NOAH BLOG
Gifts of Art – Michigan Medicine
Submitted by Carrie McClintock: "Colors Open a Door to Fulfillment" What began for Darleen Boynton as a simple activity while waiting for discharge at the University of Michigan Hospital, became a doorway into enhanced personal meaning and connection. Darleen is a...
Telling Our Stories: Pediatric Patients Celebrate Their Resilience through Creative Expression
At Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, young people in the Arts for Healing Program tell their stories through the arts. At a time when illness and hospitalization challenge their sense of self, they are empowered by their creative voice to realize their resilience....
Advocating for a Loved One
Submitted by Hope Torrents In this Health Stories Podcast Hope Torrents, School Programs Coordinator at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, shares her experience as her husband’s caregiver and advocate during the Fine Art of Health Care program’s...
NOAH’s statement on “What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review (2019)” released by WHO
On Monday, November 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region released a comprehensive scoping review of over 900 publications to address the question: What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? The review found...
Using Theatre to Inspire Students Make Healthy Choices
Since 1986 Kaiser Permanente Southern California's Educational Theatre has been inspiring students and adults to make healthy choices and build stronger communities. Educational Theatre targets under-served Southern California communities with programs for students...
Seeking arts in health opportunity for 3 months
My name is Valerie Gibbons. I am a self-taught collage artist and founder of FootsieStools Ltd., a non-profit in northern Illinois that promotes the arts for healing and therapeutic humor. I am seeking an opportunity in the southern or southeastern U.S. from approx....
NOAH Volunteer Coordinator Position – unpaid
NOAH Volunteer Coordinator Position - unpaid Summary: Seeking active NOAH member to serve as a liaison between the very talented and diverse NOAH membership and the NOAH board in order to better coordinate the volunteer interest and the needs of NOAH’s committees....
Doctor/artist Alliance
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...
NOAH is Hiring! Grant Proposal Writer
The National Organization for Arts in Health seeks a qualified Grant Proposal Writer to write and submit grant proposals for our organization. This individual must demonstrate a track record of success in grant writing, should be well-versed in the field of arts in...
Anyone Can Dance
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...
Veterans with PTSD
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...
Sound Health; Bringing Music to Medicine
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. The goals...