Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
5-7 November 2025 NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square S, New York, 10012
The 9th Annual National Organization for Arts in Health Conference
Join us for the 9th annual NOAH conference in New York City in partnership with the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, NYU Steinhardt and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab.
Full In-person Tickets are sold out!
Purchase the 11/7 In-person Day Pass or the 11/19 Virtual Day Pass.
Annual NOAH conferences create space to explore timely topics in arts in health, share effective programs and practices across healthcare and community settings, and connect with a growing network to inspire conversation, collaboration, and innovation.
NOAHCON attracts artists of all disciplines, arts administrators, healthcare professionals (administrative and clinical), as well as researchers, creative and expressive arts therapists, designers, educators, students, and anyone with an interest in the transformative impact of the arts on health and wellbeing.
NOAH was founded in 2016 but its roots go back to 1989 with the first convocation of arts administrators in Durham, North Carolina. This group was founded as the Society of Healthcare Arts Administrators, which later became the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, then the Global Alliance for Arts in Health, then finally the Arts and Health Alliance before disbanding in 2014. We honor the legacy of the arts in health organizations, without whom we wouldn’t be where we are today.
Since 2016 NOAH has seen consistent growth in membership. We’ve held two webinar series on professionalization and research, instituted regular member-driven Creative Response Forums, Research Forums and Member Meetups, and hosted 7 annual conferences and 3 leadership summits. We have released the Core Curriculum for Arts in Health Professionals, launched the NOAH Essentials of Arts in Health online test, revised the Code of Ethics for Artists and Arts Administrators in Healthcare & Community Settings (a living document), and are working towards a certification for Artists in Healthcare. In addition, we are updating our strategic plan which will chart our path forward as we unite, advance and serve the field.
