The Silkroad Ensemble Weaves Together Music and People Music has long been recognized for its ability to bring people together. But can its healing powers help to suture the divides wrought by pandemic distancing and growing social unrest? […] Read More Artists Send a Loud and Clear Message: Go Vote As we inch closer to Election Day 2020 in the United States and the COVID-19 pandemic makes voting in person a risky endeavor, today’s visual artists are galvanizing people across […] Read More Occupying Space is the Protest By IAM Lab Contributor Hannah L. Drake Editor’s Note: Hannah L. Drake is a writer, spoken word artist-activist and cultural strategist at Ideas xLab in Louisville, Kentucky. Her work focuses […] Read More Building More Equitable Communities with Creative Placemaking For better or worse, the spaces we inhabit shape the contours of our lives. But for many racial minorities, these spaces literally embody the systemic inequity and racism they face. […] Read More Reimagining Place: Identity, Healing and Justice with Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, a community planning expert and institute professor at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions […] Read More Wide Angle Youth Media: Fostering the Next Generation of Storytellers It is difficult to separate the work of the students at Wide Angle Youth Media from the city they call home. Baltimore is, by many measures, an epicenter of racial […] Read More All Stories Will Matter The Power of Storytelling in the Pursuit of Health Equity By IAM Lab Guest Contributor David Olawuyi Fakunle, Ph.D. Every story has essential elements: plot, characters, settings, themes and the overall message. A lot of times, what makes a story […] Read More 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 […] Read More 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 […] Read More Join the neuroaesthetics conversation. Subscribe here.
