This study has implications for designing arts-based wellness activities for clinicians and scaling them nationwide.

There is evidence of the benefits of music for health and wellness, but current US clinical practice does not yet commonly incorporate arts-based interventions.

Responsible arts in health research requires interrogating what counts as evidence, especially when the insistence on rigor risks oversimplifying and diminishing what’s ineffable about the arts.

This article considers ethical questions raised during development of an online art exhibit for and with people with dementia and their care partners.

Based on an artist’s, bioengineer’s, and health psychologist’s reflections on pediatric and adult group workshop practice settings, this article suggests 8 dimensions of risk that deserve ethical attention.

Artist and researcher Dr Mark Gilbert joins Ethics Talk to discuss arts-based research: what it is, who it’s for, and why we should pay closer attention to it as a method of clinical inquiry.

Aislinn C. Rookwood and Mariah Abney join Ethics Talk to discuss their article, coauthored with Hannah S. Butler-Robbins, Danielle Marie Westmark, and Dr Regina Idoate: “Arts-Based Research Methods to Explore Cancer in Indigenous Communities.”

Dr Wendy A. Stewart joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Sophia Miao: “Songwriting and Youth Self-Concept."

Dr Roma Subramanian joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Matthew J. Brooks: “How a Medical Orchestra Cultivates Creativity, Joy, Empathy, and Connection.”

Dr Vaishali Phatak joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Mary Perkinson and Meghan K. Ramirez: “Leveraging Cross-Campus Expertise to Contribute to Dementia Care Through Music.”