Painted Brain co-founders Dave Leon, Rayshell Chambers and David "Eli" Israelian know what it's like to struggle with mental illness. Through their peer-run organization, they've found community ...

By understanding how art engages the brain and emotions, we can harness its power to promote mental well-being. Whether through creating, observing, or reflecting on art, we open pathways to self ...

I was drowning. My mind raced, thoughts tangled so fast I couldn’t catch them. School felt like a battlefield, and every day, I lost. Teachers gave up, calling me lazy, distracted, too much to handle.

Art sparks dopamine, the brain’s happy juice, per a 2022 Journal of Neuroscience finding. It’s a natural mood lifter; ... In 2025, with mental health a priority, art is your move.

The relationship between the arts and mental health is well established in the field of art therapy, which applies arts-based techniques (like painting, dancing and role play) as evidence-based ...

For this event, titled "Threads of the Mind," Art and the Brain partnered with Coulture Magazine and several local up-and-coming designers to showcase mental health disorders through fashion ...

BILL: WELCOME BACK. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THERAPIES OUT THERE TO TREAT DIFFERENT MENTAL DISORDERS. ONE THERAPIST CALLS ART THERAPY THE BRAIN CHILD OF FINE ARTS AND PSYCHOLOGY. JULIE: CREATIVE ...

When Susan Magsamen made the decision to end her first marriage, she faced emotional and difficult days working through not only her own feelings but those of her young sons. It took a lump of one ...