New Initiative: Flourishing Through the Arts and Science

Windows to the Divine (WD) is a Colorado-based nonprofit foundation that promotes human flourishing through collaborative community educational programs and outreach events. During Denver Arts Week this November, the foundation will launch its Flourishing through the Arts & Science initiative.

After hosting a successful 2024 pilot program regarding the health benefits of engaging in the arts, it established the Flourishing through the Arts & Science Council. Chaired by WD president Shannon Robinson, the council’s members include representatives from the Art Students League of Denver, Colorado Ballet, Denver Art Museum, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Gallery 1261, CU Anschutz Center for Bioethics and Humanities, Visit Denver, and WD itself.

Robinson notes, “We are standing at the forefront of a growing worldwide movement that is recognizing the importance of the arts to healthy living. By educating the public and policy makers about the highly credible research confirming the benefits of the arts, whether it be through beauty-enriched environments or experiences such as viewing or collecting art, engaging in music, dance, painting, drawing, or writing, we will witness an explosive demand for the arts that will lead to a new and modern renaissance like no other in human history.”

The council has organized a series of events that begin on November 6, when the CU Center for Bioethics & Humanities on the Anschutz Medical Campus will host a tour of Do You See Me?, an exhibition of art created by S. Abbas Shobeiri, M.D. (b. 1964). This will be followed by a panel discussion titled Harnessing the Arts to Promote Wellness. Participants will include Andrea Camp (NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative); Marc Moss, M.D. (CU School of Medicine); and Don Ruggles, author of Beauty, Neuroscience & Architecture: Timeless Patterns & Their Impact on Our Well-Being (2019). Their conversation will be moderated by Shannon Robinson with Kathryn A. Rhine, Ph.D., director of the Arts & Humanities in Healthcare Program at CU Anschutz.

Later, the WD group will tour the Benson Hotel Art Collection, then attend events at the Denver Art Museum including a presentation by Andrea Camp and a creative arts therapy storytelling demonstration led by Katherine Reed, co-investigator of CU’s Colorado Resiliency Arts Lab. The day will conclude with a reception celebrating the Flourishing through Beauty exhibition at Gallery 1261. On view will be works by more than 40 leading artists, most represented by Gallery 1261 & Abend Gallery.

The week’s finale is set for November 16 at the Denver Art Museum, where everyone is invited to an interdisciplinary performance and audience interactive experience. To register for these programs, visit the foundation’s website.

Details:
Windows to the Divine: windowstothedivine.org
Gallery 1261: gallery1261.com
Denver, Colorado
November 6–16, 2025

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