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 20, 10:00 to 11:30
Main Theatre of Vilanova i la Geltrú
Circ en Gran is a social circus project for seniors that aims to promote health, autonomy, and social relationships through the performing arts. The project is supported by Tusi(k)circus, an organization that combines the artistic disciplines of the circus with social intervention tools. From October to February, weekly one-hour-and-a-half-minute meetings are held in a safe and inclusive environment, where participants can explore six creative spaces: juggling, acrobatics, clowning, balancing, theater, and percussion.
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October 20, 6:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Gregal Civic Center, Reus
+Tu Fundació, with the support of the Reus City Council, invites you to participate in an easy reading workshop designed to encourage reading, reflection and personal growth. Through shared reading, comprehension, oral and emotional expression are worked on, and autonomy and confidence are enhanced. It is part of the Easy Reading Club Foundation project, which promotes active participation, the development of communication skills and the creation of bonds between participants.
Tuesday 21 October
National Museum of Catalonia Limited places >> registrations open
After the success of the first edition held in February 2023, the second edition of the symposium again brings together professionals from health, arts and culture to share knowledge, present transformative projects and strengthen the alliance between health and cultural institutions.
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Tuesday 21 October 19.30 - 21.00
Creative Earthquake, Barcelona
We propose an open dance workshop facilitated by Pere Faura and the Sisme team. The activity invites you to experience movement as a space for play, intuition and connection with other people. Based on the flocking technique, we will work on dancing together as an experience of cooperation, listening and shared creation. The proposal is based on the idea that dance is not only an artistic expression, but also a tool for community health: it promotes body awareness, reduces stress and strengthens social bonds. In a world where individualism predominates, this workshop opens a space to feel part of a collective body where each person contributes to the common movement. The result is a lively choreographic experience that enhances emotional and relational well-being through the pleasure of dancing.
Tuesday 21 October 18:00 - 20:00
Finca Mas Miró, Montroig del Camp
This project aims to provide a new perspective on grief through culture, exploring its potential to improve the health and well-being of those who suffer or have suffered from this situation. Through personal experience, the reading of book excerpts, and the screening of documentary and film clips, the stages of grief are explained and tools are provided to understand and overcome this process. In this way, the talk aims to bring culture closer to health and demonstrate how art allows us to express emotions and feelings and helps overcome adversity. In parallel with the talk, seven images taken by the authors of the grieving process as a healing means of expression will be exhibited, accompanied by various writings. This photographic collection, "Grief in Images," showcases their life stories.
Tuesday 21 October 15:00 - 16:00
Online
The libraries of Bellvitge, Sant Feliu de Llobregat and Gironella, in addition to the Cultura Oberta entity, will share experiences of reading aloud carried out in recent years and aimed at groups with various conditions. The online session is part of the Veus Amigues program, promoted jointly by the Barcelona Provincial Council Library Service and the Cultura Oberta entity, with the aim of reading aloud over the phone to people in situations of unwanted loneliness, elderly people with health conditions, children or adolescents with long-term illnesses and other hospitalized people.
Tuesday 21 October 17:00 - 18:30
Fàbrica del Sol, Barcelona
This activity offers a presentation of the Persianes Vives project in Barceloneta, a community art and health initiative developed jointly by artists, local merchants, entities and professionals from the area, which is part of the Barcelona Salud en los Barrios community health strategy.
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.
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.
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.