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Work-related health problems can be a serious concern for almost anyone in the visual or performing arts. The hazardous conditions and materials found in many industrial workplaces can also be found in many art workspaces. When hazards are identified in an industrial workplace, safety training and information may be required, but these resources are less often available to artists who work alone or in small groups. The lack of awareness of these hazards, combined with poor access to safety information, training, and protective equipment can make an art workplace especially hazardous. more...

Hundreds of articles on health and safety issues for artists, originally published as part of the Art Hazard News, are now available on CAR.
Articles are organized by discipline (music, education, sculpture, dance, etc.), by specific materials, and also by general topics that are of concern to all artists. You can also search by specific keywords.

Many thanks to the Health in the Arts Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, who provided this curated collection spanning 10 years of articles from the Center for Safety and the Arts.

Work-related health problems can be a serious concern for almost anyone in the visual or performing arts. The hazardous conditions and materials found in many industrial workplaces can also be found in many art workspaces. When hazards are identified in an industrial workplace, safety training and information may be required, but these resources are less often available to artists who work alone or in small groups. The lack of awareness of these hazards, combined with poor access to safety information, training, and protective equipment can make an art workplace especially hazardous. more...

The Actors Fund Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) has been connecting artists, craftspeople and entertainment industry workers around the country to health insurance and affordable health care since 1998. more...