Arts & Health


Business Council for the Arts’s (BCA) Arts & Health program highlights how the arts enhance health across industries and communities, bringing together experts from medicine, research, robotics, and design to share innovative developments at the intersection of art and well-being.

Watch the Video from BCA’s 2026 Arts & Health Annual Literary Event

Watch the Video from BCA’s 2026 Arts & Health Annual Literary Event

BCA 2026 Arts & Health Annual Literary Event

Across industries, leaders are navigating a world defined by rapid technological change, global complexity, and rising expectations for ethical, human‑centered decision‑making. Whether in healthcare, business, law, education, or public service, professionals are being asked to communicate clearly, think critically, collaborate across disciplines, and understand the human experience in all its nuance.

The 2026 Arts & Health Annual Literary Event brought together distinguished voices from medicine, higher education, and law to explore a timely and far‑reaching question: What is the role of a liberal arts education in shaping the leaders our world now requires?

Moderator & Host: John Harper, MD — Physician educator, and advocate for integrating the arts and humanities into professional development.

Panelists

  • Jay Hartzell, PhD — President, Southern Methodist University
  • Tom Mayo, JD — SMU Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Law
  • Dirk Frater, MD — Founder, E. Barrow Medical Group
  • Sunita Koshy‑Nesbitt, MD — Chief Medical and Quality Officer, Texas Health Resources

Watch the Video from BCA’s 2026 Arts & Health Annual Literary Event

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