Resources

Art & Medicine

 

  • American Art Therapy Association

    The AATA is an organization of professionals dedicated to the belief that the creative process involved in art making is healing and life enhancing. Its mission is to serve its members and the general public by providing standards of professional competence, and developing and promoting knowledge in, and of, the field of art therapy.
    Publishes a journal called Art Therapy

  • Anatomy in the Gallery

    A quarterly rotating exhibition program showcasing medically themed contemporary art at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.

     An annual journal of literary and visual art published by SUNY Upstate Medical University's Center for Bioethics &

     Humanities.

  • NYU School of Medicine - Literature, Arts & Medicine Database
    This site, established at New York University School of Medicine, is dedicated to providing a resource for those interested in the medical humanities. The largest section of the site is the searchable Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database.

  • The Society for the Arts in Health Care

    Founded in 1991, the Society for the Arts in Healthcare is dedicated to advancing arts as integral to healthcare by: Demonstrating the valuable roles the arts can play in enhancing the healing process; Advocating for the integration of the arts into the environment and delivery of care within healthcare facilities; Assisting in the professional development and management of arts programming for healthcare populations; Providing resources and education to healthcare and arts professionals; and Encouraging and supporting research and investigation into the beneficial effects of the arts in healthcare.
  • Wellcome Library
    Wellcome Images is one of the world's richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science. The Wellcome Library's unrivalled collection contains historical images from the Wellcome Library collections, Tibetan Buddhist paintings, ancient Sanskrit manuscripts written on palm leaves, beautifully illuminated Persian books and much more. The Biomedical Collection holds over 40,000 high-quality images from the clinical and biomedical sciences. Selected from the UK's leading teaching hospitals and research institutions, it covers disease, surgery, general healthcare, sciences from genetics to neuroscience including the full range of imaging techniques.