ActALIVE: Addressing HIV/AIDS-Related Grief and Healing Through Art
An international arts coalition with 300 members in 35 countries contends with a pandemic. By Janet Feldman (August 2007)

Activism with Heart: The Voices Against Violence Project
An educational psychology class at UT Austin uses Boal theater technique to examine sexual violence on campus. By Claire Canavan (January 2005)

An Introduction to the Arts-for-Health Movement, or How the Arts Sneaked in on the Medical Model
A short history of the field of arts in healthcare, along with highlights, references and theory based on the author's own experience with arts in the U.S. By Janice Palmer (November 2001)

Art Centers for Adults with Disabilities
Theory, history, personal perspective from the founding director of National Institute of Arts and Disabilities. By Elias Katz (February 2002)

Art in the AIDies: An Act of Faith
The late playwright ponders making art in the face of death, and talks with other prominent artists with AIDS about their issues related to art, survival and political fury. Published in High Performance #36, Vol. IX, No. 4, 1986. By Max Navarre (September 2002)

Behind the Fence: Forum Theatre on Lupus, Lead Poisoning & Environmental Justice
A Buffalo, N.Y., community cleans up its SuperFund site. By John Sullivan (February 2008)

Between Me and the Giant: Imagination Workshop
About a group of actors at work in a neuropsychiatric institute., from Cleveland's book, "Art in Other Places: Artists at Work in America's Community and Social Institutions," published by Praeger, 1992. Published in High Performance #67, Vol. XVII, No. 3, 1994. By William Cleveland (September 2002)

Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories
A video project by disabled teen girls in Chicago sparks personal growth. By Jennifer Roche (December 2004)

Canoes in New Zealand: Coastal Mappings
Making art with people near the end of life in a New Zealand hospice. By Petra Kuppers (April 2006)

Case for Creative Arts Therapy, The
The role of arts therapy in the arts-and-healthcare discussion. Published in High Performance #75, Vol. XX, No. 1, 1997. By Joel Plotkin (December 1999)

Dancing in the Blind Spot
CAN reviews "Disability and Contemporary Performance: Bodies on Edge" by Petra Kuppers. By Stuart Pimsler (July 2005)

El Teatro Lucha de Salud del Barrio: Theater and Environmental Health in Texas
How a U.S. government toxicology center uses Theatre of the Oppressed to infuse respect and mutual regard into the process of doing public health work. By John Sullivan (October 2005)

Eye of the Storm: Reflections on Violence
Words and images from a domestic-violence project at Savannah's Union Mission. By David Jeffreys (May 2007)

Imagination Workshop: Disciplining the imagination
A project at UCLA that brings theater to the clients at a psychiatric facility. Published in High Performance #67, Vol. XVII, No. 3, 1994. By William Cleveland (December 1999)

Impatience with Things as They Are: Art faces a developmental challenge
A look at arts programs aimed at the people with developmental challenges. Published in High Performance #62, Vol. XVI, No. 2, 1993. By Linda Frye Burnham (December 1999)

Really Caring: Why a comprehensive healthcare system includes the arts
A commentary on the role the arts can play in healthcare. Published in High Performance #74, Vol. XIX, No. 4, 1996. By Susan Perlstein (December 1999)

Reclaiming Culture: ¡Que Viva La Posada!
Culture is alive in the Mayfair community of east San Jose, California. By Aryeh Shell (January 2008)

Silence Still = Death
The art critic views the work of activist Michael Nash and his cohorts in ACT UP as art. Published in High Performance #36, Vol. IX, No. 4, 1986. By Lucy Lippard (September 2002)

States of Shock & Unknowing: On Documenting the Wake of Katrina & Rita in Southern Louisiana
The making of a shocking video on America's environmental disaster. Includes video clips. By John Sullivan (April 2006)

Surviving Genocide: The Rwanda Healing Project
News from Lily Yeh and Barefoot Artists working in the survivor villages of Rwanda. By Lily Yeh (December 2005)

Toward a New Folk Dance: Caregivers and other partners
Choreographer Pimsler writes about his work with healthcare professionals. Published in High Performance #74, Vol. XIX, No. 4, 1996. By Stuart Pimsler (September 2002)

Toward a New Folk Dance: Caregivers and other partners
Choreographer Pimsler writes about his work with healthcare professionals. Published in High Performance #74, Vol. XIX, No. 4, 1996. (December 1999)