Artists in Healthcare Manitoba

Papa Mambo Video for AIHM and MB Chamber Orchestra

Please find the most recent link to the Artists in Healthcare/MB Chamber Orchestra virtual music program, and share widely with your patients and staffs! We will continue to post new recordings every week until we can resume outside, and eventually inside music to your hospitals and long-term care.

Why Being Creative is Good for You

By Beverley D’Silva 5th January 2021 “What is the key to creativity, and how does it help our mental health? Beverley D’Silva speaks to Artist’s Way author Julia Cameron and others about ‘flow’, fear and curiosity. Creativity, according to Maya Angelou, is a bottomless pit: “The more you use it, the more you have,” said

18th Century Music and Medicine

Medicine musica: the eighteenth-century rationalization of music and medicine Daisy Fancourt London, United Kingdom “Legends of music’s healing powers on both the mind and the body are estimated to go as far back as Paleolithic times, when music was believed to be a magic that could drive away the angry spirits that caused illness. It

Music as Therapy in the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Music Therapy “Music has been used as a mean of therapy through the centuries to counter all kinds of disorders by various peoples. Physicians and musicians in the Ottoman civilization were aware of the music therapy in continuation of previous Muslim similar practices. There are numerous manuscripts and pamphlets on the influence of sound

Art and Recovery at CAMH

While art in hospitals is believed to provide comfort and promote recovery, it’s still a donor-driven effort. WENCY LEUNG HEALTH REPORTER TORONTO, PUBLISHED DECEMBER 25, 2020 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-while-art-in-hospitals-is-believed-to-provide-comfort-and-promote/ Please refer to Artists in Healthcare’s annual report to read about our Art in Hospital Donation program which has recieved $359,000 of donated art given to Manitoba hospitals over

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Videos

Please find a link to our newest project, another wonderful collaboration with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. Thanks to grants from Dave Johnston of the Johnston Group and The Winnipeg Foundation, musicians are recording live/virtually from their homes to create a concert series free to all patients and staffs. Currently posted are three videos of holiday music

Annual Report: April 2019 – March 2020

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Telus Future Friendly Foundation

Artists in Healthcare are delighted that the Telus Future Friendly Foundation awarded $10,000 to fund a very successful songwriting program at the Manitoba Adolescent Youth Treatment Centre. Songwriting has provided incredible outcomes with youth, allowing them to express feelings and have meaningful and healing conversations safely. Here are some comments from young songwriters: “Thank you

Jesse Popeski makes the music happen!

The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre is a not-for-profit, government-funded facility that honours Jewish values and traditions while welcoming seniors of all backgrounds.

Thank you to the Aspers

Our deepest gratitude to The Gail Asper Family Foundation and The Asper Foundation for their continued support of Artists in Healthcare. While some of our programs are suspended until is it safe to be back inside healthcare, we’re working on virtual music programming and our Art at the Bedside program continues to make art kit