This research brief summarizes a three-year interview study of One Nation/One Project's founders and partners, revealing how their diverse backgrounds and evolving experiences shaped the goals, challenges, and collaborative practices of a national arts and health initiative aimed at strengthening community wellbeing.

This research brief outlines the development, testing, and finalization of a new survey tool by One Nation/One Project to measure how arts participation impacts social cohesion and wellbeing in communities across the U.S. following the COVID-19 pandemic.

CBS Sunday Morning 3.30.25

According to thousands of studies, researchers have determined that involvement in the arts can improve public health and promote healing from illness, as well as protect against such problems as cognitive decline, heart disease, anxiety and depression. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook talks with Broadway director Lear deBessonet, the force behind Arts For EveryBody, a national public health movement whose mission is to connect more people to the arts and create healthier communities.

Learn how to impactfully engage and partner with artists within municipal space.

Learn about how the arts can be a powerful tool in healthcare.

This report summarizes case studies of three ONOP cities that worked to develop arts prescribing programs as a way of making local arts, cultural, nature, and social resources available for the health and well-being of community members. 

Water Poems Zine

Providence celebrates the intersection of art and public health through collaborative projects like Tree of Life and Kasa Futura, showcasing how creativity fosters healing, community, and well-being for all.

Explore the Arts For EveryBody Zine and learn more about the arts and health connection.

Learn from ONOP artists, leaders and public health experts about how they are using art to transform society. Narrated by the award-winning spoken word, performer, writer and librettist, Marc Bamuthi Joseph.

Picture a world where the live arts are an integral part of our civic and mental health.

Arts for EveryBody Co Artistic Director Clyde Valentín sits down with journalist Julia Hotz to discuss her new social prescribing book, THE CONNECTION CURE, and what’s ahead for the arts and health movement.

New York Times 07.27.24

The age-old practice of turning tree leaves into mats has been revived on the islands. “It teaches you how to weave relationships, past and present,” one master artisan says.

WLBT 07.27.24

“We have a lot of artists, vendors, and musicians out today with us to celebrate this Arts for Everybody movement,” Carlton Turner, site partner with Sipp Culture, said. Art for Everybody is a national push to educate the public on the power of art and it’s impact on one’s mental and physical health.

The Gainesville Sun 07.29.24

Despite the rainy weather, the HeART Wall, a 208-foot-long mosaic mural featuring over 2,500 hearts, was unveiled at Depot Park with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

WXII NBC 12 07.27.24

Arts For EveryBody, a nationwide initiative to bring together artists, civic leaders and community health providers to foster healthier communities, held its “Creative Wellness Community Day” in Winston-Salem on July 27.

WCJB ABC 20 07.27.24

City leaders with One Nation One Project Gainesville in collaboration with Dream On Purpose kicked off their ‘Summer Youth Celebration Arts, Culture, and Health Day’. One Nation One Project Gainesville is a wellness initiative meant to increase youth engagement in arts and culture while reducing gun violence.

ABC 6 Providence Now 7.27.24

The residents were assisted by local artists Vatic Kuumba and Carolina Briones, and the theme for each piece was “no place like home.” Organizers said the National Arts for EveryBody Campaign aims to show how arts participation is good for both physical and mental health.