LIVING FLA
Delray Beach, FL:
♫ Festival of the Arts Boca
Top 10 Health Benefits of Martial Arts
martial arts as one of their first competitive sports/activities. Not only is it a great activity that keeps participants physically active, but it instills a
7 Ideas About Business Innovation From . . . Would You Believe, the Performing Arts
By using a few tips of the trade from the arts, leaders can help bring their companies out from behind the curtain and into the spotlight.
Why the Arts Are Key to Dementia Care
The arts are a form of communication that can engage the intuition and imagination of someone with dementia.
Martial Arts at Midlife: How it Changed My Life
by guest blogger Natasha Spearman-Isip<br>Midlife martial arts? I can wholeheartedly recommend it! When I decided to try karate, I was 43 years old. That was 15 years ago and has led to a second-degree black belt, my own fitness business and years of taiji (tai chi) practice<br>If it hadn't been for one of my twins, who, at the age of 10, wanted "to do karate," I probably would not have given it a thought. Not knowing anything concrete about the martial…
How The Arts = Happiness
Step inside any art museum, say MoMA or the Wadsworth, and the regions of your brain associated with pleasure, memory, emotion, and vision immediately light up upon viewing a painting, according to…
Why K-12 Arts Education Is Worth Saving
Students who are exposed to arts education show promise in other academic areas and show behavioral benefits too. So why aren't all educators doing more to save these programs in K-12 schools?
Everything We Know About Whether and How the Arts Improve Lives
The research could still use an upgrade in many areas. But what we know so far should cheer any arts advocate.
How to Be (or be an asset to) an Emerging Arts Leader of Color
You have to be resilient to be in arts management. Period. This required resilience goes double for emerging arts leaders of color and the people who want to see them do well. As an educator and consultant, I am sometimes asked to speak about diversity in our field. After these talks I hear from two types of people: arts administrators of color who are on the spectrum of “I know, right?” to “let’s laugh together about this ridiculous thing that happened to me–or…
7 Reasons Why Your Child Should Practice Martial Arts
Whether your kid is too bossy, too shy, or perhaps a little hyper, the martial arts can help your child learn many important life lessons. (And those same lessons apply for all of us, not just kids.)
10 Reasons Why Arts in Education is So Important for Kids
The arts in education have been cut from many schools across the country. But the arts have many benefits and help kids develop on many fundamental levels.
A Guide to the Many Benefits of Martial Arts
If you’re looking for a way to improve your physical and mental health, while learning to defend yourself, check out the benefits of martial arts.
How we teach the arts is as important as the fact we're doing it
Michael Rosen shares his checklist for how teachers can ensure that arts education is worthwhile for all students
How Arts Education Fuels the Creative Economy
Education, particularly in the arts, will play a pivotal role in preparing students' creative capacities and sustaining a creative economy.
Three Tips for Finding a Good Instructor
How do you know if you’ve found a good martial arts instructor? For sure there are lots of ways to assess quality, but one thing’s for sure: if you can find a great teacher, in the final analysis,...
Why We Need to Pour Creativity Into Elder Care
The arts are a powerful tool to improve the quality of life of older adults
How to be a good martial art student
In a previous post, I've talked about what it takes to be a good martial arts instructo r. For this column I'm going to write about som...
The liberal arts, and why they matter
The liberal arts are way bigger than politics or culture.
Who Will Be the Next Arts Revolutionary?
The story of how the nonprofit arts sector got started offers would-be changemakers some clues.
Part of Your World: On the Arts and Wellbeing
A concept that's been making the rounds in other fields for decades provides fresh ideas about how to think about the benefits of the arts.
