Arts & Wellbeing
Reading List

Arts & Wellbeing at the Kennedy Center is an expanded focus on the intersection of art and science.

Explore The Arts & Wellbeing Collection, the Kennedy Center’s curated list of titles focused on the connection between the mind, the body, and the arts.

The Arts & Wellbeing Collection

Music and Mind 
Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness 
By Renée Fleming

Together 
The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World 
By Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Your Brain on Art 
How the Arts Transform Us 
By Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

This is Your Brain on Music 
The Science of a Human Obsession 
By Daniel J. Levitin

Project UnLonely 
Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection 
By Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH

How Music Can Make You Better 
By Indre Viskontas