Solo Artist Exhibition III: “Art Is Therapy”

Solo Artist Exhibition III: “Art Is Therapy”

The mission of our Solo Artist Exhibition Program is to exemplify Painted Brain’s commitment to job creation and social enterprise. This program supports artists who experience mental health challenges by giving them an integral job experience as a professional...
The Brain On Art

The Brain On Art

Renee Phillips “founded The Healing Power of Art & Artists in 2015. She is founder and director of Manhattan Arts International, where she runs an online art gallery, and is a career coach and mentor for artists at www.Renee-Phillips.com”. Ms. Phillips reminds us...
How Can Art Be Used In And Outside Therapy?

How Can Art Be Used In And Outside Therapy?

Art therapy and the use of creative arts in therapy have many applications.  Art can be healing or self-revelatory for many people. In formal therapy, only licensed art therapists are technically allowed to practice what is known as art therapy, but art can be...

Music and Mental Health: Guess Who (V)

Another not completely uncommon mental health difficulty faced by some phenomenal composers is obsessive-compulsive disorder. One such individual was a nineteenth century Austrian composer. As an organist, his father was his first music teacher, although he died when...

Music and Mental Health: Guess Who (IV)

Addiction is a difficult aspect of mental health, for those who are addicts and also for those who care about them. It may be even more difficult when the substance one is addicted to is socially acceptable: here is where we find alcohol. Many brilliant people may...

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