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This newly created resource 

Health in the Arts Compendium

encompasses a very substantial collection 

of writings about all health and safety topics 

relevant to visual artists working in most 

of the established mediums, including drawing 

and painting, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry etc., 

as well as many more articles dedicated to specialized 

and science-based health and safety topics and 

experience 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  :

CLICK to view overview pages for each section; some topics are listed multiple times

  UIC Health in the Arts

MEDIUMS, METHODS AND MATERIALS

    Sculpture Safety

    Drawing and Painting Safely

    Photography Hazards

    Traditional Printmaking

    Ceramics Safety

    Arts and Crafts Safety

    Art Making Media, Materials and Methods

    Jewelery

    Visual Arts Techniques (all)

SPECIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY TOPICS

    Solvent Safety and VOCs

    Inorganic Vapors and Dusts

    Ventilation in Art Studios and Workshops

    Lead Toxicity in the Arts

    Respirator use in Art and Craft Practices

    Art Safety Basics

    Special Topics in Art Health and Safety

    Sickness and Incidents in the Visual Arts | Legal Cases

    Art Safety for Kids and Schools

special thanks to Nina Lawrin for her help in editing this resource