Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts
Explore the full programme of events; from performances, exhibitions to interactive public art, hands-on workshops, and thought-provoking symposia and policy panels.
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October 21, 11:00 - 12:00
Frederic Marès Museum
Closed participation session of the cycle "The Museums are waiting for you" at the Frederic Marès Museum, to generate well-being through cultural activation. There will be a visit to the "sentimental museum" collection, aimed at the participants of this project.
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Tuesday 21 October 10:30 - 11:30
Municipal Library Pompeu Fabra, Riells and Viabrea
An activity within the framework of the Born to Read Program, a project that aims to promote reading among children ages 0 to 3. It involves professionals from the cultural and health fields. This specific workshop, in a storytelling format, addresses music, touch, and eye contact as key elements for child development, just like nutrition. Songs, mimes, and activities will be used to connect with children and promote well-being at different times of the day.
Tuesday, October 21, 6:00 PM
National Museum of Catalonia Limited places >> registration open
Don't miss the Meet&Link, the central meeting point for Healing Arts Barcelona. A space to share experiences, connect, and generate new ideas in the field of Arts in Health. The session will feature a musical performance by Núria Duran, a participant in the Taller de Músics' Cabal Musical social program.
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Tuesday 21 October
Casa Coll i Regàs, Mataró
A project led by the Iluro Foundation and CAP Mataró Centre that provides emotional support to people caring for dependent family members. The project uses a Arts in Health methodology within a unique heritage setting: Casa Coll i Regàs in Mataró.
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Wednesday 22 October 12:00 to 12:30
Humanities Campus, University of Barcelona (UB)
The Shape of Dreams is a collaborative project that brings together the Catalan Language and Literature degree program at the University of the Balearic Islands, users and professionals from the Tramuntana Region Mental Health Department (INCA), the Nuestra Voz association of family members and mental health users, and other creators and professionals who have joined the various projects carried out.
October 29, 2025
Artemisa BCN, Barcelona
Dance performance/workshop for adults. "Dance helps me feel better and forget the voices in my head, music allows me to connect with others, and the group helps me not feel alone. For a moment, I forget my illness; for a moment, I become human again. For a few hours, I remember that I can do it too, that I am capable of doing something, and that I can remember steps, sequences, and music. For a moment, I am enveloped in Love, Hope, and Trust, and I am no longer that person ostracized by society. I can be myself, forgetting my illness for a moment."
Wednesday 22 October 15:30 - 16:30
+ Your Support Foundation, Barcelona
This activity offers a presentation of the Control'Art project, a health arts initiative promoted by + Your Support Foundation designed to make knowledge about epilepsy accessible and address the challenges of its management in adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), a group often neglected in healthcare. To this end, an adapted illustrated book was co-created in an easy-to-read format with a strong emphasis on images. It clearly explains what epilepsy is, how it manifests, how it is managed clinically, how to live with it, and what to do in the event of a seizure.
Wednesday 22 October 10:00 - 14:00
Gran Teatre del Liceu Limited places >> registration open
The conference "Music Therapy in Mental Health: The Case of Ritmes en Companyia" is the initiative of Artes en Salud at the Gran Teatre del Liceu. It will begin with an opening lecture by Simon Procter, Professor of Creativity and Mental Health at St. John's University in York. This will be followed by a presentation of the music therapy project "Ritmes en Companyia" with the organizers, researchers, healthcare professionals, music therapists, and users.
October 22nd from 10:00 to 11:30
MEV Museum of Medieval Art, Vic
In this activity, we invite Sant Tomàs Foundation users to an exceptional experience where art will be experienced beyond the eye. This immersive session offers a unique approach to two gems from the museum's collection: a Romanesque piece and a Gothic one. Through guided observation, interaction with tactile elements that evoke the original textures and shapes, and sound stimuli that will transport us to the period of the works, we will discover how medieval art can resonate in our deepest senses.
Wednesday 22 October 11:30 - 13:00
Hall of the Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Barcelona
This participatory workshop uses dance and creative movement as tools to place well-being at the center, with a focus on enhancing the emotional and physical health of ICS professionals, other healthcare workers, and the adult population. Dance is Health! invites participants to set aside gender roles and stereotypes, focusing instead on what each body needs to express, share, and coexist in a more inclusive and respectful way. In dance, there is no judgment, no error — only creativity and the opportunity to reconnect with the body in a sensory, expressive, and playful way, beyond analytical thinking. The workshop will be held in the main hall of the Catalan Health Institute (Barcelona) and led by Sílvia Cepero Domínguez, professional dancer, facilitator, and founder of the contemporary dance company El Desvío. ICS and El Desvío previously collaborated on the pilot arts-in-health project “Dance and Emotional Support in Situations of Gender Violence”, which engaged female ICS professionals in the first half of 2025
Wednesday 22 October 12:00 to 13:00
Maricel Museum, Sitges
The Sitges Museums offer a tour of their places of well-being. This itinerary invites you to connect art with health.
Wednesday 22 October 12:00 - 14:00
Municipal Special Education Center Vil·la Joana
Art therapy is a powerful tool for promoting inclusion and emotional well-being for all adults and children. Our approach is an experiential workshop where education professionals, artists, healthcare workers, teachers, and peers will have the opportunity to experience how art can help unlock emotions and promote expression and communication with children and young people with emotional difficulties, ASD, or other mental health needs. Through this art therapy approach, participants will be able to reflect on their emotions and experience how art, from an art therapy perspective, is a powerful resource for improving understanding, support, and inclusion of children and young people.