Why STEM needs to be STEAM
From Einstein to Nikola Tesla, historical giants of math and science cited art and imagination as the key to their most powerful insights.
Is Drawing the New Handwriting?
Handwriting has proven neurological benefits, but is becoming obsolete. Drawing provides all those benefits and then some.
Can Making Art with Your Kids Lead to Real Conversations?
Creative expression naturally puts us in a more free, open, and vulnerable state. When kids and parents create together, connectons can be re-opened as if by magic.
Are the Arts Essential to Your Brain Health?
Modern research is now showing what practicing artists and art educators have known for decades.
Draw Here Now to Be Here Now
Struggling with mindfulness? One of the most effective tools to let go and get yourself into the present moment is drawing.
Drawing After Trauma: Picking Up the Pieces with a Pencil
PTSD and trauma perpetually locks fear and anxiety in our lower brain regions. Making art is proven to soothe those regions directly.
Could Drawing Be an Alternative to Prescription Anxiety Drugs?
50 million Xanax prescriptions are issued each year, yet drawing has been proven to greatly improve emotional and impulse regulation.