Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
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This archive offers an overview of the state of the Arts in Health in Catalonia, with activities and projects that extend beyond the Healing Arts Week
September 1, 2025
CCCB Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona
The CCCB Alzheimer's Program was created in October 2010 by a group of staff members with the aim of bringing art and culture to people in the early stages of the disease, as well as their caregivers and families. It offers adapted visits to CCCB exhibitions and a complementary program of activities. The activities are based on adapted visits to the exhibitions. When an exhibition visit is not possible, alternative activities are offered: a film program in our auditorium featuring a selection of classic excerpts from international and Spanish musical films or screenings of full-length films; a session on the history of the Casa de Caridad (House of Charity) based on Brangulí's photographs; or a short walking tour of the CCCB grounds. Activities take place on Mondays and are organized upon request.
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September 26, 2025
Great Liceu Theatre
The Henka project was born from the collaboration between San Juan de Dios and the Z Zurich Foundation as a universal mental health prevention program that promotes emotional well-being through actions that strengthen resilience, with the aim of preventing the onset of mental health problems in adolescents and young people between 12 and 25 years of age, as well as in their communities.
December 11, 2025
HEARTBREAK HOTEL, Barcelona
At the HEARTBREAK HOTEL theater, this love story unfolds, in which Alzheimer's disease ultimately leads to a tale of redemption. It explores the possibility of starting over, even if it's late, and changing the course of one's life. Their destinies intertwined more than forty years ago. One morning, upon waking, Fujijko doesn't recognize her husband. This play received the 2024 Butaca Award for Best Small-Format Show.
November 22, 2025
Set Fonts Park and surroundings, and Anton Carrera Library
Activity in nature to connect with the environment and ourselves, with art as the axis of connection.
Wednesday 16 October 2025 16.30
FÀBRICA ESTRELLA DAMM (Barcelona)
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, Pallapupas is organizing a special event in Barcelona to highlight humor as a tool for transformation and well-being in the hospital environment. This celebration recognizes the role of patients, families, professionals, and collaborators, and marks the beginning of a new phase of innovation, partnerships, and growth in emotional care. The event will combine an institutional and healthcare meeting with spaces for reflection and networking, followed by a second part open to the public with a more festive and community-oriented atmosphere. Additionally, the event will serve as a prelude to Healing Arts Barcelona, where new projects and initiatives will be presented to continue promoting the humanization and sustainability of the healthcare system through arts and emotional well-being.
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Wednesday 15 October 2025 10:00
ASPACE /Joan Miró Foundation (Barcelona)
The creation session at ASPACE / Fundació Joan Miró will form part of the project “Aquí hi pinto molt”, developed with people with cerebral palsy from FEPCCAT and guided by the artistic proposal of Anna Oliva. Linked to the exhibition Miró in the United States that will be presented at the Fundació Joan Miró, the project will bring together 80 participants from 10 associations across Catalonia, including Barcelona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The initiative will include creative sessions within the participating entities, a guided visit to the Miró exhibition, and a collaborative creation day at the Fundació Joan Miró. The project will conclude with an exhibition at the museum, where the creative process and a selection of the artworks produced will be displayed. “Aquí hi pinto molt” began in September 2025 and will conclude in May 2026, celebrating artistic expression, inclusion, and the transformative power of creativity.
October 18, 2025
Civic Centre Convent of San Agustín, Barcelona
This community-focused day invites anyone interested in mental health and well-being to explore engaging and practical activities and information. Participants can learn about creative expression, movement-based practices, and one-on-one information sessions with mental health professionals, gaining practical tools for emotional self-care, resilience, and inclusion. The day is designed to reduce stigma, connect people to local resources, and foster a culture of mutual support and positive mental health within the community.
November 21, 2025
Punt Jove Folgueroles, Can Dachs
This sensory and creative experience will awaken all our senses and allow us to reconnect with the landscape.
December 7, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Schools in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area
HOP is a project carried out by Health Sciences students that seeks to minimize the fear and anxiety that the healthcare world generates in children. Therefore, activities are held in schools where, through six stations, different healthcare aspects are covered, such as medical history taking, nutrition and oral hygiene, antibiotics and vaccines, bandages, X-rays, and operating rooms. During the session, children are introduced to the healthcare world through stuffed animals and role-playing, where they themselves assume the role of a professional, always accompanied by the instructors who coordinate the activity.
November 27, 2025
University of Barcelona, Exhibition Hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts
The ZIM-ZAM project—like an unexpected, back-and-forth sound, a quick exchange—establishes a correspondence of letters and artifacts between emerging artists in the Fine Arts degree program at the University of Barcelona and artists participating in the Susoespai Association for Creation and Mental Health. The project aims to mutually explore questions about mental health and creative processes, dismantling stigmas and silences, through Service Learning. Starting with a series of contextualizing questions (“What does normality mean to you? What does care mean to you? What does well-being mean to you?”) and formal interests, exchange groups are formed between students and members of the association. These groups maintain a dialogue and exchange of materials between the university and the association's workshop space throughout the workshops. The activity is complemented by cross-visits to the workspaces, allowing participants to understand the spatial realities of each space, guided by the people involved. In the 2025-2026 academic year, the project continues with the development of a traveling exhibition, co-curated with new students and current staff, and a series of related activities in the various venues where it is displayed. The first exhibition in this series will take place from November 27 to December 5, 2025, in Barcelona.
October 29, 2025
Fundació Suñol, Barcelona
In this workshop-visit, we will immerse ourselves in the unique universe of Zush/Evru with the intention of understanding his work and discovering the dialogue the artist establishes between mental health, the arts, and well-being. We will take this as a provocation to enter the studio and embark on an exciting journey into the world of creativity, to give life to the beings that inhabit our imaginary and emotional states.
November 6, 2025, at 6:45 p.m
CAN FALIPA CIVIC CENTER (Bacelona)
Atotaixodansa proposes Dance for Everyone: "Vores i ales", a dance workshop open to all people interested in exploring body movement and self-expression, regardless of age, training and physical abilities. All body movement has the potential to transmit authenticity, emotion and meaning. Different abilities will give different forms, which enrich artistic creation. Community dance is a comprehensive health practice that combines movement, contact and emotional expression in a shared space of collective care. Dancing in a group promotes body awareness, flexibility, coordination and breathing, but also generates emotional well-being and a sense of belonging. Contact, gaze and mutual support transform movement into an experience of connection and trust that reduces stress, improves self-esteem and strengthens mental health. Body care, understood as a shared and sensitive action, thus becomes a way of also caring for the community.