Art and the brain are clearly closely related since the brain interprets what is being seen. Knowing how the brain works and what appeals to the mind is an art form in itself, for the brain both sees and makes art. Through my own research, I stumbled upon a New York Times article that explains a new field called "neuroaesthetics," the study of art through an neuroscience lens. The field attempts to explain the biological reasons in which people react and feel the way they do about art.
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Understanding the psychological and neural happenings in the brain with empirical data could serve to take art therapy in new directions. If we were to know what effect images have on healthy and even unhealthy brains, art therapy could become more efficient at healing the body and mind. Even research on what brain areas are excited by certain colors is important in advertising and general urban design.
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Pertaining to the lecture topic of drugs and their influence on neuroscience and art, I'd like to bring up the many artists who have expressed substances through their art and what they do to the brain. Their concentrations of work show the differences in perception on different drugs, and the illustrations seem to be able to convey the negative effects of a variety of substances.
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Sources:
http://aplus.com/a/drawing-self-portraits-on-lsd-trip
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/health/art-brain-mind/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroesthetics
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/art-and-the-limits-of-neuroscience/
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/30-self-portraits-drawn-while-artist-was-under-influence-30-drugs
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