Resources
The Trust Transfer Project and CultureRx: Social Prescription
Articles and Blog Posts
From the Article: The Community Music School of Springfield (CMSS) has explored these questions through both their participation in Mass Cultural Council’s CultureRx: Social Prescription pilot program and the Trust Transfer Project (TTP), and have found some powerful answers in Springfield, …
Providing Creative Health in Gloucestershire During Lockdown
Reports
From the Report: During the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, the development and design direction of the five Arts on Prescription (AoP) providers in Gloucestershire, who currently make up Gloucestershire Creative Health Consortium (GCHC), shifted …
Arts on Prescription in Gloucestershire
Programs and Initiatives
From the Webpage: We [Create Gloucestershire] were delighted to be selected as a pilot site for The Cultural Commissioning Programme that Arts Council and NCVO partnered on between 2013 to 2017. The aim of this …
Culture on Prescription Pool Project in Denmark
Programs and Initiatives
From the Website: Four municipalities, Aalborg, Nyborg, Vordingborg and Silkeborg, have developed and tested courses with cultural activities that have been targeted at citizens with mild to moderate depression, stress and anxiety. Eight out of 10 …
ROM Launches New Wellness Program Providing Free Visits to the Museum
Press Releases
From the Press Release: The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce a new health and wellness initiative that will enable thousands of people from across the province to visit the Museum at no cost, with …
Social Prescribing and Creative Arts Pilot Programme
Programs and Initiatives
From the Website: This pilot project aims to establish linkages between Waterford Social Prescribing Service, the Cultural Services of Waterford City and County Council and external practitioners in creative disciplines. This aim will be achieved …
Culture on Prescription
Programs and Initiatives
From the Website: Culture on Prescription is an Erasmus+ project that aims to prevent and combat social isolation and loneliness through art and culture. Cultural prescribing is the referral of a healthcare professional of lonely and …
Global Developments in Social Prescribing
Reports
From the Abstract: Social prescribing is an approach that aims to improve health and well-being. It connects individuals to non-clinical services and supports that address social needs, such as those related to loneliness, housing instability …
Arts on Prescription: The Logical Step for Health and Wellbeing
Articles and Blog Posts
From the Article: With the groundswell of empirical evidence regarding the arts’ positive impact on both physical and mental wellbeing, particularly in older age, why shouldn’t it be as readily available to the public as …
Publications on Arts and Health by Tasha Golden
Research and Studies
Explore several publications on arts and health researched and written by Tasha Golden, PhD, Director of Research at the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins Medicine.