As a devotee of art, you grasp its power to inspire, inform and instigate. But what about its power to rehabilitate? A new program in Connecticut is getting encouraging feedback from the at-risk and health-challenged participants of a project that involves them in arts-themed activities as an alternative form of treatment. Their artwork and testimony is now on display in a fresh exhibit — “The Art of Healing” — that will travel to a variety of southeastern Connecticut venues throughout the summer. The project is the outcome of brainstorming sessions of seven health and social service agencies that decided to try art therapy for the individuals they treat who struggle with a wide range of conditions — from mental or physical disabilities to substance abuse, depression, psychiatric disorders, social fears and more. Coordinated under the guidance of the Southeastern Connecticut Cultural … [Read more...] about CREATIVE COMMUNICATION: CONNECTICUT’S EMPOWERING ART OF HEALING