Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The act of creating art serves as exercise for the brain and is integral to physical and mental health. hzechphotography/Moment ...

So many people have stolen the joy of painting for me by requesting free pieces, insisting I keep going when I’m exhausted, ...

Four years ago, at the beginning of my watercolor journey, I wrote about how making art can be helpful to people living with chronic illness. In my own experience, these benefits have deepened and ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. We explore how making art can ground us in the present and be a space of healing, connection, and joy. Summary: We explore how creative expression can ...

One of my favorite sayings comes from David Thoreau: “My life has been the poem I would have writ / But I could not both live and utter it.” It speaks to the way that life and art are intertwined, and ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to learn to draw. And for as long I can remember, I’ve been failing to learn to draw. I just couldn’t get the hang of it; every time I put pencil to paper, ...

Girija Kaimal receives funding from the national Endowment for the Arts, Drexel University, Department of Defense, Johns Hopkins University and the Prasad Family Foundation. When you think about the ...