arts and health
Musicians band together, Video project showcases the power of music in people’s lives
A North Vancouver man is among those lending a hand to help create a level playing field when it comes to musical expression. Odds front man Craig Northey was called on for his skills, both at the mike and in the recording studio, for Music Saves II, a video intended to inspire by showcasing disabled [...]
Ten years of art and healing, Over 600 pieces of artwork are housed at Vancouver General hospital, and Langara students are now documenting the collection
The institution’s walls are adorned with a colourful array of oil paintings, watercolours and sculptures that would be the envy of any curator in Vancouver. But this is no ordinary art gallery. The display is housed throughout Vancouver General Hospital, the second-largest acute care facility in the country. The hospital has up to 600 pieces [...]
Vancouver: Boing Boing for the fun of it, Exercise class also considered ‘art’
Call it an endorphin rush or an exercise high. Call it joy. It’s the moment Jane Ellison sees the face of one of her students break into a smile, the cheeks beginning their apple expression and the lips slowly parting to a grin. “The face just changes and they light it up,” she said. “It’s [...]
Nanaimo: Documentary looks at mental illness and art
A film about a museum dedicated to the production and collection of art by people living with a mental illness will be featured during Start With Art Nanaimo’s annual show. The fourth annual art and film show features two screenings of The Living Museum, by director Jessica Yu, which chronicles the museum of the same [...]
From concert halls to health care facilities, musicians bring the gift of music to appreciative geriatric audiences
Last Wednesday flutist Mark McGregor and pianist Kenneth Broadway performed in an unusual concert. It wasn’t the program that was remarkable — sonatas by Mozart and Brahms and songs by Richard Strauss are all reasonably standard concert hall stuff. Rather, it was the setting that set it apart: an airy dining hall in south Vancouver [...]
