Inside Canvas

29/07/2019

Berlin-based paper artist Katrin Rodegast crafts limbs, bones and organs out of Zurich city maps

25/07/2019

The idea that people are creative or not is rubbish. And the risk of not engaging in creative action is far higher than that of making a fool of yourself, says Charlotte Church

16/07/2019

Wow! 😮

12/07/2019

The field of neuroaesthetics uses neuroscience to understand how art affects our brains, both when we're making it and when we're viewing it.

12/07/2019

I was sectioned until painting changed my life. Now I want to help other people heal through embracing their artistic side

08/07/2019

Whether you're Van Gogh or a stick-figure sketcher, a new Drexel University study found that making art can significantly reduce stress-related hormones ...

01/07/2019

What benefits can be found in messy play?

The BBC asks: 'Messy play - creative or carnage?’

This is a parent and child art therapy project looking at making art together in infancy.

Can getting creative from an early age have long-lasting benefits?

22/06/2019

Kick off your summer play with awesome STEAM Activities! This cool paper towel art is very easy to make with just a few simple materials. Combine art with science, and learn about water solubility. Gather a few items for your paper towel craft and let's get started! HOW TO MAKE PAPER TOWEL ART FOR S...

22/06/2019

The musician and artist has brought two artworks to New York and talks about her desire to bring empathy to our view of immigration

04/06/2019

Singing, painting and playing music can help us cope with modern life, new research suggests.

30/05/2019

‘This immersive show was inspired by what it is to flee on a wing and a prayer.’

Drawings illustrating the precarious lot of the refugee in bird imagery have been gathered in a remarkable book of drawings and poems

28/05/2019

An activity we sometimes do with children in our art therapy sessions is asking them to think of the colours and sensations of how their emotions feel in their bodies.

This mapping of emotions can be a useful step in helping children to learn to self-regulate by understanding their feelings.

Here is an article about a fascinating study which shows the science behind this, the physical response of the body when being subjected to emotion-provoking material.

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Thankfully, the medical establishment has largely given up demonizing or ignoring yogic and meditative mind-body practices, incorporating many of them into contemporary pain relief, mental health care, and preventative and rehabilitative treatments.