Polk County has launched the Polk Arts & Health Collaborative, a cross-sector alliance dedicated to enhancing individual and community well-being through the integration of arts and health.
Modeled after the national NeuroArts Blueprint, an initiative from Johns Hopkins University and Aspen Institute, PAHC opens with a Lakeland Chapter, Watson Clinic said in a news release. The Watson Clinic Foundation’s Arts in Medicine program will serve in the new alliance.
“We are proud to align our local vision with the momentum of the national NeuroArts movement,” Tiffany Van Wieren, the Watson Clinic Foundation’s Arts in Medicine Program Coordinator, said in the release. “This collaborative will amplify existing efforts while also inviting new partners to explore how creative expression can support healing, resilience, and connection in our community while also elevating the research behind this movement.”…