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  • How Dance Can Relieve Stress and Help Us Reconnect With Community During COVID-19

    A joyful woman dancing on blue background

    As mental health issues increased in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in art-making has also expanded — offering ways for us to creatively cope with the new […]

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  • In Rhythm With Nature: A Digital Wellbeing Experiment in Collaboration With Google Arts & Culture

    In Rhythm With Nature

    IAM Lab is proud to partner with Google Arts & Culture and Google’s Wellbeing Lab in a digital wellbeing experiment called “In Rhythm With Nature”, inspired by the flower clock […]

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  • Neuroarts: An Emerging Field With a Plan to Transform Health

    Artists across cultures and throughout history have long recognized what scientific research has only recently been able to confirm: The arts are essential to our ability to heal and thrive. […]

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  • The Arts Are the Reset Button Students Need This School Year

    Around this time last year, many parents, teachers, and students ventured into the great unknown—a year of remote or hybrid learning. We fretted about learning losses from the disruptive lockdowns […]

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  • Why Arts Education Matters in the Age of COVID-19

    When class resumed the day after Labor Day for Jazz Dance Level I at Towson University’s Community Dance Center, no children filled the room, stretching in front of the floor-to-ceiling […]

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  • Introducing the NeuroArts Blueprint

    We are excited to announce the launch of the NeuroArts Blueprint, a global field-building initiative from the Aspen Institute’s Health, Medicine and Society Program and the International Arts + Mind […]

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  • Arts for Health Equity and Social Justice: A New IAM Lab Series

    Art has always been a reflection of and response to the world around us. It’s also a way of envisioning what is possible and what is just. We have seen […]

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  • Worried About Closed Schools and Learning Loss? The Arts Can Help

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    Typically at this time of year, we start to hear and read news stories about the dreaded “summer brain drain” or “summer slide” for students. What exactly is sliding and […]

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  • Arts for Health Equity and Social Justice Archives

    The arts are a powerful way of responding to and addressing inequity and injustice.  As part of IAM Lab’s series exploring Arts for Health Equity and Social Justice, we are […]

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  • How Art Brings Humanity and Healing to the Patient’s Bedside

    Child patient reaching for tree art

    Healthcare professionals are under extreme pressure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is putting their medical training and resourcefulness to the test daily. Many are going above and beyond the […]

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