How Do We Realize the Potential of the Arts to Support Health and Wellbeing in the United States?
Key learnings from the Arts and Health Caucus held in advance of Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities, co-hosted by the White House Domestic Policy Council and the National Endowment for the Arts
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On January 29th, a Pre-Summit Caucus convened national leaders in the field of arts and health at the National Endowment for the Arts Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to envision tangible steps to value the arts as a part of how we understand health in the United States.
This Caucus was held in advance of Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities, co-hosted by the White House Domestic Policy Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The session was designed and led by Drs. Nisha Sajnani, Associate Professor of Drama Therapy at NYU Steinhardt, Chair of the NYU Creative Arts Therapies Consortium, and Founding Co-Director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab; Jill Sonke, Director of Research Initiatives at the Center for Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida and Director of National Research and Impact, One Nation/One Project; and Lisa Wong, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Co-Director of the Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical School, with technical support from Sunil Iyengar, Research Director for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Participants were from federal agencies, national membership-based professional organizations, academic research institutions, and the private sector.
This Caucus was held in advance of Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Summit on Arts and Culture in our Communities, co-hosted by the White House Domestic Policy Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The session was designed and led by Drs. Nisha Sajnani, Associate Professor of Drama Therapy at NYU Steinhardt, Chair of the NYU Creative Arts Therapies Consortium, and Founding Co-Director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab; Jill Sonke, Director of Research Initiatives at the Center for Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida and Director of National Research and Impact, One Nation/One Project; and Lisa Wong, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Co-Director of the Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical School, with technical support from Sunil Iyengar, Research Director for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Participants were from federal agencies, national membership-based professional organizations, academic research institutions, and the private sector.
