Laughter isn’t always the best medicine – art is. From a hospital room, a piano bench, a barn, or a dance floor, this episode of ARTS. WORK. LIFE. is about how art can heal someone, body and soul. Featuring a music therapist who helped a paralyzed teenager write his way back to hope, a farmer-turned-musician who used songwriting as a lifeline through grief, a dancer who learned to finally listen to her body, and a performer who discovered that their neurodivergence wasn't a barrier but a breakthrough. These are stories about what the arts can do that nothing else can.

Julián Silva - "Home Run"

Azadi Amaan - "Striking A Chord"

Jeff Corle - "Empty Barns, Not Empty Hearts"

Maura Garcia - "Body Signals"

Performing artists and arts workers are essential, and more than ever, it's important that the world understand ...