Events

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.

Lab Founding Co-Directors Stephen Stapleton and Dr Nisha Sajnani addressed the Newport Global Summit on the role of museums on health and wellbeing.

Edge Hill University in the UK launched its innovative Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing with a special event highlighting strategies for scaling up arts and health initiatives.

Under the auspices of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, this summit brought together a range of medical experts, arts practitioners, administrators, policy-makers, and researchers at LA Opera.

A nationwide programme to explore the role of arts for health and wellbeing in Nigeria. Established by the Nigerian Health Ministry in 2021, the event engages artists and health practitioners to develop creative health programming in Nigeria.

An online gathering to support UNESCO’s mandate to promote the arts as a bridge across differences, and as an enabler for healing and social cohesion, promoting global peace, human rights, health, and wellbeing.

Co-organized by the Lab, this historic concert included dance, music, and spoken word performances by world-leading talents. It signified WHO's gratitude to the people of Geneva, the organization’s generous hosts for 75 years.

A series of online and in-person events bringing together leading scientists, health practitioners, and researchers to strengthen and propagate the significance of the arts in health and wellbeing.

The Lab’s global launch was held at the National Arts Club in New York, inaugurating its goal to coordinate and amplify scientific research, and drive policy into the effectiveness of the arts in improving health and wellbeing.