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a tabletop laid with 5 different types of masks made in creative arts therapy sessions

Unmasking the Trauma: A Look at Research on Mask Making as a Creative Arts Therapy

February 16, 2017
The masks pictured above have become one of the enduring images of how service members are working with creative arts therapists to heal the unseen wounds of war. To see the masks is to “see” the very real impact of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and...
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Music Saved My Life: How Arts Therapy Helped a Master Sergeant Recover from the Wounds of War

January 26, 2017
Two years ago Creative Forces Music Therapist Rebecca Vaudreuil met Master Sergeant Michael Schneider at Walter Reed Medical Center. Newly retired from military service, Schneider was still in treatment for injuries he had suffered during deployment, including traumatic brain injury and PTSD. In...
Male in uniform playing a guitar.

Art Talk with Megan Wong: Songs of Healing

November 10, 2016
Learn how music therapy is bringing healing to military service members and veterans.
The stories we tell ourselves about war are crucial for how we behave as a nation what we accept from our leaders how we treat our veterans. From Phil Klay

Notable Quotable: Phil Klay

November 8, 2016
papier mache masks made in art therapy displayed on a table at a Walter Reed event

From Combat to Community

October 25, 2016
“Recovery happens only in community.” — Jonathan Shay, clinical psychiatrist and author known for his treatment of combat trauma suffered by Vietnam veterans Today, the National Endowment for the Arts unveils an expanded partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense called Creative Forces: NEA...
The entrance of Heard Museum, which has statues of American Indians posted in the front of the building.

Blue Star Museums Spotlight on Heard Museum

August 12, 2016
Learn about Heard Museum which uniquely showcases Native arts and culture.
white flowers growing on a trellis in an arbor

Blue Star Museums Spotlight on Tudor Place Historic House and Garden

July 28, 2016
We're stepping back in time at Tudor House, a two-hundred-year-old dwelling in Washington, DC's Georgetown neighborhood.
a family with the dad in military uniform looks at an art object on a plinth

Blue Star Museums Spotlight on Grace Museum

July 22, 2016
We're heading down to Texas to visit the Grace Museum, which started its life at the turn of the 20th century as a busy railroad hotel.
a look down several flights of interior circular stairs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Blue Star Museums on the L

July 15, 2016
The Chicago L is your ticket to visiting the Windy City's Blue Star Museums this summer.
a two-story white wooden house seen at a distance down a road

Blue Star Museum Spotlight on Smithsonian American Art Museum

July 8, 2016
An exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the state of Kansas and the NEA's support for photography.

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