BOOKS
Recommended reading
We invite you to search for these texts online or in your local bookstores. If you have suggestions of books to add to our list, please email info@thenoah.org.
Activating the Art Museum: Designing Experiences for the Health Professions by Ruth Slavin, Ray Williams, and Corinne Zimmermann
Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul by Shaun McNiff
Arts in Health: Designing and Researching Interventions by Daisy Fancourt
Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health, and Wellbeing: International perspectives on practice, policy, and research edited by Stephen Clift and Paul M. Camic
Healing And Recovery by David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.
Transforming the Healthcare Experience Through the Arts by Blair L. Sadler and Annette Ridenour
‘Purpose-built Art in Hospitals’: Art with Intent by Judy Rollins
Sensemaking and Neuroaesthetics: Neuroarts and the Spectrum of Neurodiverse Experiences
Artists-In-Residence: The Creative Center’s Approach to Arts in Healthcare by Geraldine Herbert, Jane Waggoner Deschner, and Robin Glazer
The Art & Joy of Hospital Clowning Training Program by Jeannie Lindheim
Bringing the Arts to Life: A Guide to the Arts and Long-Term Care by Judy Rollins
Creativity and the Brain by Kenneth Jr. Heilman
Interactive Music in Pediatrics: A Handbook for Music Practitioners by Wendy Lanxner, M.M.Ed.
Making Change: Teaching Artists and Their Role in Shaping a Better World by Eric Booth
Trusting the Moment: Unlocking Your Creativity and Imagination. A Handbook for individuals and people who work creatively with others by Jeannie Lindheim.
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J. Levitin
Inclusive Smart Museums: Engaging Neurodiverse Audiences and Enhancing Cultural Heritage
Arts & America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America’s Communities
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Creative Care: An artist in healthcare by Ariadne Albright
Dementia Beyond Disease: Enhancing Well-Being by G. Allen Power, M.D.
Managing Arts Programs in Healthcare edited by Patricia Dewey Lambert
Waking the Spirit: A Musician’s Journey Healing Body, Mind, and Soul by Andrew Schulman
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Save Lives by Daisy Fancourt
Arts for Health Theatre by Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell
The Creative Arts in Dementia Care by Jill Hayes with Sarah Povey
Creative Care: Projects by Ariadne Albright
Harp: The People’s Press
Music and the Brain by Professor Aniruddh D. Patel
Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection by Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
What Is Art For? by Ellen Dissanayake
Whole Person Healthcare: Vol. 3, the arts and health edited by Ilene A. Serlin, Ph.D., BC-DMT





