Video: Art for Health with Jen Maffett
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Artist and health advocate Jen Maffett presented a compelling case as to role art plays in fostering health and recovery in her talk on Sunday, June 21 - along with suggesting some simple activities to help us engage our artistic sides. If you missed it, or would like to revisit it, check it out on our YouTube channel.
Jen's list of resources and activities are shared below.
Books:
• Art Cure, The Science of How the Arts Save Lives by Daisy Fancourt
• Change the Way You See Everything by Kathryn D. Cramer, PhD and Hank Wasiak
• The Heart of Healing by The Institutes of Noetic Sciences and William Poole
• Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain by Semir Zeki
• Messy by Tim Harford • Music and Mind by Renee Flemming
• The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing by Adam Moss
• Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross.
Prompt Decks:
Web references that you might find interesting (in no particular order):
Judy Tuwaletstiwa https://www.judytuwaletstiwa.com/continuingpaintingwhite
Bus Drivers vs Taxi Drivers https://tinyurl.com/2s3dhbmz
How leisure activities affect health: the serious leisure perspective https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2215036620303849
Da Vinci Art Alliance https://davinciartalliance.org/ A Space for Being https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2019/fall/neuroaesthetics-suchi-reddv-ivy-ross-susan-magsamen/
Art Therapy: Another Way to Manage Pain https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/art-therapy-another-way-to-help-manage-pain-2018071214243
Creative Forces https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/creative-forces
Abstract Healing: Art Therapy for Patients with Chronic Conditions https://dworakpeck.usc.edu/news/abstract-healing-art-therapy-for-patients-chronic-conditions
Semir Zeki - How the Brain Explains Art: The Science Behind
Neuroaesthetics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2-b6xRu6xs
NeuroArts Blueprint https://www.neuroartsresourcecenter.com/page/neuroarts-blueprint