Museum art hive. Stairway to a healthy brain. Gilberto Esparza on show.

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• Janis Timm-Bottos, associate professor of art therapy, is quoted throughout a Montreal Gazette piece (reprised by Canada.com) that looks at the art hive at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, established in collaboration with Concordia and which conducts different art therapy research projects. The Concordia University Centre for Creative Reuse (CUCCR) is referenced and Concordia student Rachel Chainey and art therapy alumnus Stephen Legari are quoted. Chainey also appears in a CTV Montreal News report (starting from the 36:15 mark) describing the work of the Museum of Fine Arts art hive.
• MIMS Today references the 2016 Concordia study, led by PERFORM Centre researcher Jason Steffener, that shows how simple physical activity such as taking the stairs can significantly slow the rate of ageing of the brain. The study findings were published in Neurobiology of Aging.
• Nuria Carton de Grammont, part-time faculty in the Department of Art History, is profiled in a Qui Fait Quoi article announcing an upcoming show at UQAM of the work of Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza. Carton de Grammont is the exhibition's curator.

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