An Artist's Way of Healing Podcast

An Artist's Way of Healing is a new podcast that explores the idea that art heals individuals in the most beautiful, vulnerable, and miraculous ways. In fact, according to americanforthearts.org, at least 7 out of 10 Americans see the arts improving healing and healthcare experiences.

As humans, we are constantly seeking for satisfaction in our daily lives and for new ways on how to cope with the many stressful situations that life brings our way. Whether you are facing a traumatic event, attempting to overcome an experience, trying to identify who you are as a person, or simply helping people with troublesome scenarios in their own lives, the arts could be a healing outlet and a way to help cope with these issues. In this podcast, we will explore healing through the arts including Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Martial Arts, Yoga Arts, Liberal Arts, Culinary Arts, and more!

Contributors

Host

Jonathan Palmiotti

Jonathan Palmiotti is an Arts Administration professional with an M. A. in Arts Administration from Baruch College. He has over 10 years of experience working within the arts. Before he became an Arts Administration professional, Jonathan was also heavily invested in the performing arts as a theatre and music performing artist. Through this journey as an artist, he has worked with several different accomplished artists. For the past year, Jonathan has been determined to discover how the arts helps heals people in the world. He has been on a mission to spread kindness into the world. Throughout his mission, Jonathan wants to find like-minded individuals who have used the arts to heal themselves from traumatic, problematic and hard times within their lives. He wants to provide these artists with opportunities to tell their stories, which may ultimately help listeners who are having their own struggles in life.

Guests

Guest

Amanda Montoni

Amanda is an accomplished Theatre Director/Choreographer and Author. She is a multi-passionate person who wears many hats. She is a poet with 3 published collections, a children’s book author, a playwright, and occasionally a performer. She is a Co-Founder of the Royal Star Theatre company, an award winning choreographer, and a Broadway World Off-Broadway Awards nominated Director. What’s taking first place for her right now is her Sweet Madness Podcast to lend a hand to those who feel alone, which actually goes hand in hand with the mission of this podcast!

https://www.amandamontoni.com

Guest appearance on:

How an Author, Dancer, Director and Theatre Professional Found her Sweet Madness...

Guest

Andrew Lai

Andrew is an accomplished Photographer, Videographer, Live Streamer and Black Belt Martial Artist. He currently runs his own production company called Laihocheong (LIE-HO-CHUNG) Productions. He has evolved his life through his love and passion for the arts. Andrew believes that art takes the form of many different shapes and is always evolving based on a person’s perspective. Andrew’s belief in art means being a positive influence to someone.

https://www.laihocheong.com/

Guest appearance on:

How a Photographer, Martial Artist and Live Streamer found a way to tell his story through every frame

Guest

Jhett Tolentino

Jhett Tolentino is an entertainment producer with a decade of experience in commercial producing. Since 2012, he produced 13 Broadway and 5 Off-Broadway shows in 7 years, winning 3 Tony Awards and a Grammy Award. In 2018, Jhett produced and starred his auto-biographical short documentary LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT. In the following year, he produced Lingua Franca, which premiered at the 76th Venice Film Festival. He just recently concluded his feature directorial debut in ASIAN PERSUASION, winner of the Audience Award at the 2023 SOHO International Film Festival.