Healing Arts in Practice at the Pedralbes Monastery

“Healing Arts in Practice” Conference at the Pedralbes Monastery

From 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Pedralbes
Capacity: 90 people, registration open
Scientific coordination: Ariadna Martí, health mediator of the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes

The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Pedralbes and the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) are promoting the "Healing Arts in Practice" event, a space for meeting and exchange among professionals in cultural mediation, artistic creation, and the healthcare field.

The event aims to highlight experiences that demonstrate how the arts can contribute to individual and community well-being . Through lectures, project presentations, hands-on experiences, and a final collective experience, a tour will be offered of initiatives that connect creativity, health, and community, fostering reflection and interdisciplinary dialogue.

Program

09:00 – 09:30 → Accreditation and welcome

9:30 – 9:40 → Presentation of the event. Led by the HAB coordinator and Anna Castellano y Tresserra, director of the Pedralbes Monastery.

09:40 – 10:20 → Inaugural lecture. "Horizons of art in health: museums, culture, and community as spaces for prevention and intervention," by Marián López Fernández Cao, professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and a leading expert in art education, art therapy, gender equality in the art system, and social justice through creative processes.

Project presentations will follow. Gemma Bonet Pascual will lead the Activities and Accessibility section of the Royal Monastery of Pedralbes.

• 10:20 – 10:40 → High Art (MNAC) – Ariadna Martí López, cultural mediator specializing in arts interventions in health
• 10:40 – 11:00 → Is the body my enemy? (Cerdanyola Art Museum) – Miel M Blanco: Adhoc Cultura project technician, and Paula Navarro Genovés: Nutritionist at the Canaletes-Fontetes Health Center
• 11:00 – 11:20 → Mortales+ (Suñol Foundation) – Roser Sanjuan, cultural manager and artistic mediator specializing in participatory and social art, and David Martrat, communication and projects at the Suñol Soler Foundation.
• 11:20 – 11:40 → Project to address fibromyalgia with the arts in health methodology (Empordà Museum) – Pep Marés: Educational Service Manager at the Empordà Museum and Georgina Avilés - Agitart Cooperative
• 11:40 – 12:00 → Art Capsules (Tàpies Museum) – Rosa Eva Campo, coordinator of educational projects at the Tàpies Museum, and Teresa Rubio, cultural manager and artistic mediator

12:00 – 12:30 → Coffee break

12:30 – 13:20 → Simultaneous practical sessions , in different spaces of the monastery according to the needs of each proposal

1:25 PM – 2:00 PM → Closing . Collective meditation in the cloister with Berta Meneses, a Filipino nun and Zen master, and Carina Mora, coordinator of the Spirituality Department at Casa San Felipe Neri and assistant Zen master.