Successfully campaigned for the state to recognize and celebrate the arts by declaring April as Arts, Culture, and Creativity Month (ACCM) through a concurrent resolution passed in the California Senate.

Began socializing conversations at the interaction of arts and health with a social media campaign and webinars with press coverage.

 Additional resolution was declared to recognize artists as second responders.

• Hired a consultant, Arts in Public Health Professional, Jennifer Kuo, MPH, CHES®.
• Highlighted Arts & Health Panel at the Arts & Culture Summit. 
• Created a 4-part Arts & Health Webinar Series featuring thought leaders on various topics. 
• Submitted a public comment to the Department of Health and Human Services to consider access to arts participation as a factor of the social determinants of health (SDoH) and be included as a developmental objective for Healthy People 2030.

• Launched the Introduction Guide to Arts & Health.
• Presented “Introduction to Arts Participation as a Health Behavior in Public Health” poster session at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Conference in Long Beach, CA.
• Participated in the “Community Care, Healing, and Resilience through the Arts” panel at the LA County Arts and Health Week Summit.
• Hosted the 5-part Bridging Creativity & Care Webinar Series exploring creative arts therapies and community-based initiatives.
• Attended the Creating Healthy Communities Convening in Newark, New Jersey.
• Presented “Advocating for Arts Participation as a Health Behavior in Public Health” poster session at the National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) Conference in New York City, New York.

• Partnered with California Behavioral Health Association and introduced by Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva, the California State Assembly passed ACR 204, a resolution recognizing the important role that arts integration plays in supporting behavioral health and brain health.

Join NOAH members Jen Kuo and Katrina Pineda for this in-person community gathering designed to bring people interested in arts and health together through meaningful connection and collective action.

This two-hour meetup will begin with a brief introduction to NOAH for those interested in learning more about membership and ways to get involved. Participants will then take part in a facilitated speed networking session, offering an opportunity to share their work, exchange ideas, and discover potential collaborations across disciplines within the arts and health field.

In the second half of the event, attendees will continue building connections while assembling art kits that will be donated to a local nonprofit organization. This hands-on service activity provides a meaningful way to give back to the community while fostering creativity, purpose, and collaboration.

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Founded in 2022, the Visual Arts in Healthcare Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (VAH@BWH) is a national leader in the application of visual arts to train healthcare professionals. VAH@BWH’s mission is to develop and advance visual arts-based learning experiences to cultivate empathetic, resourceful, and collaborative healthcare teams to improve patient care. Our programs help build the core skills of the healthcare professional, including detailed observation and interpretation, active listening, metacognitive awareness, critical thinking, compassion, and effective bidirectional communication.

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Annual NOAH conferences create space to explore timely topics in arts in health, share effective programs and practices across healthcare and community settings, and connect with a growing network to inspire conversation, collaboration, and innovation.

NOAHCON attracts artists of all disciplines, arts administrators, healthcare professionals (administrative and clinical), as well as researchers, creative and expressive arts therapists, designers, educators, students, and anyone with an interest in the transformative impact of the arts on health and wellbeing.

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The a2ru national conference is an opportunity for practitioners and researchers from across higher education to share innovations and perspectives in the arts. a2ru advances the full range of arts- and design-integrative research, curricula, programs, and creative practice to acknowledge, articulate, and expand the vital role of higher education in our global society. a2ru’s work, in partnership with an international network of leading higher education institutions, allies, and partners, envisions a world in which universities—students, faculty, and leaders—explore, embed, and integrate the arts in everyday practice and research.

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This year’s theme — People, Power and Cultural Equity — will explore how LA’s arts, culture and entertainment sector must continue to build power through arts advocacy, organize community voices, and sustain our work in a contracting climate.

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