Uniting scientists and artists to research and create evidence-based programming that harnesses the power of art to measurably improve brain, body, and mental health.
Powered by music, theater, dance, visual arts, and writing—the groundbreaking Lab is located in the heart of Greenwich Village—a global hotbed for the arts, science, and creative innovation.
Optimize existing research to create effective arts programs and therapeutic interventions.
Fast-track these programs for in-person community-based programs and virtual platforms.
Pursue new research.
Build a community of teaching artists to amplify and deliver the programs to populations in need, providing an economic engine to create careers in the arts.
Create policy that leads to sustainable funding and programming.
Document and collect stories of how doses of art are effective therapy for trauma, depression, PTSD, Parkinson's, dementia, Alzheimer's, cancer, autism, social isolation, and loneliness.
Build community through arts engagement, creating an infrastructure so every demographic in small towns and cities has the opportunity to heal and grow through the arts.
Lower health care costs.
Ease the burden on caregivers.
Have a preventive and empowering effect by building a cognitive reserve to adapt, improvise, and thrive throughout one's lifespan.