Take an Art Break
Take an Art Break Podcast is an ongoing and open ended conversation about art and why everyone should make it part of their daily life. Each new conversation starts with a question that builds on the last conversation.
Episodes
55 episodes
How was your 2024 Art Break Day?
Lisa and Lauren chat with a few of this year's Art Break Day hosts about their experience hosting and what tips they have for anyone thinking of joining the Art Break Day event next year. Admittedly, we had several issues with this podcast, bot...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 5
•
21:58
How can art help you work through anger?
Anger has been on the rise for the last several years. Erica Curtis, LMFT, ATR-BC noticed this in her own community and her own research. Knowing that she can people manage anger, she felt as though that maybe there are other things we need to ...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 4
•
25:22
Why is art a useful tool teachers should be using in the classroom?
Lisa and Lauren chat with the creators of Recipes for Connection (https://www.recipesforconnection.com/) about the benefits of the arts when it comes to social emotional learning in schools. D...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 3
•
33:39
How do you know creativity is the answer?
Lisa and Lauren chat with Jenny and Stephanie, co-founders of Creative Nector Studio (https://www.creativenectarstudio.com/) about why creativity is the answer for them, why it might be the an...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 2
•
40:28
Why are we still collaborating as Art is Moving (16 years later)?
As their 16th year of collaboration gets underway, Lisa and Lauren, the artists behind Art is Moving, reflect on why they are still here. Why are they still working together and collaborating as Art is Moving to get everyone to join the Take ...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 1
•
22:17
Can art shift a paradigm?
Lisa and Lauren chat with The Calling, three women artists following a call....a call back to the feminine. The conversation starts with the question, "Can art shift a paradigm?" and leads in many directions including an introduction and encour...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 6
•
36:29
What happens to the world on art?
Lisa and Lauren talk with Katherine Josten, founder of The Global Art Project for Peace, and discuss the relationship between making art and creating peace in the world. Can one individual change the world through art? Listen to the conversatio...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 5
•
27:24
What happens to your soul on art?
Lisa and Lauren continue their conversation about what happens to you when you make art part of your daily life. Today's conversation revolves around your soul and what happens to your soul, your spirit, when you make art. Have a story or comme...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 4
•
13:54
What happens to your body on art?
As we continue the conversation in regards to the positive impact art can have on you, let's dive in to what happens to your body when you make art. Listen to Amy Li, founder of Dance4Healing, as she talks about her personal experience with art...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 3
•
45:50
What happens to your brain on art?
Lisa and Lauren, Co-founding Directors of Art is Moving, chat with Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen about their new book, "Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us." A great deal is covered in the conversation including how the education system ...
•
Season 4
•
Episode 2
•
38:33
How can art help you move through fear?
Art is Moving chats with John Brandon Sills about how he personally moves through fear to make his art and how you can do it too. For more from John, visit: http://johnbrandonsillsfineart.com/
•
Season 4
•
Episode 1
•
35:30
What did we talk about this year?
Lisa and Lauren, Co-founding Directors of Art is Moving talk about what AIM accomplished this year as well as what questions were covered on this season's podcast episodes.All of this year's conversations can be listened to on our websi...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 10
•
36:13
What happens when you believe in yourself?
Lisa and Lauren catch up with Deane Bowers again to get an update about the Together While Apart Project and the fundraising campaign to benefit health and wellness for nurses that sprung from it. Deane has found herself diving deep into ...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 9
•
21:27
Can art save you when you are lost?
Lisa and Lauren talk with Barbara Vaughan about her experience using art to help people find their way back to themselves when their lost, feel their future has been pre-determined and dread it, or want to know why they feel what they feel and ...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 8
•
43:21
How do you feed your creative life?
Lisa and Lauren chat with Esther Maloney (https://carmelfutures.com/) about the seasons of creativity and how important all of them are to ones creativity. The ups, downs and in between activities, emotions, and thoughts are part of your work. ...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 7
•
29:17
How did painting save your life?
Lisa and Lauren chat with Noelle Imparato about how painting saved her life and her upcoming book that explains that process and provides insight into how creativity can help quiet your ego so you can have an honest conversation with yourself. ...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 6
•
30:27
How can art help someone share their story?
"I spent so much time as a child not being able to express my curiosity, I owe it to myself to put that into some form of words." - Shanta Lee GanderDuring this conversation, Shanta Lee, Lisa, and Lauren chat about the multi-faceted lev...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 5
•
48:10
How do art and spirituality intersect?
Lisa and Lauren of Art is Moving discuss art and spirituality with Michelle Favreault of RiteHereNow (
•
Season 3
•
Episode 4
•
30:40
What is the relationship between creativity and mental health?
Lisa and Lauren chat with Ping Ho, MA, MPH the Founder and Director of UCLArts & Healing whose mission is to transform lives through creative expression by integrating the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices for self-di...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 3
•
32:30
How can creativity be a catalyst for positive change?
Lisa and Lauren chat with Heidi Basch-Harod, Executive Director of Women's Voices Now about the positive impact creating space for women to share their experience through film has on the indiv...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 2
•
25:01
What art questions did we chat about last year and what should we talk about this year?
Lisa and Lauren revisit Season 2 of the Take an Art Break Podcast to discuss the evolution of their ongoing and organic conversation. From a viral art performance to intentional journaling, Art is Moving talked about art breaks from many angles...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 1
•
33:24
How does journaling help you heal?
Art is Moving Co-Founders Lisa and Lauren had a thought provoking conversation with Mari L. McMarthy of Create Write Now and dove deep into why journaling help you understand the "issues in y...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 17
•
38:13
How can art help you heal trauma?
In today's Take an Art Break Podcast episode, Lisa and Lauren chat with Gretchen Miller (http://www.gretchen-miller.com/) about a...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 16
•
36:40
How does an art break help you remember how to play?
Why is it important to remember how to play as an adult and how can an art break help you remember? Lauren talks about a book she's currently reading, called The Yes Brain, and how their definition of free play aligns with the defi...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 15
•
26:27
What happens when people make art together?
Check out our chat with Deane Bowers, the visionary behind the project "The Together While Apart Project." She talks about how Covid19 forced her to think outside the box as an artist and create projects that instigated connection in order to h...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 14
•
29:46