Boston Arts Consortium for Health
Symposium Questionnaire and Feedback
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1. How do we open people’s minds to the use of the arts in healthcare?
• This symposium highlighted the reality and application of this initiative in the community. The scientific and musical evidence of this success needs to be brought into the public eye. • By making a personal connection, even with different personal backgrounds. • By showing them and letting their parents share their experiences with arts enhancing their health. • Induce vulnerability, then introduce arts as a lifeline. • Doing it. • Education; let people experience it for themselves. • How do we indeed… • Provide opportunities for people to experience the healing benefits of the arts for themselves, and have research to provide concrete evidence of art’s power to help heal. • Scientific evidence of the benefits of arts (such as Dr. Zarren’s presentation) is useful I think in presenting it to people not already involved in the arts. • Experience, modeling, talk it up. • With conferences like this. Thank you for such a wonderful experience. • Bring music to healthcare setting over and over again. • Observation, participation especially of live examples. • Bring to universities, hospitals, community associations, schools, any place where people are able to internet and share new ways for social change. • Doing meetings, creating community, showing the effects over the people (physical, emotional and social effect). • Action followed by analysis. Education: Engaging in dialogue with educators of future healers and artists to bring about a paradigm shift in curriculums and attitudes in schools. Culture: Honoring multi-faceted talents rather than ‘boxing in’ gifts. • Engage them in the experience – mobile clinic, tastings, presentations at workplaces. • By creating personal experiences and asking for their response. 2. What are our next steps in arts as therapy? • We need to spread both the knowledge that this is possible and the application in our immediate communities. • Present this kind of symposium in a public school. • More research. • Doing it more. • Inform more people around us and reach out! • Continued use of media live, internet, education/cultural collaboration. • Continue to collaborate and create communities and events like this one, and, again, produce quality research. • Integrating more art therapy, holistic treatment with conventional medical treatment. • Continue to present and connect. • To make it more accessible for all. • Do not define it as therapy – therapy implies there is something wrong. It is arts wellness. Art is party life. • Convincing policy makers and major healthcare providers/industry of the tremendous value of the arts. • Actually, I am starting and hoping to attend more seminars in Boston. Next step, attend the conference in Lesley University. • We have to extend our research, integrating other types of outs and also involving the scientific community. • Repeat symposium! Bring information into education system, investigate el sistema model and engage with their test practices for cultural change. • Weave in healing and art into schools and clinics, integrate into hospitals/resources/retreats. 3. How did this symposium change your thinking about arts and health? • It made me realize what a strong connection these have with one another and how often one affects the other. • It (music, art, or both) can be incorporated in class without interrupting a lesson. • It was first of all very moving, and as a vocal student, it helped me hone more on my intention as a musician. • Didn’t need to emphasize severe commitment of each. • Reinforced and moved me deeply. • It was a great opportunity for me to learn about the works being done in Massachusetts. • Outlet for exploratory updated, associates with others in developing healing with arts. • I already knew that the two were intimately connected, but I didn’t know about all of the great organizations out there (such as SAORI, ISO, etc). • Showed me that the skills I have as a musician can very much be used in improving quality of life and health for all people. • I realize there is more going on than I knew and more to do. • Opening my mind and soul to new way of coping with my clients needs. • Supported and reinforced my beliefs. • Confirmation. • It didn’t change, but it helped me to know that there are a lot of people who really think arts are actually a tool for change. • Made me believe even more that the art needs to take a bigger place in our lives. • Scientific support for instinctive belief, variety of arts and validation of role of artists as a healer, rather that ‘to be an artist is selfish’ guilt. • Desire to integrate more art and healing in my life – not occasionally, but often. • It opened my awareness to different ways the various forms of art have brought expansion and healings into their lives. 4. What do you see as a potential role of BACH in the Boston community? • I would love to see this program have branches in schools (universities and conservatories) in Boston so people can be exposed early on. • We all need to heal our soul through arts. • I hope to see it become a major and well-accepted percentage of healing. • Awaken those in medicine who say there isn’t time for healing and teach them the skills they need to heal. • Voice of arts in healthcare. • Huge potential! Great learning experience. I think if we reach out, people will come. • Leadership. • Help create greater visibility for this work, and keep people involved and engaged. • Developing/expanding existing programs that integrate arts and healthcare. • Increase connections, knowledge and creativity. • I think we should have events like this in universities, health center, hospital, everywhere. • Support people’s efforts in this field and more conferences as today’s. • The outreach “on call” may do the most to spread the word beyond LSO concert goers. • Art is part of human beings and helps to connect with yourself and people. I think it is a natural way to work in social sciences, we just need to spread the word! • Rich and powerful for the community. Access to new research. • Educate, empower, action. • Inspire and integrate caregivers and receives true health care reform. |
5. How would you like to see BACH involved in the future? Describe those that apply:
- Conferences (13 recommended)
-Resource List (10 recommended)
-Consultation (6 recommended) -Research (13 recommended)
-Grantsmanship (8 recommended)
-Other (1 recommended)
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