Tennessee Arts & Rural Health Initiative

Project Announcement & Outcomes The Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) was awarded $75,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to fund a new statewide initiative, Tennessee Arts & Rural […] Project Announcement & Outcomes The Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) was awarded $75,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to fund a new statewide initiative, Tennessee Arts & Rural Health. In conjunction with additional state funding, this new initiative seeks to use the arts as a way of adding value in increasing health and wellness outcomes by using arts-based activities and programs involving patients, their families, and staff in rural TN hospitals. Background Rural hospitals often lack the resources to effectively use interventions like the arts to create programs that increase patient health and wellness outcomes, build healing environments where staff and patients can thrive, and improve the quality of life through participation in the creative arts.