Create Mindfulness and Flow Through Artmaking
The arts have been found to be effective tools for mindfulness, a trending practice in schools that is effective for managing mental...
You Don’t Have to Be an Artist to Make Art
Harvard Medical School reminds everyone that it’s the process not the product that matters, so don’t worry if your artwork doesn’t look...
The Arts and Healthy Aging: How Does Art Affect the Brain?
Art and creativity can play an important role in brain development for children, but did you know painting, coloring, and other artistic...
The Need to Make Art
Recently I took a trip to North Carolina with my daughter and my dog. Morgan was heading for Penland School of Crafts to be the studio...
Creative people always seem to connect.
At least that's been my experience. Today I met a young artist in the most unlikely of place...my local YMCA. He was taking my...
Study Says Making Art Is Good For Your Brain, And We Say You Should Listen
New cognitive research out of Germany suggests that “the production of visual art improves effective interaction” between parts of the...
Doing Art Can Change Your Mood
I come from an art family. My mother has been crafting and sewing all her life, and when my sister and I were little, she always made...
THE SURPRISING CORPORATE PERK THAT ATTRACTS MILLENNIAL EMPLOYEES
What do millennials want from their employers? It turns out, the one perk millennials value the most isn’t aboutgetting — it’s about...
