Palm Beach County
NeuroArts Collaborative

Advancing Wellness through
Neuroscience and the Arts

Palm Health Foundation launched the Palm Beach County NeuroArts Collaborative in 2022 to bring together local leaders in brain science and the arts. Currently, the Collaborative is working to identify and map local partners, programs, resources, and existing research to support the advancement of neuroarts in South Florida.


MISSION
The mission of the Palm Beach County NeuroArts Collaborative is to convene partners who will build the field of neuroarts in Palm Beach County and guide and advance its practices to advance health and wellbeing. 



Join the NeuroArts Collaborative!

Leadership and community-based engagement are essential to the progress of neuroarts. The goal of the PBC NeuroArts Collaborative is to develop the neuroarts into a fully recognized field of research and practice, with educational and training pathways, dedicated funding, supportive public sector and private sector policies, effective leadership, well-crafted communications strategies, and infrastructure capacity in south Florida. Join us in this field-building work!   

Join the Collaborative

For more information, email neuroarts@phfpbc.org. 

The NeuroArts Collaborative is building an ecosystem for neuroarts research, programs, and professional development here in Palm Beach County.

What is NeuroArts?

The emerging field of neuroarts links scientific explanations of artistic traditions dating back through the millennia to an actionable framework for translating that evidence into practice. NeuroArts exposes the mechanisms through which art impacts our brains, biology, and behavior, driving us towards health and well-being. It serves as a springboard for arts-based interventions and innovative programs that can be practiced in area clinics, homes, workplaces, and communities, all in service to individual and collective well-being.


The NeuroArts Blueprint provides the roadmap for this work. As the collaborative works to strengthen the neuroarts ecosystem in South Florida, a deep bench of experienced, creative, and visionary stakeholders pulls together.


More local champions are needed to foster the momentum that will encourage new partnerships to sprout, ideas to crystallize, and structures to be built—while ensuring that equity is front and center of decision-making from the outset. Join us in this field-building initiative!

Read the Blueprint Report

Susan Magsamen, Co-Director of the NeuroArts Blueprint, speaking on Neuroarts to invited guests at Cox Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach, April 2023

“The arts trigger the release of neurochemicals, hormones and endorphins that offer you an emotional release. When you experience virtual reality, read poetry or fiction, see a film, listen to a piece of music or dance you are biologically changed. There is a neurochemical exchange that can lead to what Aristotle called catharsis, or a release of emotion that leaves you more connected to yourself and others afterwards.” 


--Susan Magsamen, co-author with Ivy Ross of  

“Your Brain on Art: How The Arts Transform Us” 

“What I saw was the expression in the absence of words. The arts give us another option for residents who are looking for health, hope, and healing.”-- Kenya Madison, Ed.S., Senior Director of Healthier Delray Beach, Describing local youth arts programming



Upcoming NeuroArts Events

SAVE THE DATE:


The next meeting of the PBC NeuroArts Collaborative has been moved to: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at the Norton Museum of Art’s beautiful Stiller Auditorium. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. Meeting begins at 4 p.m. A networking reception follows.


Contact neuroarts@phfpbc.org to RSVP (advance registration is required).



Consult the EVENTS CALENDAR of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County for information on many other arts-based events, venues, and experiences in The Palm Beaches. 


Send neuroarts-focused event information to: neuroarts@phfpbc.org. 

NeuroArts Resources


To learn more about the Palm Beach County NeuroArts Collaborative and to get involved, contact:

Dr. Bama Lutes Deal

Consultant, PBC NeuroArts Collaborative -

Palm Health Foundation, Partner 

neuroarts@phfpbc.org

The NeuroArts Fund at Palm Health Foundation

The NeuroArts Fund supports the emerging field of the neuorarts and advances local brain health by inspiring collaboration between Palm Beach County’s robust cultural assets and world-class brain science institutions.

Support the Fund Download the Fund Brochure
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