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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1987, artist Gretchen Bender created the installation “Total Recall,” a wall of televisions and projection screens emitting a barrage of nonstop flashing images and sound. As a critique of digital ...

Making art, whether it be pottery, poetry or dance, doesn't often rank highly on most people's daily list of to-dos. Carving out time for creativity can feel frivolous in an already busy day — but ...

Some art forms endure for centuries — but Simon Beck’s work is, by its nature, temporary. For two decades, Beck has been using his feet to make intricate designs in fresh snow and on beaches. A former ...

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 ...