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This project aims to offer young people a creative platform to share their graphic works and spark conversations about sexual health and care culture. Art is used as a transformative tool, not only to express personal perspectives but also to foster dialogue and collective reflection. Participants experiment with different techniques—drawing, digital illustration, collage, or comics—to explore themes such as consent, body diversity, gender identities, and the importance of relationships based on respect and mutual support.

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Workshop aimed at people with intellectual disabilities and open to social and healthcare professionals and anyone interested, with the aim of improving quality of life and emotional well-being through music. Organized by the Fundació Orfeó Lleidatà in collaboration with +Tu Fundació de Suport. During the workshop, participants will experience music as a tool for emotional expression, social integration, and co-creation, fostering inclusive connections and spaces. The workshop is part of the "Vive la música" project, which promotes music as a means of inclusion, personal development, and guaranteed opportunities for all groups. At the end of the rehearsal, the project leaders will explain the details and share the positive impact of music on mental health and social cohesion.

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A panel of health arts experiences at the San Juan de Dios Health Park in incarcerated settings and a screening of the audiovisual "Five Days to Dance," which showcases the community-based creation of a dance-theater performance at the Brians 1 Penitentiary Center (including a discussion with its director).

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An exhibition of mobiles created by users of mental health organizations as part of the Natura és Cultura project, under the direction of multidisciplinary artist Quim Moya, held at the CAP and the Avinyó Library. The project also includes a participatory activity with local residents, students from Barnola School, and mental health organizations, supported by the Avinyó City Council. The objectives are to improve the emotional well-being of people living with mental health conditions, raise awareness among the general population, identify at-risk students, and combat the stigma associated with mental illness.

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A proposal aimed at the university community of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) as a space to pause, connect with oneself, and explore new creative tools based on the collections of the National Art Museum of Catalonia.

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Three prominent Basque authors, Uxue Alberdi, Miren Amuriza and Nerea Ibarzabal, present a spectacle of improvised verse, bertsolarismo, a centuries-old tradition very popular in Euskal Herria. In this session, included in the Kosmopolis festival, the three bertsolaris have the challenge of imagining more livable futures.

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As part of the Arts in Health event at Hospital Clínic, the hospital and the National Art Museum of Catalonia are hosting the talk "Health, Gender, and Art Throughout History." This discussion reflects on how art, and medicine, have represented women as essentially reproductive, subordinate, and differentiated beings throughout the centuries.

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Christian Budgen, director of Pallapupas, will present a vision of how art can act as a strategic tool for health and well-being in the healthcare setting in a lecture at the University of Barcelona. Through his experience documenting and studying the impact of the arts on healthcare, Budgen will share evidence demonstrating how artistic initiatives can improve both the patient experience and the well-being of healthcare professionals.

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Intensive one-day session to discover how humor can become a powerful tool for well-being and self-care. Through participatory dynamics, theatrical games and creativity exercises, we will explore clowning, laughter and human connection as resources to improve mood, reduce tension and promote emotional well-being. An experiential and participatory day, where all exercises are done with respect and at the personal pace of each participant. No previous experience is necessary: just a desire to play, laugh and share.

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Through a brief practice of connecting with nature through the senses, we will enter the garden to listen, observe, and feel our part of it. Guided by Les Trenades and the Wake Up, Art and Nature project, this activity aims to be a brief pause from the daily rhythm, a space to breathe, reconnect, and be inspired by the wisdom of change that nature offers us as a source of well-being.

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The event will highlight the professional paths of UPF alumni from the Humanities Degree and the Postgraduate Program in Humanities and Health who have pursued their careers in the healthcare field, as well as reflect on the specific contributions that humanistic training can offer to the healthcare sector.

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The Maricel Museum in Sitges will host the conference "Art and Aesthetic Experiences as a Tool for Promoting Health and Well-being," by Vincenza Ferrara, professor at Sapienza University of Rome. In this presentation, Ferrara will highlight the role of the arts and aesthetic experiences as essential tools for improving health and well-being.

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