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How The CommUNITY Arts Festival Uses Art Therapy To 'Heal' A City Scarred By Violence

Lara Hamdan

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Paige Walden-Johnson originally founded the CommUNITY Arts Festival out of the need to support her friend Rain Stippec, a dancer who was shot eight times…

Carla has started taking classes, hoping to make her children proud by becoming fluent in English over the next few years. St. Louis Public Radio has changed Carla’s name because she is an unauthorized immigrant. May 2017.

Health, Science, Environment

Getting mental health services in St. Louis can be tough — especially if you don’t speak English

Insurance coverage, transportation, child care and work schedules can all stand in the way of a person’s access to mental health services.For some St.…

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Music therapists' 5-year push for state certification continues

Music therapists in Missouri who are fighting to institute statewide certification for the profession say that will improve access to patients and secure…

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St. Louis Arts Therapy Organizations Give Kids With Cancer Positive Outlets

Two arts therapy organizations in St. Louis will receive an influx in donations thanks to upcoming charitable concerts. Proceeds from the 4th Annual Pazaz…

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Healing arts: Photos, paintings inspire and comfort

Nancy Fowler

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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 3, 2013 - By the time Antoinette Crayton of Florissant finished radiation treatments after a…