Healing Arts: An artist and a musician help children in the hospital feel more like themselves.

by 5add4e4df033bfc5134f87a5 | Nov 30, 2020 | Arts in Health Month Stories, NOAH Blog

Submitted by Wendy Lanxner Here is a link to a magazine article describing current arts in health practice at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/articles/healing-arts  

Medical Students Painting for Wellness

by 5add4e4df033bfc5134f87a5 | Nov 25, 2020 | Arts in Health Month Stories, COVID-19 Creative Response, NOAH Blog

by Nicole Crimi I am a second year medical student at McMaster University, and am passionate about painting for wellness. During the pandemic, I created an interest group with my school called “McMaster HeART (health and art). I have hosted virtual art workshops...

Visceral: Transforming trauma through theatre

by 5add4e4df033bfc5134f87a5 | Nov 20, 2020 | Arts in Health Month Stories, NOAH Blog

By Amy Erickson This is a teaser for Visceral, the documentary. When the grip of past traumas prevent four people from moving forward in their lives, they experience freedom from isolation, rage and illness, and rekindle hope for renewed relationships by performing...

Patty and the Pandemic – A COVID-19 Education Book for Kids

by 5add4e4df033bfc5134f87a5 | Nov 12, 2020 | Arts in Health Month Stories, NOAH Blog

By Nicole Crimi Being in the medical field, we have the immense privilege of understanding our own health. When thinking about the experiences of children during the pandemic, it is very apparent that they don’t share this privilege, and their lack of knowledge...

Compassionate Creating in Labor & Delivery

by Saundra Shanti | Nov 29, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog

Grief on the Labor & Delivery floor of a hospital has an especially difficult texture. Sometimes patients and families know that their unborn child will not take a breath at the time of delivery. Still, they have to endure the many hours of waiting for that moment...

The SAFE Project

by Danielle Acerra | Nov 29, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog

Submitted by Linda Jackson The MetroHealth System’s Department of Arts in Health and School Health Program aim to use the arts as a catalyst to address the mental health and well-being of students.  The SAFE (Students Are Free to Express) Project is an urban,...