Arts engagement is increasingly recognised as a health behaviour (like diet, exercise and sleep) which can impact mental and physical health outcomes. However, arts engagement is unequal across societies. Some of the people who could benefit the most engage the least. This talk will consider the role of social prescribing as a mechanism for engaging people with the arts as a health behaviour. It will overview the evidence on the benefits of prescribing the arts using data from international cohort studies, electronic patient records, and clinical trials.