It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally kicking off our Featured section. This is where we showcase artists and art therapists that we believe inpsire others to create. Not only do they get to be one of the elite few Featured on our site, but they also get to answer a fun […]
Archives for August 2010
Autism & Temple Grandin Take Over The Emmys
It was a big day for autism awareness and for Temple Grandin. In case you didn’t hear, Temple Grandin took over the Emmys last night with 14 nominations and 5 wins, including Best Picture! It was also Temple Grandin’s 63rd birthday, so happy birthday Temple…what a great birthday present! Below is a preview of the […]
New Scholarship for Art Therapy Students
A new scholarship for students has been posted. For all our student readers and anyone that knows a student, the scholarship was sent to us by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare. A brief overview is below. Purpose To offer an annual scholarship to one Society for the Arts in Healthcare undergraduate, graduate, or […]
Making Art Accessible to People With Dementia
Photo From MoMA’s Meet Me site As you know, we’re always interested in how art and art therapy affects seniors. We’ve written about how art therapy helps people with alzheimer’s improve memory. And now The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has a new program called Meet Me: Making Art Accessible to People with Dementia. This […]
Amazing Art Video Explores Evolution of Life
Check out this amazing stop-motion animation video from Blu. By utilizing graffitti, paint, an urban setting, and what was likely a heck of a lot of planning, they made an amazing video that is easy to underappreciate if you don’t think about all the work they put in to make it happen so flawlessly. This […]