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Abstract painting of freeflowing greens and blues with accents of orange and red

Craig Blacklock’s new work including the Encroachment series, will be on display at the Joseph Nease Fine Art Gallery in Duluth, Minnesota from August 9th through September 27th.

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Science supports it: Collective art can heal. Here’s one way in which the Minnesota Orchestra and the Bakken Center are bringing it to the Twin Cities.

waterfall photo by craig blacklock

I know of no better way to teach mindfulness than to give a person a camera and take them into the natural world; whether they use a cell phone or a top-of-the-line professional camera makes little difference because the results will be just as impressive.

Jenzi Silverman

Jenzi Silverman, MA, PhD, Teaches How Music Heals.

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Mindfulness programming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, notably since the COVID-19 pandemic brought Mindful Mondays to people across Minnesota and around the world. 

river flowing through a green forest

Embodiment- it’s a word that gets used a lot these days But what does it mean and how
do you ‘get it’?

A landscape photo of a snowcapped tall mountain with a clear blue sky backdrop

The Bakken Center’s Tibetan Healing Initiative, previously led by Dr. Miriam “Mim” Cameron, is in transition to the capable hands of Dr. Tenzin Namdul.

Curled up green young ferns growing

Spring arrives not from the ground, but first from the air, on the wings of wood ducks and trumpeter swans. The snow in the forest may still be waist-deep, but as soon as the ice melts from parts of the rivers and edges of ponds, they appear—eager to find the best nesting sites and stake out territories. Photographs from Craig Blacklock’s book, St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers—The Enduring Gift.

Mark umbreit, a white man wearing glasses and a knit sweater

Writer, researcher, speaker. Professor, mentor, and “social worker to the core”: Mark Umbreit embodies all these roles and more. He does it with a warm, low-key demeanor that belies his international influence in the field he helped nurture.