Maps to Ecstasy
Maps to Ecstasy by Gabrielle Roth expands on the themes that have guided her work—ways of transforming daily life into sacred art. Roth’s teaching in movement has been described as a marriage of art and healing. Each chapter initiates readers into one of the five sacred powers necessary for survival and reveals the five life […]
HealthRHYTHMS
HealthRHYTHMS Group Empowerment Drumming is an evidence-based program that uses group drumming as a strategy for wellness rather than performance. The 15-hour hands-on training equips participants to bring rhythm-based wellness to schools, healthcare settings, corporate environments, and community programs—no musical experience required. Developed through interdisciplinary collaboration between experts in neuroscience, music therapy, and recreational music-making […]
What Is Art For?
What Is Art For? by Ellen Dissanayake offers a new and unprecedentedly comprehensive theory of the evolutionary significance of art, examining art—including visual art, music, poetic language, dance, and performance—from a biobehavioral viewpoint for the first time. Dissanayake argues that art is a biological necessity in human existence and a fundamental characteristic of the human […]
American Art Therapy Association
The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) is a professional membership organization advancing art therapy as a regulated mental health discipline. Since its founding in 1969, AATA has worked to support the professional growth of art therapists, promote standards of practice, and expand access to art therapy services that integrate creative expression with psychological care. The organization […]
Creative Time
Creative Time is a pioneering public arts organization dedicated to commissioning bold, timely works that activate public space and engage with the social and political questions of our time. Since the mid-1970s, the organization has partnered with artists to create large-scale, often unexpected projects that meet people where they are—on city streets, in industrial sites, across […]
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin reflects the legendary music producer’s deep thinking about where creativity comes from and where it doesn’t. Known not for a particular sound but for creating space where artists of all genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really […]