Arts on Prescription:
A Field guide
for US Communities
Arts on Prescription: A Field Guide for US Communities offers a roadmap for creating programs that formally integrate arts, culture, and nature resources into local healthcare systems and social services.
Arts on prescription programs allow providers to "prescribe" arts activities, cultural experiences, and time in nature to support their patients' or clients' health, wellbeing, and quality of life.
I’m PROUD to have led the creation of this groundbreaking resource
with partners Mass Cultural Council and University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine!
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The Field Guide explains the concept of Arts on Prescription, and walks you through program development, implementation, and evaluation. It also provides extensive resources, and spotlights REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES of U.S. arts on prescription programs.
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Arts on Presription:
After the Guide:
If you’ve read the Field Guide and you’re ready to take next steps to launch this in your community, let’s connect.
My Arts on Prescription workshops lead attendees in exploring this model of care. Through discussions and targeted activities, groups move from IDEA into ACTION — brainstorming and blueprinting Arts on Prescription in their community.
Attendees leave with new ideas for partnerships and initiatives, aligned goals and values, resources for continued learning, and clear next steps for achieving program aims.
A workshop to move you from IDEA to ACTIOn
Workshops are tailored to each organization’s needs. Pricing available upon request. Virtual and in-person options. Please fill out the form on the speaker page (scroll down to blue); we look forward to hearing from you!
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Beyond leading this Field Guide, I’ve helped hundreds of organizations build programs that link arts with health to bolster wellbeing.
I’ve packed what I share with those clients into a comprehensive online course:
“THINK BIGGER: growing your impact through cross-sector partnerships”
The truth is, partnering across sectors is the toughest part of any arts on prescription effort. (How do you know who to reach out to, and how? How do you get them interested, and work well together?)
This is what I help clients with all the time — And I’d love to help you, too.
“Think Bigger” equips you with everything you need
to identify and successfully connect with new partners. It’s here to help you take action, and make your partnerships successful.
Further
Reading
Read my article in Psychology Today: Arts on Prescription: An Emerging Model of Mental Healthcare
I led the evaluation of ‘CultureRx”: the first statewide ‘arts on prescription’ model in the US. Access the peer-reviewed article here, or grab the practitioner-friendly report
In this article, my coauthors and I share how to leverage local referral networks to make arts/culture accessible as community health resources
Visit the PUBLICATIONS page for more articles on arts, health, and systems change
SELECT Reviews of the field guide:
“...the medicine we need right now! An invaluable detailed and thoughtful tool rooted in racial equity and community self determination...”
“...set to revolutionize the integration of arts, culture, and nature into local health and social care systems...”
“...the first how-to guide for communities eager to engage the arts, in all their forms, and cultural assets to meet the vital needs of neighborhoods.”
“A rich reservoir of new terms and evidence laid out in an easy-to-read format makes this ... an incredible gift to...all those like us who are advocating for increased arts access as a response to harm and suffering.”
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