ARTS-BASED WELL-BEING PRESS
Isabel Fryszberg, OT – Acknowledging Awesome Acts in Occupational...
ot.utoronto.ca/blog/isabel-fryszberg-ot-acknowledging-awesome-acts..
https://www.porticonetwork.ca/treatments/treatment-methods/art-therapy
The Social Mystics, who met in therapy, release their first...
nowtoronto.com/music/features/coming-out-of-darkness...
“When I’m doing the music, I’m never sick,” says band member Courtney Marshall, who has bipolar disorder and depression. “I’m right there, doing my job as an artist. It’s just what I wanna do.”
Global News
Toronto film explores the power of art in mental health treatment • by Irene Ogrodnik • October 1, 2013
HealthCanal - Health News
Toronto mental health documentary What's Art Got to Do With It? set to screen at TIFF • by Leslie Shepherd • September 28, 2013
Arts Health Network, In Touch, by Emily Houlton
Fryszberg, Isabel (2000) Roots of Community and Routes to Healing with Art,
Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, 14:1, 20-26, DOI: 10.1080/08322473.2000.11432245
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/08322473.2000.11432245
Network 20.1 - Spring 2004 - CMHA Ontario
ontario.cmha.ca/wp-content/files/2004/09/spring_2004.pdf
Dam, A., Fryszberg, I., & Kirsh, B. (2008). Understanding the experience and impact of a community art studio initiative for adults with serious mental illness through narrative explorations. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 3
Abstract: This study investigates the experience of a community art studio initiative for adults with mental illness. Methods: Semi - structured interviews were conducted with six participants and analysis of the data yielded five themes. Results: members valued having a free well- equipped restorative arts environment outside the hospital that builds their capacity and mastery through opportunities for creativity and self-expression. Belonging to an accepting community of shared experience focusing on positive interest build social capital. Members experienced improved sense of personal well-being that was transferable to multiple domains of their lives and that led to increased participation in other occupations and renewed hope for future roles. The findings revealed that meaningful activity must be creative, flexible, and provide the right level of challenge to have positive health impacts. Practice implications : This study suggests that there is a need for resources for people with mental illness that focus on creativity, productivity and health. It points to the role occupational therapy can play by integrating art, work, and wellness for a healthy community.
Keywords: Capacity Building, Social Equity, Accessibility, Transformation, Restoration, Creativity, Social Capital, Art Exhibit, Mental Illness, Structure, Productivity, Mental Illness, and Mental Health
Creative Works Studio: Art and Community for Health - Minds ...
mindsmattermagazine.com/creative-works-studio-art-community-health
Studio Paint's Purpose into Lives, Town Crier
Art and Wellbeing: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1174286/67129