Voices from the Field Blog

Alliance for Arts & Health New Jersey Presents Survey Results

The findings from a new study, “Arts in Healthcare in New Jersey,” will be released by the Alliance for Arts & Health New Jersey, or AAHNJ, at this month’s New Jersey State Council on the Arts meeting. A project of ArtPride New Jersey Foundation, AAHNJ is a network of arts professionals and health and wellness providers who work together to educate, advocate, and advance best practices in arts and...

Creative Conversations 2012: Meet the Panel!

Join New Jersey Emerging Arts Leaders on Thursday, October 25 for their 4th Annual Creative Conversation: Cross-Industry Collaborations. WHEN Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:30PM-9:30PM Networking after-party to follow WHERE George Street Playhouse 9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 COST FREE; Dinner will be provided Networking after-party food and drink not included RSVP BY OCTOBER 17 info...

"Arts allow Alzheimer's patients to live in the moment" --USA Today

By Joe Brier, for USA TODAY Early Alzheimer's patient Bob Blackwell photographs the flowers and wildlife at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Va., Aug. 12. A smile crosses Bob Blackwell's face as he gently lifts his camera to his eye and zooms in on a black-and-yellow swallowtail butterfly hovering near the same flower as a yellow finch. A little while later, Blackwell, 66, rests in the...