by Kristen Ward | Nov 6, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog
Starting a brand new Healing Arts program in a large hospital network can be daunting but having a leading breast cancer surgeon as a lead champion made it an amazing journey! He is a glass artist who incorporates gems and minerals into his own art and his wife, also...
by Danielle Acerra | Nov 4, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog
by Judith Sachs: When I began teaching Dance for Parkinsons 7 years ago, my hope was that the grace and joy of dance would translate to daily life. The couples in my classes would come home and hold hands and have a cup of coffee. That was not the case. Over time, as...
by Duke Thompson | Nov 4, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog
Sound Minds USA is a Division of Maryland Conservatory of Music. Our program, Music for the Inner Self, helps veterans with PTSD to re-attach with the traumas that have caused their emotional difficulty. The music is not happy slappy, but instead much in the minor...
by Mary Perkinson | Nov 4, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog
The mission of “Sound Health” is to enrich the healthcare environment for patients, families, health care providers and staff through live music while providing music students with an opportunity for service learning and professional performing experience....
by Valerie Gibbons | Nov 3, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog
By Valerie Gibbons (Quote) “During my long recovery from acute leukemia and transplantation, I began doing artwork to lift my spirits. These whimsical creations came about after I decoupaged garden magazine pictures onto a small four-legged wooden stool and, on a...
by Yuko Taniguchi | Nov 3, 2019 | Arts in Health Month Stories, Member News, NOAH Blog
Written by Sam Kreps, an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota Rochester: Let others know when they have made an impact on you. That is the main takeaway I have learned from my weekly creative writing and origami session I have been facilitating to the...
