Prescription for the Arts?
Doctors around the world are prescribing arts engagement—like music, dance, and painting—to improve mental and physical health. It’s called social prescribing and with your support, we’re bringing it to Hampton Roads.
In partnership with Sentara Brock Cancer Center, Virginia MOCA, and Tidewater Music Therapy, the Benjamin Goldberg Foundation is launching one of the first Healing Arts Social Prescribing Pilot Programs in the country. This initiative will establish a referral pathway connecting healthcare providers with arts-based interventions to enhance healing, resilience, and patient well-being.
Your gift will directly support:
Research and program planning
Data collection to measure patient impact
Key meetings between healthcare and arts collaborators
Presentation of findings to expand and sustain the initiative