This issue’s editorial highlights the position of art as a valuable contributor to the healing process which the author proposes is needed in the fractured world today. The editorial reflects on the mission of the Journal of Applied Arts & Health and how it has been foremost in advancing the applied art agenda since the journal’s inception in 2010, arguably ahead of its time, particularly in terms of the health agenda. Promoting art as evidence is mentioned as a key contribution that the journal has made in the field. Where research practices have failed to fully apprehend the uniqueness of understanding contained within art, art itself and its methodologies allow for rich understandings in practice and in life. The editorial introduces the articles and contributions in this issue of the journal, with all demonstrating and affirming the power and potential of art within healing and well-being.
Ross W. Prior (2026) studied this question.