07/25/2026
Happy Arts and Health Day!
Through our Arts For EveryBody program, we’ve seen firsthand how creativity, whether through dancing, cooking, writing, or painting, or other activities, plays a powerful role in our patients’ and communities’ wellbeing.
Engaging with or creating art gives us an outlet to process our emotions and induces a meditative state that promotes mindfulness. Art actively lowers stress and improves mood. Participation in the arts is beneficial and necessary to our physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Participating in the arts also creates space for self-expression and for learning about different backgrounds, perspectives, and beliefs. Art enriches our lives, both individually and collectively.
This is also at the heart of social prescribing, an approach to care that connects patients to community resources, like the arts, alongside traditional medical treatment.
Swipe through to see our Arts For EveryBody program in action!
For Mother’s Day, we made customized picture frames with paint, stickers, and pressed flowers, creating heartfelt gifts for the caregivers in their lives.
Fun fact: Taking part in the arts can lower the risk of dementia by 63%!
Using nothing but cotton swabs and paint, we dabbed our way to beautiful, textured floral artwork.
Beyond the finished piece, this technique strengthened hand muscles and fine motor skills, proving that creativity and wellness go hand in hand.
We made never-ending bouquets! Participants designed and assembled their own 3D vases, then filled them with flowers for a finishing touch all their own.
Fact: Taking part in the arts offers health benefits comparable to weekly exercise!
During the holidays, 2025 Artist-in-residence Belongó and Trio Lechon shared the experience of joy, rhythm, and connection that transformed our clinical space into a celebration of healing.
Participating in the arts can significantly reduce your risk of heart disease!
2025 Artist-in-residence Katherine Miranda, a multidisciplinary artist, showed us how to make our own wish jars and educated us on the importance of bringing intention to life in the most beautiful way
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