Rikers Island Prison Complex: Literacy For Incarcerated Youth
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The Future Has LANDed in Dumbo, Brooklyn
LAND Studio and Gallery is a non-profit day habilitation program that teaches life skills to adults with developmental disabilities, usingContinue Reading
Churchill Was a Painter Too: Mental Health and the Arts in New York City
Originally posted on Art Thou Well:
For now, I’m in New York for part of my Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. I’m exploring…
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From New York University Langone Health (NYULH): Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, this is my second blog since embarkingContinue Reading
Churchill Was a Painter Too: Mental Health and the Arts in New York City
For now, I’m in New York for part of my Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. I’m exploring the role of theContinue Reading
The Arts Can Foster Healthy Nations: EU Social Inclusion Meeting in Brussels
Following the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group’s Creative Health report in July, momentum has continued to gather in the arts and healthContinue Reading
UK parliament debates ‘strong evidence’ for the arts in health
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