What happens to your brain on art?

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Lisa and Lauren chat with The Calling, three women artists following a call....a call back to the feminine. The conversation starts with the question, "Can art shift a paradigm?" and leads in many directions including an introduction and encouragement to be a part of their latest project, The 6000 Circle Project. Learn more about The Calling, The 6000 Circle Project and the 3 artists behind it here: https://www.instagram.com/the6000circle_project/ 

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Lisa and Lauren talk with Katherine Josten, founder of The Global Art Project for Peace, and discuss the relationship between making art and creating peace in the world. Can one individual change the world through art? Listen to the conversation and let us know what you think. Learn more and join The Global Art Project for Peace at https://www.globalartproject.org/

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Lisa and Lauren continue their conversation about what happens to you when you make art part of your daily life. Today's conversation revolves around your soul and what happens to your soul, your spirit, when you make art. Have a story or comment to share regarding this question? Feel free to comment below or reach out through our website at https://artismoving.org/

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As we continue the conversation in regards to the positive impact art can have on you, let's dive in to what happens to your body when you make art. Listen to Amy Li, founder of Dance4Healing, as she talks about her personal experience with art and it's healing powers and her current NIH study developing an intergenerational telehealth program for minority diabetes patients and their care partners to increase engagement and reduce health disparities. From dance and movement to voice recognition and artificial intelligence, Amy Li has found a way to combine her passion for arts and healing with her background in design and computer technology to create a personal healing art program for healthcare patients.

More information here: https://dance4healing.com/ - join the NIH study here: https://nihstudy.dance4healing.com/

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Lisa and Lauren, Co-founding Directors of Art is Moving, chat with Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen about their new book, "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us." A great deal is covered in the conversation including how the education system fails students when it comes to taking an art break, why fear plays a huge role in understanding the positive impact of art, and much more. Watch the conversation or listen to it on most podcast platforms.

We all have a sense that the arts are “good for us.” Now, we have a deeply researched and engaging new book that explains why.
Arts and aesthetic experiences rewire the brain—with significant implications for addressing the global health and wellbeing crisis. The arts are also a catalyst for helping us to flourish, build strong communities and learn better—even doctors are prescribing museum visits!

In Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us (March 21, 2023; Random House), co-authors Susan Magsamen, Founder and Director of the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Ivy Ross, Vice President of Design for the hardware product area at Google, explain the emerging field of neuroaesthetics and what it means for our lives.

Neuroarts is the study of how arts and aesthetic experiences change the brain, body, and behavior and how this knowledge can be translated to advance health and wellbeing for billions of people. Pouring over the data, Magsamen and Ross found that just 20 minutes of art a day makes a huge difference as either the maker or the beholder.

Think: Singing in the shower. Microdosing coloring books. Dipping into a sound bath between meetings. Forest bathing over lunch.

Through the power of these aesthetic experiences, circuits and neuropathways in your brain are activated, altering a cascade of physical and mental changes including anxiety and stress. Short bursts of art—no talent required—will enhance your life, whether you are eight or 80 years old. In fact, one or more art experiences a month can extend your life by ten years.

Packed with dozens of studies and interviews with leading scientists and artists including David Byrne, Your Brain on Art shows how to take advantage of everyday art and aesthetic experiences, including:

Sound: how vibration and frequencies are being used to optimize creativity and cognition

Architecture: why the built environment affects how we think, feel and perform

Visual Arts: how painting and mask making can alleviate PTSD and trauma 

Nature: how access to the natural world relieves stress and anxiety

Dancing: why people with Parkinson’s Disease and stroke have improved movement

Music: how what we hear has a profound effect on your memory

Thanks to Your Brain on Art, we are now proving that the arts are not just nice to have—they are essential to our very survival. We’ll be in touch soon to discuss coverage possibilities with you.

More at https://www.yourbrainonart.com/

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Art is Moving chats with John Brandon Sills about how he personally moves through fear to make his art and how you can do it too. For more from John, visit: http://johnbrandonsillsfineart.com/

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Lisa and Lauren, Co-founding Directors of Art is Moving talk about what AIM accomplished this year as well as what questions were covered on this season's podcast episodes.

All of this year's conversations can be listened to on our website at: artismoving.org/podcast

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Lisa and Lauren catch up with Deane Bowers again to get an update about the Together While  Apart Project and the fundraising campaign to benefit health and wellness for nurses that sprung from it. Deane has found herself diving deep into and out of her own fears and is using art as a catalyst for positive change in herself and the community. All of her current projects can be found on her website: https://deanevbowersart.com/

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Lisa and Lauren talk with Barbara Vaughan about her experience using art to help people find their way back to themselves when their lost, feel their future has been pre-determined and dread it, or want to know why they feel what they feel and what they can do about it. If you are into psychology, art therapy, the healing power of art, positive transformation stories or are looking for a new way to engage with art or your clients, check it out.

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