www.npr.org/2019/12/30/792439555/making-art-is-good-for-your-health-heres-how-to-start-a-habit
- How researchers changed the world: https://www.howresearchers.com/podcast/episode-5/
- Deccan Herald: https://www.deccanherald.com/living/living-front-page/healing-with-art-734847.html
- 50 years of art therapy at Drexel University: https://drexel.edu/now/archive/2020/January/50-Years-of-Art-Therapy-at-Drexel-and-America/
- Top of Mind (BYU Radio): https://www.byuradio.org/episode/35fd02ab-85c2-45bf-86b4-8118b995e699?playhead=2403&autoplay=true
- The Philadelphia Inquirer On creativity and mental health: http://www2.philly.com/philly/health/mental-health-mental-illness-creative-arts-therapy-20181105.html
- The Philadelphia Inquirer: On coloring bookshttp://www2.philly.com/philly/health/what-can-adult-coloring-books-do-for-your-health-20180101.html
- The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/art-for-the-mind/article24356928.ece
- Psyblog: http://www.spring.org.uk/2017/06/brain-boost-childhood.php
- Science daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170613120531.htm
- Technology networks: https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/making-art-activates-brains-reward-pathway-289597
- Pacific Standard Magazine: https://psmag.com/news/the-doodler-abides
- The Daily Mail UK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4618268/Doodling-triggers-feelings-pleasure-brain.html
- Yahoo Style: https://www.yahoo.com/style/doodling-incredibly-good-health-study-162101452.html?src=rss
How art helps us build immunity and respond adaptively to stress. Features on artistic expression and stress reduction in national and international press. The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/study-says-making-art-reduces-stress_us_576183ece4b09c926cfdccac
TheZoeReport: Personal style, personal space and well-being https://www.thezoereport.com/p/can-fashion-inspire-creativity-i-dressed-my-way-out-of-imagination-rut-51734429
Health.com: http://www.health.com/mind-body/art-stress-relief
Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/theres-proof-that-making-art-can-actually-reduce-stress-2016-6?r=UK&IR=T
The Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Art-making-reduces-stress-even-for-beginners/articleshow/52763237.cms?
The Creators Project: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/even-bad-art-relieves-stress-says-science?utm_source=tcpfbus
PsychCentral: http://psychcentral.com/news/2016/06/16/artmaking-can-ease-stress-regardless-of-training/104872.html
http://drexel.edu/cnhp/news/in-the-media/2016/January/Girija_Kaimals_Ongoing_Study_Mentioned_in_Huffington_Post/
Research grant for arts- based approaches to care at end of life http://multibriefs.com/briefs/aata/AATA032316.php
Art therapy research with the military
Fox29 news feature on NEA/ Walter Reed/ Drexel Collaboration http://mms.tveyes.com/MediaCenterPlayer.aspx?u=aHR0cDovL21lZGlhY2VudGVyLnR2ZXllcy5jb20vZG93bmxvYWRnYXRld2F5LmFzcHg%2FVXNlcklEPTIyODQwNiZNRElEPTU5MzU2MjUmTURTZWVkPTg1OTYmVHlwZT1NZWRpYQ%3D%3D
Press release from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on the collaboration between Drexel Creative Arts Therapies department, the NEA and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center https://www.arts.gov/news/2015/creative-arts-therapy-useful-tool-military-patients
Feature on the art therapy research with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2016/January/Art_Therapy_Masks_Military/
Feature on the art therapy research with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/08/veterans-let-slip-the-masks-of-war-can-this-art-therapy-ease-ptsd.html
AATA research award
Research consulting in Africa
Research on cortisol and artmaking
cnhp/news/current/archive/2015/January/2015-01-29-Research-on-Health-Outcomes-of-Visual-Art-Making/
Blog post on evaluation
Art in city Hall
Commissioned art
http://www.seedlibrary.org/breadseed-poppy-mix.html
Gender series art
H1-B exhibition
http://twelvegatesarts.org/exhibitions/h1b
Research on millenials
http://www.scup.org/page/audioconferences?path%5B%5D=audioconferences