This newly created resourceHealth in the Arts Compendiumencompasses a very substantial collectionof writings about all health and safety topicsrelevant to visual artists working in mostof the established mediums, including drawingand painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry etc.,as well as many more articles dedicated to specializedand science-based health and safety topics andexperience and advice from the medical field.
Many of the articles included here were created by the Center for Safety in The Arts. This new resource of about 130 articles edited and compiled by Friedhard Kiekeben for nontoxicprint, is a collaboration with the Health in The Arts Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. It is designed to be useable as a stand-alone resource as well as an expanded pool of essays on topics that integrate very well with other areas, pages and subjects on nontoxicprint.com | We are especially grateful to Dr David Hinkamp, MD, MPH, for his kind assistance in creating this online work which we hope will be of interest to artists, educators, teachers, and hobbyists from many fields of creative practice.
the following pages may be of interest :
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MEDIUMS, METHODS AND MATERIALS
SPECIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY TOPICS
Respiratory Problems in Art Teachers
National Press Photographers Association Health Survey
Artist Dies in Basement Cyanide Accident
NIOSH Filter Selection (for respirators)
Metalworking: General Overview & Welding
Hazards and Precautions in Art?
Oil Painting Hazards in Classrooms
Metal Pigments used in Paints and Inks
High School Turpentine Exposure
Recalls of Imported Crayons Because of Lead Poisoning Hazard
Marker Hazards and Children
Respiratory Problems in Art Teachers
Consumer Product Safety Alert: Children's Art Labeling