Mapping Arts in Health Education
We are conducting a national research initiative to map non-degree educational programs, certificates, trainings, and learning opportunities at the intersection of arts practice and health.
Why We're Mapping Arts Programs
As researchers, educators, and artist-practitioners, we've come to recognize that many people working in arts and health enter the field through diverse pathways. Along the way, we discovered innovative programs that did not fit neatly into traditional categories, created by passionate leaders and often sustained through community networks and word of mouth. We also met practitioners doing remarkable work who were unaware of others pursuing similar efforts, sometimes within the same region or state. These experiences inspired us to better understand, document, and connect this rapidly growing field.
By identifying non-degree programs, certificates, workshops, fellowships, trainings, and other learning opportunities, we hope to create a clearer picture of the arts and health landscape, highlight promising models, and strengthen connections among practitioners, educators, organizations, and communities.
If you know of a program that belongs in this landscape, we invite you to share it through our brief survey. The survey takes about one minute to complete, and you are welcome to submit more than one program.
Deadline to submit survey: September 24, 2026.
Thank you for helping ensure this important work is visible, connected, and represented.
Meet the Researchers
As an interdisciplinary researcher and artist, Alex Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, mobilizes evidence about the preventative and rehabilitative impacts of arts engagement for mental health into practices and policies that will create equitable infrastructure for communities to thrive. Through the UF Center for Arts in Medicine, she has contributed to national and international research, including framing arts engagement as a health behavior, defining arts participation for public health, and co-authoring a WHO report on arts and health in the US. Currently, she is a research fellow with the UF Center for Arts in Medicine and adjunct faculty for the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions.
Renate 艶子 Rohlfing, MM, MA, MT-BC, LCAT, is a pianist and music therapist from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. She is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music where she leads the Arts and Public Health minor, codirects the Community Health Musician Certificate program, and teaches courses at the intersection of music and health. A classically trained pianist with degrees from the Juilliard School and NYU, she draws on her practitioner experience to develop intergenerational community projects across the country, including sonic memoirs that connect musicians with local residents to preserve and share personal and collective histories. Last year, she received Berklee's Dean's Award for Global Presence and Engagement.