by Kevin Naruse | Mar 10, 2020 | Events
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...
by Miles Goldstein | Mar 24, 2019 | Mental Health
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...
by Miles Goldstein | Mar 24, 2019 | Mental Health
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...
by Ashley | Jan 19, 2018 | Entertainment, Mental Health
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...
by Ashley | Jan 12, 2018 | Entertainment, Mental Health
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...