NOAH & Arts in Health Timeline

• NOAH increases diversity and representation on the board
• NOAH surpasses the 500 membership mark
• NOAH institutes Monday Member Mashup networking series
• NOAH revises the Code of Ethics for Artists and Arts Administrators in Healthcare & Community Settings (a living document)
• NOAH launches the Essentials of Arts in Health online test
• NOAH works towards the Arts in Health Professional Credential
• NOAH holds the 7th annual conference, NOAHCON ’23, in partnership with Cleveland Clinic and The MetroHealth System
• NOAH engages in a strategic planning process

• NOAH hires an Events and Communications Assistant
• NOAH launches the member-driven Research Forums
• NOAH hosts the 5th annual conference online
• NOAH releases the Core Curriculum
• The NOAH board and staff worked with a DEIA consultant
• Launched a comprehensive member survey including demographic data to better serve our members
• NOAH launches the #membermonday social media series

• NOAH hires a Grant Proposal Writer and a Conference Coordinator.
• NOAH launches Creative Response Forums on Covid-19 and Racism.
• NOAH hosts 2nd annual Leadership Summit in Washington, DC.
• NOAH attends virtual Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC to advocate for the field.
• NOAH launches the Arts for Resilience in Clinicians (ARC) Project.
• NOAH prepares to release the Core Curriculum for arts in health professionals.

• NOAH holds strategic planning retreat in San Diego, CA.
• NOAH launches Research Lab webinar series.
• NOAH holds 2nd annual conference in Austin, TX in partnership with the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo.
• NOAH publishes Code of Ethics and Standards for Arts in Health Professionals
• NOAH publishes Addressing the Future of Arts in Health in America, a follow up to the NOAH Leadership Summit.
• NOAH hosts a Leadership Summit in Washington, DC.
• NOAH attends Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC to advocate for the field.
• NOAH hires second staff member.

• NOAH’s second in-person strategic planning session held in Sandusky, Ohio.
• The NOAH board confirms a partnership with the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo for its first conference.
• Incorporation process begins
• NOAH holds first in-person strategic planning session held at Lesley University in Boston, MA.
• Board officers elected:
  Todd Frazier, President
  Claire de Boer, Vice President
  Naj Wikoff, Vice President
  Barbara Steinhaus, Secretary
  Annette Ridenour, Treasurer
• Katie White Swanson was confirmed as the organization’s Administrator and sole part-time employee.
•  NOAH’s first board of 11 members announced to the field.
• Board members began meeting and developing priorities for the new organization.

2014

• Arts & Health Alliance disbands.
• Conference (April 9-12): “Enhancing Lives through Arts & Health, 25th Anniversary Conference and Celebration. Hosted by Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas.

2013

• Conference (April 11-13): “Healing Communities through the Arts”, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

2012

• Conference (May 2-5): “Arts and Health: A Global View” hosted by Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan.

2011

• Conference (April 13-16): “Advancing Patient-Centered Arts,” hosted by the International Medical Services and Guest Services, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Palo Alto, CA.

2010

• Conference: University of Minnesota Hospitals and Clinics
  Ambassadors Program.

2004

• Conference (April 20-23): “Building Community, Embracing Diversity: the State of the Arts in Healthcare,” hosted by Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts, Washington, DC.
• Conference event — Congressional Arts Caucus: The Arts in Healthcare “Cultures of Care: A Study of Arts Programs in U.S. Hospitals,” monograph published by Americans for the Arts.

2003

• Conference (April 9-12): “Inspiring a New Tomorrow,” hosted by Aesthetics, Inc., and San Diego Children’s Hospital and Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
• Publication of “Caring for Caregivers: A Grassroots USA-Japan Initiative”
• NEA/SAH Leadership Conference (March 18-20, 2003); funded by the NEA.

2002

• Conference (April 18-20): “Prescriptive Arts in Medicine: The Practice of Arts in Healthcare” hosted by Arts in Medicine, Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL.
• “Diabetes and the Arts and Humanities: Planning Conference” (1/23-25) funded by the Office of Research Review, Education and Policy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HHS)) held in Durham, NC, co-hosted by the Veterans Affairs Education Center, Durham, NC.
• SAH Caring for Caregivers (CFC) Research and Exchange Program with Society for Arts and Healthcare Japan.

2001

• Conference hosted by the Art Program, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Janice Palmer Award initiated.
• Johnson & Johnson/SAH partnership to promote Arts and Healing grant program initiated.
• Blair L. Sadler International Healing Arts Competition initiated SAHCS program evaluation.
• SAH Caring for Caregivers (CFC) Research and Exchange Program with Society for Arts and Healthcare Japan, multi-year program funded by The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
• SAH website renovated and expanded.

2000

• Conference (4/27-29): hosted by The Arts at Lifespan and Child Life Services, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI. “Visions Toward Wellness” exhibit at the Dryden Gallery, Providence, RI in conjunction with the conference.
• Policy and Procedures Manual created.
• “Healing Gardens” videotape marketed.
• Suzy Brenner hired as SAH Management Coordinator

1994

• Conference (October 7-8): “Art: Expanding the Focus of Healthcare,” hosted the Humanities Program, Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA. Organization name changed to “Society for Arts in Healthcare” — SAH. Conference Management Associates contracted to manage SAH.
• First SAH nationwide touring art exhibition launched – replicas of Hollis Sigler’s “Breast Cancer Journal: Walking with the Ghosts of My Grandmothers”.
• Invited presentation about SAH at the National Symposium on Healthcare. Design (NYC).
• Invited to present at the National Association of Local Arts Agencies (Ft. Worth, TX).

1993

• Conference (September 29–October 2): “The Healing Arts: Matters of Life and Death,” hosted by SHAA board members, Sturbridge, MA.
• Conference Management Associates contracted to manage the conference.
• Incorporation and 501(c)(3) applications initiated.
• Second Newsletter.

1992

• Conference (October 22–25), hosted by the Planetree Program, MidColumbia Medical Center, The Dalles, Oregon.
• Arts and Healing Information Clearing House database created.
• Revised mission statement drafted.

1991

• First conference (July 11-14), hosted by Project Art, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IO. Bylaws adopted; incorporation draft accepted; first board and officers elected; categories of membership and committee structure established.
• First issue of the newsletter.
• Revised mission statement drafted.
• Changed acronym to SHAA.
• Board met at NIH in November.

1990

• Second convocation (April 26-29), hosted by Gifts of Art, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. Plans made to establish an organization.
• Agreed to name the organization “Society of Healthcare Arts Administrators” – SoHAA.
• Mission statement drafted.

1989

• First convocation (March 11-13), hosted by the Cultural Services Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Proposal to establish an organization.