Through music and visual arts, students help women to create, discuss and display their work. Ainsley MacLean Finding the Words , an oral history project, explores the cathartic potential of addressing illness, grief, and loss through creative expression. Volunteers assists narrators to record family stories and memories using creative writing and the visual arts. Finding the Words works with Hospice Care of RI, a local cancer support center and a retirement community. Patrick O'Brien Music in Hospitals facilitates visits by Brown musicians to area hospitals to share their creativity with patients, families and staff.
Students work with community members to write, edit and design the newsletter.
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