HAI (Hospital Audiences, Inc.) a not-for-profit organization, was created twenty five years ago to mobilize and channel the cultural resources of New York City for those confined to the back wards of the state mental hospitals. Since then, the organization has grown and has successfully harnessed the healing potential of the arts for participants in approximately one thousand human service agencies. An audience totaling over 7.5 million has been reached. On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, HAI held a symposium to articulate and affirm the impact of its work over the past twenty five years and to address the significant trends in healthcare and the arts which will affect the agency during the next quarter century.

About three hundred people attended, including human service agency administrative staff and program directors, consumers, city, state and federal officials, representatives of philanthropic organizations, artists, architects and healthcare designers. This final report parallels the structure of the day. There were two panels during the morning session: the first focused on healthcare and wellness, and the second was devoted to the role of the arts. These were followed by a presentation on the relationship among the mind, body and health. In the afternoon, participants broke into working groups, divided by human service discipline, to discuss HAI, using concepts put forth in the morning.

It became clear at the symposium that HAI is at the cutting edge of changes that are pervading the health and human services, particularly in terms of HAI's emphasis on empowering individuals to take charge of their own health and well-being to the fullest extent of their abilities. (p. 1)

Symposium Findings:

1. Control of one's life for health.
2. Control over environment for healing.
3. Social involvement for health; effects of social isolation.
4. Art, particularly music, originating in relationship of an infant to its mother.
5. Art: socializing and humanizing.
6. Essential qualities of Live art; of particular interest for people concerned with chronic disabilities or illness.
7. HAI's twenty-five years of work has substantiated that enjoyment of and participation in the arts directly foster personal hope, optimism and self-worth, which, in turn, can inspire people to commit to improve their own health and well-being.

CONTENTS
A. Mission statement.
B. Summary of HAI's services.
C. HAI--A new meaning to these initials.
D. The role of hope in healing and health.
E. The role of the live arts.
F. The role of control and choice.
G. Achieving independence, without isolation.
H. What is Good Health for everyone? For people with disabilities?

Afterword.
Symposium Faculty.
Bibliography.
Suggested Reading.
Articles.

HAI (Hospital Audiences, Inc.) a not-for-profit organization, was created twenty five years ago to mobilize and channel the cultural resources of New York City for those confined to the back wards of the state mental hospitals. Since then, the organization has grown and has successfully harnessed the healing potential of the arts for participants in approximately one thousand human service agencies. An audience totaling over 7.5 million has been reached. On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, HAI held a symposium to articulate and affirm the impact of its work over the past twenty five years and to address the significant trends in healthcare and the arts which will affect the agency during the next quarter century.