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& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
27 May 2021
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Solitary Gardens project started in New Orleans and has been copied in multiple other places as a combination art exhibit and therapeutic link between incarcerated people and the outside world. People on both side...
6 May 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund freed more than 400 people from jail in 2020, thanks to $3 million donated amid the COVID-19 crisis and racial justice protests. Organizers of the Black Mama's Day Bailout, an annu...
2 December 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
PowerCorpsPHL and Mural Arts' Guild have notched impressive results in job placements of young people with criminal records. The programs' employment training, paid apprenticeships, and art therapy classes have all be...
25 September 2020
Auroville, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Clinic clowns aren't just bringing joy to elderly dementia patients, they are also fostering a sense of wellbeing and positivity while helping them recall memories from their past through the use of art, music, and im...
14 August 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A community of incarcerated magic enthusiasts formed spontaneously around a column published by a magic magazine, thanks to their own initiative and the willingness of Joshua Jay, the magician/columnist, to respond to...
10 March 2020
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
Flagstaff Medical Center has incorporated the arts into their behavioral health unit, where they treat people with depression, anxiety, and other issues—they hired local artists to paint murals on the walls. Staff at ...
10 March 2020
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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800-1500 Words
Horticultural therapy – a mix of art therapy, wellness activity, and a way to reuse viable flowers – is gaining popularity amongst hospitals and nursing homes due to its nature-centric therapeutic benefits. Although m...
18 February 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
For those who have experienced sexual assault, art therapy is being used for recovery, empowerment, and self-expression. Two organizations, Art Against Assault and CounterAct, are striving to use an arts-based approac...
Equal Times
Louis Seiller
20 January 2020
Mitrovica, Kosovo
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800-1500 Words
Music can bridge cultural divides. The Mitrovica Rock School in Mitroviva, Kosovo, encourages young musicians of Albanian and Serbian backgrounds to create music together. The culturally “mixed” bands play across Koso...
7 January 2020
Duisburg, Germany
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800-1500 Words
Connecting with art enriches the lives of patients struggling with dementia and Alzheimers. Across Germany, several programs are using art to stimulate the minds of an aging population. At the Lehmbruck Museum in Duis...
7 January 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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800-1500 Words
Zdena Šarić, known as the mother of encaustic painting in Bosnia, began melting wax and applying it to surfaces such as paper, canvas, and wood to help with her own depression. She has since used social media, local m...
3 January 2020
Hindman, Kentucky, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
To help those struggling with opioid addictions, an apprentice program in Kentucky uses art and music taught by local artisans to provide participants with a path forward. After learning various skills as part of the ...
11 December 2019
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
Performance art provides a healing outlet for formerly incarcerated individuals. In New York City, the Ritual4Return program encourages participants to express the transition in their lives through art. Using an artis...
7 November 2019
New York, New York, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Past and present traumas can make it difficult for new mothers to bond with their babies. A program at Carnegie Hall uses songwriting and music to support mothers in this process in prisons, intensive care units, high...
5 November 2019
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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800-1500 Words
Building resilience and self-care into daily life promotes long-term wellbeing. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Catalyst Initiative works to support the emotional and mental wellbeing of underserved groups by promoting...
22 October 2019
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Since 2015, Project Reset has diverted potential criminal cases to programs that change behaviors without imposing punishment or staining people's records with criminal convictions. Art classes, behavioral therapy, an...
10 October 2019
Bad Honnef, Germany
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800-1500 Words
A theater company in Germany is using specially-designed plays to help improve the emotional state of those with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The carefully selected ensemble uses period pieces, music, and audienc...
8 October 2019
New York, New York, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Producing art restores dignity and a sense of purpose to victims of violence who suffer from disability and chronic pain. In New York City, the Open Doors collective empowers patients at hospitals like the Coler Speci...
6 September 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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800-1500 Words
Communal healing represents reparations in action. The Chicago Torture Justice Center, created in 2015 through a Chicago City Council reparations ordinance, advocates for wrongfully imprisoned Black men, as well as fo...
19 August 2019
New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Martin Agee, an accomplished violinist who has performed at Lincoln Center and on Broadway, volunteers for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and got an idea when he saw how reading to dogs ...
6 August 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
When paired with evidence-based intervention methods, hip hop therapy is gaining ground as a means of increasing the odds that the intervention will work. Although further studies are needed to prove the effectiveness...
23 July 2019
London, England, United Kingdom
Text
Under 800 Words
Environments designed with soundscapes and visual art help to reduce anxiety and pain. In London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has noted a marked improvement in patient experience, including decreased pain and eve...
19 July 2019
El Paso, Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Art therapy allows minors in detention to cope with stress and trauma. In “Uncaged Art: Tronillo Children’s Detention Camp,” an art exhibition housed at the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens at the Unive...
28 June 2019
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
Collaborative efforts targeting adult-peer mentoring in Kansas City, Missouri have resulted in less crime and increased trust among participants. Focusing on high-risk teens and young adults, the program known as Teen...
5 June 2019
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Text
1500-3000 Words
Bringing people of different ethnic backgrounds together to create art and express themselves helps war-torn societies cope and grow. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Most Mira program helps people touched by the horrors of...
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