State arts agencies are primed to be leaders of a paradigm shift in health care that embraces the arts as a pathway to healthier individuals and community well-being. Find innovative strategies and essential data for leveraging the strength of the arts in clinical and community settings below.
Essential Arts and Health Strategies and Data
Arts and Clinical Health
Reports on the power of arts to positively affect health
Arts and Health Infographic
Key data on arts and health from the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine
Arts and Community Well-being
A partnership between NASAA and the National League of Cities to highlight innovative state arts and health strategies
Creative Aging
Arts and Military Health
Image Credits
Header: Will “Casso” Condry and Leon “Rain” Rainbow created City of Dreams in the garden of East Trenton Collaborative, a community organizing and development initiative in the East Trenton neighborhood of Trenton’s North Ward. Photo courtesy of New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Artists: Elders and kids work together creating paintings in the Warli style. Photo courtesy of North Dakota Council on the Arts, Troyd Geist
Soldier with guitar: Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army