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Creative Arts Therapy Program 50-Year Anniversary Exhibit

Billy Penn at WHYY: 50 years later, Drexel commemorates the first graduate program for creative arts therapy worldwide with an exhibit (2024)

Art Therapy and Mind-Body Health

NPR Life Kit: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/16/g-s1-27725/comic-science-backed-mood-boosters-to-almost-instantly-snap-you-out-of-a-funk (2024)

The Conversation: Making art is a uniquely human act, and one that provides a wellspring of health benefits (2024)

Health.com: The US Is Facing a Loneliness Epidemic—Here Are 11 Easy Ways to Connect With Others (2023)

NPR Life Kit: Making art is good for your health. Here’s how to start a habit (2022)

News Medical: How visual creative expression in VR is seen in the brain (2021)

American Scientist: How art can heal (2020)

New York Times: The Big Impact of a Small Hobby (2020)

Fast company: Now is a great time to make some mediocre art (2020)

NPR Arts and the brain: Feeling Artsy? Here’s How Making Art Helps Your Brain (2020)

Drexel News: 50 years of art therapy at Drexel University (2020)

Deccan Herald: Healing with art (2019)

Top of Mind (BYU Radio): UN Climate Change, Mysterious Grave, Coloring Books, Emotional Support Animals (2018)

The Philadelphia Inquirer: How creative arts can change the way people deal with mental illness (2018)

The Philadelphia Inquirer: What can adult coloring books do for your mental health? (2018)

The Hindu: Art for the mind (2018)

Psyblog: Brain Activity Boosted By These Childhood Activities (2017)

Science Daily: Making art activates brain’s reward pathway (2017)

Technology Networks: Making Art Activates Brain’s Reward Pathway (2017)

Pacific Standard Magazine: The Doodler Abides (2017)

The Daily Mail UK: Good news for doodlers: Drawing and colouring triggers feelings of pleasure in the brain (2017)

Yahoo Life: Doodling is incredibly good for your health, study reveals (2017)

The Huffington Post: Study Says Making Art Reduces Stress, Even If You Kind Of Suck At It (2016)

TheZoeReport: Can You Dress Your Way Out Of A Creativity Rut? I Gave It A Shot (2020; updated 2024)

Business Insider: There’s proof that making art can actually reduce stress (2016)

The Times of India: Art making reduces stress, even for beginners (2016)

Vice: Science Says Making Art Relieves Stress, Even If You Suck at It (2016)

Mic.com: The Science Behind Adult Coloring Books Explains Why They’re So Therapeutic (2016)

The Huffington Post: Art Isn’t Just Good For The Mind, It’s Good For The Body Too (2016)

College of Nursing and Health Professions | Drexel University: Girija Kaimal’s Ongoing Study Mentioned in Huffington Post (2016)

Art Therapy Association: Art Therapy Today (2016)

Art Therapy Research with the Military

Feature on the art therapy research with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: Putting a Face on Recovery: Analyzing Military Service Members’ Masks (2016)

Additional Articles

Blog post on evaluation: Girija Kaimal on The pragmatist’s guide to successful long distance evaluations (2013)