Articles of Interest

• Positive impacts of creative practices: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320947#Brain-boosting-effects

• Art as therapy compared with Art Psychotherapy: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/arts-and-health/201507/art-therapy-it-s-not-just-art-project

• Black-out or redacted poetry: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/how-john-carroll-discovered-blackout-poetry-and-accidentally-built-a-community-of-hope/

• Comics as therapy: http://rebeccaroher.com/rohercomics/onehundredyearoldwisdom/onehundredyearoldwisdom.html

• Joan Baez’s use of drawing and painting: https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/30/joan-baez-drawings-book/?fbclid=IwAR1Q_JBMPnSU88yzh930vke0z_8KH1U9g3_dJjQy0wuHzLjmUmUzcnbY7LM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

• Neuroaesthetics (positive impacts of viewing art): https://www.artandobject.com/articles/neuroaesthetics-how-art-scientifically-proven-help-brain-health?fbclid=IwAR1RfKtkiOc_bZIv6lB9xtr7y97t84PerfDgAZj-UCKNdeg3QgGeP-jmSlM

• In Honor of Black History Month: Centering Black Aesthetics in Art Therapy Past, Present & Future https://arttherapy.org/blog-centering-black-aesthetics-in-art-therapy/