Free Digital Arts & Health Resources

Musicians in healthcare settings will benefit from this boatload of resources, shared via the University of Florida’s Arts in Health Today newsletter:

Check out the Centre for Music & Health’s toolkit page, offering best practices, methods, and practical examples to support Arts & Health practitioners in designing and evaluating activities to promote wellbeing and connection.

The Peace Out Portal, hosted by the Benjamin Goldberg Foundation, welcomes submissions to expand its collection of free creative arts activities for patients, caregivers, and medical professionals. To submit your activity, contact [email protected]—and be sure to check out their current offerings in the meantime.

At the policy level, the EU’s Culture & Health report shares recommendations on how the EU can strengthen cross-sector policies linking the arts, health, and social inclusion. Beyond the EU, this report contributes to a growing international evidence base for engagement in the arts as a “positive health behavior.”