Events

This panel discussion will mark the launch of a global healing arts initiative between the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization at Art Basel in Basel with speakers such as Refik Anadol, Noah Horowitz, among others.

Healing Arts Scotland will be the first-ever nationwide Healing Arts campaign, which will involve a week of celebrating and advocating for improved physical, mental and social health through the arts.

Healing Arts Atlanta launched with a focus on Championing the Role of the Arts in addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis. The event precedes a major convening of researchers, artists, community leaders and policy makers to discuss how the arts can heal the wounds of racial trauma.

By bringing together leading scientists, health practitioners, and researchers in lively discussion and debate, Creative Brain Week was designed to strengthen and propagate the significance of the arts on health and wellbeing.

COP28 Healing Arts Week shined a light on the impact the arts can have on both climate change and human health and wellbeing. A series of panels and events directly engaged senior policy-makers during the COP28 summit.

Incorporating events in Riyadh to Jeddah, this three-day initiative marked the launch of a regional programme to advocate for improved physical, mental and social health through the arts.

WHO Europe and the Lab co-organized this full-day meeting at UN City in Copenhagen, highlighting a multi-country case study using music and singing to support new mothers experiencing postnatal depression.

The inaugural GSAHW was led by established and emerging science, and arts professionals from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, to advance the research, education, and interdisciplinary practices at the nexus of culture and health.

On the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly, the Lab held public and private events in collaboration with academic, cultural, and health institutions across New York.