The Importance of Art in Daily Life- Series, Article 3

  Why You Need More Art in Your Life (and 5 Ways to Get It) The following is comprised of excerpts from an article that was originally written and published by Michael Hyatt/ Virtual Mentor at michaelhyatt.com on 9/22/14. If you want to find more creativity,...

The Importance of Art in Daily Life- Series, Article 2

Why We All Need Art in Our Lives First published by Lesli Walsh on 4/11/13 on Michipreneur.com Art in some form or another has existed as long as man. It is a part of our daily lives and is present in cultures across the world. Most people have an appreciation for...

The Importance of Art in Daily Life- Series, Article 1

The Importance of Art in Our Everyday Lives Originally published on 8/18/2009 by yloyana project Most people don`t realize just how much we rely on art and all forms of it, in our everyday lives. While you might not be aware of it, we are surrounded by it and use it...

Use of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Veterans- November #107

Use of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Veterans This article was originally published by American Art Therapy Association April., 2010   About Art Therapy Art therapy can be beneficial to people of all ages, including adults who have emotional, cognitive, and /or...

Art Cart- September #106

Art Cart Excerpts from: Healthcare Design Online/ August 31, 2007 by Upali Nanda, PHD, Kathy Hathorn, MA, & Tali Neumann, RN, M   When people who are ill view and/or make art, their attitude and outlook change. When people are relaxed, it allows the immune...

What Do Your Walls Say About You?- July #105

What Do Your Walls Say About You? While sometimes seen as an afterthought by others, artwork and accessories throughout a client’s space can help improve the quality of life and experience for its users. As leading healthcare designers continue to mix design elements...

The Michigan Governor’s Lansing Residence 2015 Art Collection

EXCITING NEWS! We want to share this exciting news about Monte. He was recently selected as one of eleven artists throughout Michigan to participate in The Michigan Governor’s Lansing Residence 2015 Art Collection. Pierre Paul Design, who curated the exhibit,...

Interior Identities

WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS Celebrated images by Ansel Adams, Andre Kertesz and Edward Stieglitz cover the walls of Monte and Mickey Nagler’s Farmington Hills home. While many of the more than 80 iconic photographs are museum worthy, the images that mean the most to...

The Importance of Art in Daily Life

Original Article by David Norris, published December 12, 2011; theartcurator.com The word ‘Art’ is most commonly associated with pieces of work in a gallery or museum, whether it’s a painting from the Renaissance or a modern sculpture. However, there is so much more...

Art in the workplace benefits both employees and company

San Antonio Business Journal /Sharon L. Benedict and Doug Roper How would you like to reduce stress at the office, increase creativity and productivity, enhance employee morale, broaden appreciation of diversity, and encourage open dialogue? Art in the workplace...

Incorporating Art Into Workplace Design

Posted by Heather Horrocks, Momentum on October 7, 2013 How incorporating art into workplace design can affect employee wellness, job performance, and best represent your brand. As an art enthusiast, I value the importance of being surrounded by pieces that inspire me...

5 Reasons to Have Fine Art in the Workplace

By Julia Gifford   For years, millions of employees and customers across the nation have been consigned to working in drab, uninteresting offices with painfully bare walls. Fortunately, times are changing: business owners are beginning to realize the tremendous...

The Healing Powers of Art in Healthcare

By Pat Malick Much has been written about the appropriate selection of art in healthcare settings, and credible studies exist that support the many positive benefits to patients, families, caregivers and the public-at-large. While the selection criteria remains fairly...

Environments that Support Healing

Design works hand in hand with the technology of healing. by Beth Frankowski Jones (ISdesigNET Magazine) As the world population ages, health concern issues will only continue to become more vitally important with time. Researchers in new medical fields like...

Why We Need the Arts in Medicine

Studies show that incorporating the arts can save money, improve the patient experience—and do a lot more. By Gary Christenson, M.D. “We need the musician stat!” the physician called out. A young boy with severe spasticity was scheduled to receive a series of painful...

11 Art Smart Tips for Your Interior Design Clients

By Jay Johnson There are ways to finesse your clients to purchase works of art. Here are a few helpful Do’s and Don’ts. Every interior designer will identify with the problems of buying artwork for a client project. My partner Irwin Weiner and I have...

The Importance of Integrating Art within Architecture

A Day in the Life of an Artist: David Emmanuel Noel with guest blogger Livingstone Mukasa   For well over ten years I’ve been working with architectural practices heavily involved in the delivery of public buildings. Equally, I’ve worked alongside visual artists...

More Hospitals Use the Healing Powers of Public Art

Originally published by: Laura Landro, Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2014 Hospitals Are Giving Artwork a Higher Priority Hospitals are turning to art as part of a broader push to create a healing environment as studies show that visual art can help reduce stress for...

BIG News!

BIG News! New Name: MONTE NAGLER FINE ART, New & Improved Website: www.montenagler.com Our New & Improved Website includes: New Special Promotions- Watch for new promotions throughout the year New Imagery- all of Monte’s most recent images and the old...