Publisher’s Note
The world will try to convince you that art is a luxury. It is not. Art is medicine. It heals in ways that cannot be measured or explained. It reaches places that therapy cannot touch. Art is not optional. Art is essential. Art with a Heart in Healthcare Turns 25 For 25 years, Art with a Heart in Healthcare (AWAHIH) has brought personalized fine art experiences to patients and families in Jacksonville hospitals, giving them a...
THE HEALING POWER OF THE OUTDOORS
Imagine a space within hospital walls that feels like freedom—a safe, outdoor haven for healing, creativity, therapy, and play. This is the new environment that The Women’s Board is working with Wolfson Children’s Hospital to create for patients facing behavioral health challenges. The Women’s Board has committed to raising $1.5 million over two years to support the Behavioral Health Outdoor Therapy Space, including $1 million toward...
25 Years of Art, Heart, & Healing
Art with a Heart in Healthcare When a child is in the hospital, their world can quickly shrink. Families adjust to unfamiliar routines built around tests, procedures, and waiting. Patients navigate not only what is happening to their bodies, but also the fear, boredom, and uncertainty that come with it. For 25 years, Art with a Heart in Healthcare (AWAHIH) has helped bring something else into that experience: creativity, choice,...
Witnessing The Healing Power of Art: What No Research Can Show
By Dima Kroma Youth, Family, & Adult Learning Manager Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens There are moments in a museum that never appear in exhibition catalogs or annual reports. They aren’t measured by attendance numbers or balance sheets. Instead, these moments live quietly in the hearts of the people who experience them. As museum educators, we hope visitors leave our galleries, studios, and gardens changed in some small way....
Inspiring Gardens
Some of our greatest thinkers extolled the virtues of nature, from Hippocrates, “Nature itself is the best physician,” to Albert Einstein, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” No surprise that naturalist John Muir noted “Allow nature’s peace to flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” The importance of spending time outdoors to our physical, mental and spiritual health has been widely...
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