Yes, Listening to Music Is Therapy (Daniel J. Levitin, The Walrus)
The Walrus: Music reduces pain, increases resilience, and reconnects Alzheimer’s patients with their memories. It’s time for science to take it seriously
In the News
Making arts and crafts improves your mental health as much as having a job, scientists find (Riane Lumer, CNN)
CNN article on the benefits of arts and crafts on your mental health according to studies published in Frontiers in Public Health.
Creative arts therapy can help healthcare workers experiencing burnout, researchers say (The Conversation, Fast Company)
“The creative process invites doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to remember what it means to be human, to be vulnerable.”
Researchers study how arts therapy can benefit health care workers (Hunter Boyce, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“The University of Colorado research team has spent nearly two decades studying work-related stress” says this article.
Doctors Should Offer ‘Social Prescribing’ to Patients(Julia Hotz, Scientific American)
Article on the benefits of social prescribing, published on Scientific American.
Mass. starts country’s first arts prescription program for physical and behavioral health (Alison Kuznitz, State House News Service, WBUR)
WBUR article on a new social prescribing program developed by Massachusetts Culture Council and health-care provider Art Pharmacy.
Taking a look at ArtsCare (Dan White, Sydenham Current)
Sydenham Current article on the MAC’s ArtsCare initiatives and programming.
Mississauga Arts Council: Health Through the Arts (Rick Muller, City Life Magazine)
City Life Magazine article on the introduction of Mississauga Arts Council’s Pilot ArtsCare Social Prescription Program.
Sound and sight: Anna Silgardo – We are all unique (Douglas McLean, Doppler Online)
Doppler Online (Hunstville) article on Anna Silgardo’s Artist in Momentum programming for self discovery, self awareness, and healing.
Mississauga Arts Council presents a two-year Pilot ArtsCare Social Prescription Program to Hon. Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
On November 30th, 2023, Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) presented a new Proposal for a Pilot ArtsCare Social Prescription Program to the Hon. Michael Tibollo, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.