This collection documents diverse approaches in creative arts engagement, building metaphoric bridges across the field with an emphasis on creativity and well-being in education and community development.

AcknowledgementsPrefaceForeword - Shaun McNiffIntroduction: Art as a Bridge - Ross W. Prior, Mitchell Kossak, and Teresa A. FisherPART 1: ARTISTIC EVIDENCE1. Art Is the Evidence: Convincing Public Communication of Art-Based Research and Its Outcomes - Shaun McNiff2. Bridging Past, Present, and Future: What If There Were No Art? - Mitchell Kossak3. Beyond the Walls: The Artist-Researcher and Performative Dissemination - Rebecca Stancliffe, Kate Wakeling, Lucy Evans, and Stella Howard4. Making Music Together: Music Therapy with Women Experiencing Breast Cancer - Yanyi YangPART 2: UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ARTISTIC PRACTICE5. Soulfulness: The Becoming of Being - Malcolm Ross6. Bridging Arts and Healthcare Communities - J. Todd Frazier and Shay Thornton Kulha7. Becoming our Story: Emergent Design through Affect - Carole Miller and Juliana Saxton8. Building a Bridge between the Improvisational Expressive Arts and Music Education - Tawnya D. SmithPART 3: WORKING TOGETHER9. Slowly Winding the Thread: Art Therapy and Crisis: Supporting Communities through Art - Debra Kalmanowitz10. A Bridge to Meaning: Creating Performance with Neurodiverse Young People - Rea Dennis11. Beyond the Verbal: Dementia and PARticipatory Arts Research - Meghánn Catherine Ward, Christine Milligan, Emma Rose, and Mary Elliott12. Transformative Impact of Drama in Mental Healthcare Education - Bruce Burton, Ingrid Femdal, Eva Bjørg Antonsen, and Margret LeppPART 4: WIDENING THE FIELD13. The Healing Power of Art: Old Nordic Folk Knowledge Re-claimed - Wenche Torrissen, Anita Jensen, and Anita Salamonsen14. Bridging Modalities and Playing with Identities: Art-based Workshop Reflections - Hillary Rubesin, Laura Teoli, Yu-Ying Chen, Dina Fried, and Michal Lev15. Caring Attunement: The Performance of Ageing - Lisa Schouw16. Reading as Community: Solace, Pleasures, and Becoming during COVID-19 Pandemic - Joanne O'Mara and Glenn AuldNotes on ContributorsIndex