January 28, 2026

Art and the Brain
Lois Jarman

Following her Torch presentation last year on the brain and memory, Lois will share research related to how the brain responds to both experiencing and creating art. We will learn about the brain’s Default Mode Network (DFN) and what happens when our brains are at rest. She will also share how art can work to heal the brain using examples from the Frederick Bodice Project, created by local artists in collaboration with breast cancer survivors.

Presenter

Frederick Torch member Lois Jarman worked as a world language educator for more than 25 years teaching French, Spanish and Latin in public schools. More recently,
she served as a university administrator for five years before returning to the classroom in 2021.

Lois has served president of the Frederick County Commission for Women, of Central Maryland Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and of the Smoketown Rotary Club in Brunswick, and as member of the Frederick County Board of Education.

Lois, mother of two, says that her most prized title is Grandmother. She took her BA at Goucher College, MA at Hood College, and Doctor of Professional Studies at Shenandoah University where she now teaches.