Organizations are listed in alphabetical order by name.

Aesthetics, Inc., 301 Spruce Street, San Diego, CA 92103, URL: www.aesthetics.net Description: Focuses on art and healthcare. Health care designers, art directors, and artists collaborate on projects, including the design of healing centers and interior and architectural elements.

Art for Healing Inc. NYC, 2350 Broadway, Suite 618, New York, NY 10024-3200, Email: lorenellis2000@yahoo.com URL: www.artforhealingnyc.org Description: A nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the healing power of the arts. Donates work to children’s hospitals, nursing homes and other institutions that have limited funding for the arts. Sponsors an art gallery.

Art Without Boundaries Foundation, 7591 Northtree Club Drive, Suite 16, Lake Worth, FL 33467, Email: noellhammer@bellsouth.net URL: www.artwithoutboundaries.org Description: Awards matching grants to visual artists who want to train to become certified Mnemetecnic therapists. MT is a new, multidiscipline therapy for Alzheimer’s patients. Artists must be skilled in watercolor or acrylic painting, have two years of college or equivalent life experience, have experience with Alzheimer’s disease, or other related disorders (or are willing to get experience), and be able to sing or carry a tune.

ARTconnectsLA, 7162 Beverly Blvd., #212, Los Angeles, CA 90036, Email: info@artconnectsla.org URL: www.artconnectsla.org Description: Modeled after the art donation program,The Art Connection in Boston. Places art in nonprofit agencies and community centers.

Arts and Healing Network (The), P.O. Box 276, Stinson Beach, CA 94970, Email: ahn@artheals.org URL: www.artheals.org Description: An organization devoted to information on arts and healing. Sponsors a Web site that describes recommended books, conferences, and opportunities for artists.

Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20010-2970, URL: www.dcchildrens.com/dcchildrens/forparents/arts.aspx Description: Sponsors the New Horizons program that hosts exhibitions, performances, and an artist's, writer's and musician's residency program.

Creative Center (The), 273 Bowery, New York, NY 10002, URL: thecreativecenter.org Description: A community of artists, cancer patients, and survivors. Offers workshops and a “beside art program in hospitals and hospices through New York City. Sponsors exhibitions and an artist-in-residence program.

Duke University Medical Center, Cultural Services Program, P.O. Box 3071, Durham, NC 27710, URL: www.dukehealth.org/PatientsAndVisitors/VolunteerServices/Program/eyecenterartgallery?search_highligh Description: Sponsors professional arts programming in healthcare for the benefit of medical and support staff, patients and their families, including art in patients' rooms and display cases.

Foundation for Hospital Art (The), 120 Stonemist Court, Roswell, GA 30076, Email: johnfeight@hospitalart.org URL: www.hospitalart.com Description: Provides original artwork to hospitals and nursing homes for the purpose of supplementing the healing work of hospital staffs.

Gifts of Art, NI-5C06, NIB, 300 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5470, Email: goa@med.umich.edu URL: www.med.umich.edu/goa Description: A program of the University of Michigan hospitals. Open to Michigan artists. Sponsors exhibitions in nine hospital galleries. Artwork should enrich the lives of the patients, their families, and staff.

Healing Arts Initiative, Massachusetts Cultural Council, 10 St. James Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02116-3803, URL: www.massculturalcouncil.org/services/healingarts.html Description: A program active in Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire Exchange that uses the arts as an innovative new treatment methods for patients living with chronic disabling diseases at participating heathcare sites.

Hospital Audiences, Inc., 548 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012, Email: hai@hospaud.org URL: www.hospitalaudiences.org Description: Brings visual and performing art programs to New Yorkers who are confined in hospitals and health care facilities, shelters, etc.

RX Art, Inc., 208 Forsyth Street, New York, NY 10002, URL: www.rxart.net Description: A nonprofit organization that selects and installs original works of art in patient rooms, treatment rooms, and public areas of healthcare facilities to enhance the healing environment.

RxART, INC., 208 Forsyth Street, New York, NY 10002, Email: info@rxart.net URL: www.rxart.net Description: A nonprofit corporation that places artwork in patient, procedure and examination rooms of healthcare facilities.

Shands Arts in Medicine, P.O. Box 100326, Gainesville, FL 32610, Email: sullkm@shands.ufl.edu URL: www.shands.org/aim Description: A program of the College of Medicine, University of Florida. Combines standard medical practices with innovative healing methods that include a program involving artists, patients and their families. Sponsors an artist-in-residence program.

Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts, 1632 U Street, NW, Washington DC 20009, Email: heal@smithfarm.com URL: www.smithfarm.com Description: Coordinates creative art projects with cancer patient groups and retreats, and health professional development programs.

Society for the Arts in Healthcare, 2437 15th Street, NW, Washington DC 20009, Email: mail@thesah.org URL: www.thesah.org/template/index.cfm Description: A national membership organization dedicated to promoting the incorporation of the arts as an integral component of healthcare. Conducts conferences, and publishes a bi-annual newsletter and memberhship directory.

Survivors Art Foundation (The), P.O. Box 383, Westhampton, NY 11977, Email: safe@survivorsartfoundation.org URL: www.survivorsartfoundation.org Description: Committed to empowering trauma surviors with expressive outlets, including national exhibitions, an on-line gallery, publications, and career development services.

Publications are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: Artists-in-Residence: The Creative Center’s Approach to Healthcare Author/Editor: Geraldine Herbert, Jane Waggoner Deschner and Robin Glazer Description: Offers artists and healthcare professionals a unique look at artmaking with patients and caregivers in healthcare settings. Focuses on all aspects of working as a hospital artist. Publisher: The Creative Center Publication Date: 2006 Publisher's Address: The Creative Center, 273 Bowery, New York, NY 10002, URL: thecreativecenter.org

Title: Arts in Health Care: A Palette of Possibilities (The) Author/Editor: edited by Charles Kaye and Tony Blee Description: Chronicles the expanding use of the arts in the United Kingdom's National Health Service and at selected medical centers in the United States. Discusses the therapeutic value of using the arts in health and healthcare. Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Publication Date: 1996

Web Sites are listed in alphabetical order by title.

Title: "Living Hero" Series, Jariscope Description: Two podcast interviews with Caroll Michels as part of "The Living Hero” series produced by Jari Chevalier (see June 1, 2009). The most recent interview, conducted in conjunction with the publication of the new edition of Michels' book, is 38-minutes and can be streamed or downloaded. Topics include: have things really changed in the art world?; what is new in the world of art marketing; what are the odds of acceptance?; what is possible for the creative spirit?; artists and authority figures; current leverage points for artist-advocacy; social networking sites; secret code Web site pages; using print-on-demand services; Picasso’s confession; and Caroll Michels’ dance immersion. The second interview (scroll down to "Previous Entries" and go to March 17, 2008) covers artist and art dealer relationships; self-esteem and artists; artists and ADD; and the heroic nature of saying “no.” URL: www,jariscope.com

Title: Art as a Healing Force Description: Provides links to hospitals that are involved with art and healing programs. URL: www.artashealing.org

Title: Artslynx Description: Provides information on programs around the world dedicated to healing individuals and communities through arts. URL: www.artslynx.org/heal/index.htm

Title: Healthcare Fine Art Description: Photographer Henry Domke, who has much experience in selling his work within the heathcare field, has a blog with information and tips, and examples of artists’ work, in healthcare facilities. Email: henry@henrydomke.com URL: www.healthcarefineart.com/

Title: North Carolina Arts for Health Network Description: An organization formed to promote, sustain, encourage, improve and expand the incorporation of the arts in healing and well-being in North Carolina. URL: www.ncartsforhealth.org