Healing Arts Atlanta
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.
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20 April – 7 October 2024
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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On the 10th of April 2024, the Lab launched Healing Arts Atlanta in partnership with Performance Hypothesis, Thriving Together Atlanta, and The Carter Center together with BLKHLTH, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and The Woodruff Arts Center.
Focused on “Championing the Role of the Arts in Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis,” this event precedes a major convening of city and community leaders in October which will engage researchers, artists, and policy advocates in exploring the science and practice of how the arts can reduce mortality, strengthen coping, and facilitate healing from the wounds of racial trauma and stress.
Matthew McCurdy, Co-Founder & Executive Director of BLKHLTH, remarked “At BLKHLTH, we recognize the power of art to explain injustice while helping us reimagine and build a more just world.”
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Participants
Nisha Sajnani, PhD
Founding Co-Director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab
Christopher Bailey
Founding Co-director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab
Renée Fleming
Soprano, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health
M. Daniele Fallin, PhD
Dean of Public Health with Rollins School of Public Heath at Emory University
Matthew mcCurdy, MPH
Co-Founder: Matthew McCurdy, MPH
Eve Byrd, DNP, MPH
Mental Health Program Director, The Carter Center
Hala Moddlemog, MA
President & CEO of The Woodruff Arts Center
Larry Walker
Executive Director of Thrive Support Services
Marcel Foster
Research & Evaluation Associate