Michigan Creates
ABOUT MICHIGAN CREATES:
Explore the vibrant arts and culture landscape of Michigan, a state with a thriving creative ecosystem that has birthed iconic movements like Motown and The Purple Rose Theater. Home to legendary musicians, writers, and artists, Michigan boasts a rich tapestry of cultural heritage known worldwide. Michigan Creates is a podcast series that will connect listeners with gifted artists and cultural institutions that are nurturing Michigan's vibrant creative landscape.
PODCAST HOST:
Join your host, Ara Topouzian, an award-winning Armenian musician and advocate for the arts in Michigan. Ara will converse with artists and cultural institutions while exploring the intersection of music and culture and highlighting their work to bolster the artist community that sustains Michigan's creative economy.
Michigan Creates
Art, Healing, and Public Spaces | Elaine Sims & Laura Mettam, Gifts of Art
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In this episode of Michigan Creates, Ara Topouzian talks with Elaine Sims and Laura Mettam of the University of Michigan Medicine Gifts of Art program. They discuss how art and music are integrated into healthcare settings to support healing, reflection, and human connection, and how artists play a meaningful role in clinical and public spaces.
For more info: https://www.michiganmedicine.org/community/arts-health-home
Michigan Creates is a podcast series highlighting artists and art & culture organization in Michigan. Produced and hosted by Ara Topouzian, award winning traditional Armenian musician. Podcast theme music: Song: Sun Never Sets Music by: CreatorMix.com
