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Visits to day centers centered on the "Gotas Archive of the MMB" exhibition, featuring letters and correspondence from the museum. This common thread will evoke participants' correspondence, memories, and moments in their lives when letters have been important. This activity will encourage conversation and evoke memories. The activity is carried out with the guidance of a therapist from the AfAB (Association of Relatives of Alzheimer's Patients). Mar & Memoria is a project of the Barcelona Maritime Museum aimed at people with Alzheimer's and their families. These activities are designed with special consideration for the effects derived from diseases such as Alzheimer's, which cause cognitive decline and behavioral disorders in patients. Prior work with professional therapists ensures that the visit is tailored to the needs of the group and is as comfortable as possible. Through objects from the collections, images, or content from the exhibitions, participants interact, encouraging them to express what evokes their memories and experiences. The October activities revolve around the exhibition "Gotas de archivo" (Drops from the Archive: The MMB's Epistolary Relationships with Other Museums Around the World). It focused on how writing and receiving letters has been a very important form of communication in our lives. Through these letters, we met people close to us who were far away and who opened the door to the world. The Barcelona Maritime Museum preserves extensive epistolary documentation that shows how it has been open to the world and has maintained relationships with museums around the world. We will explore the most interesting and unusual letters, while also recalling the letters and missives that have had the greatest impact on the participants.

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The Sant Cugat Museum offers memory workshops aimed at improving the quality of life for people affected by neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s. Since 2018, the Museums of Sant Cugat, the Citizenship Area of the Sant Cugat City Council, and the Municipal Archive have been running the Photomemories project, in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Family Association of Vallès. This initiative, designed by ClicMe, Small Photographic Experiences, consists of memory workshops that use old photographs as a tool to stimulate the memory of people affected by mild to moderate neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Objectives: - Stimulate memory through photography as a gateway to personal recollections. - Promote language, communication, and social interaction. - Give a voice to affected individuals, helping them feel included in society. - Make culture accessible to everyone, regardless of their abilities, and encourage enjoyment of it.

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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. This presentation offers an opportunity to reflect on the transformative power of art and culture in well-being and emotional care, with concrete examples and a critical look at the future of their integration into healthcare systems.

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ESMUC is holding a special event reviewing ten years of the International Arts and Health Conference. It will review the project and present the program for the next edition of the Arts and Health Conference, which will take place on November 14 and 15. Finally, it will feature a performance by the chamber ensemble from the Supercapacitats project.

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We invite you to an open session of the AMAT Project: Health and Heritage, designed for cultural agents and professionals interested in arts in health initiatives. The session will explore the historical events, demographic shifts, and urban changes of our city, beginning with a visit to the immersive audiovisual experience in the Celler room on the ground floor of Ca n’Amat – Viladecans Museum Center. The goal is to share the project methodology so other cultural organizations can learn from it and adapt this arts-in-health initiative to their own municipal contexts.

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Casa Batlló Mindfulness offers a unique experience that combines mindfulness practice with the architectural beauty of Casa Batlló. Inspired by Jon Kabat‑Zinn’s (mindfulness expert) definition, this experience invites you to engage fully with the present moment, pausing to breathe, observe, and connect with your physical and emotional self to build well‑being and resilience. The event program moves through successive stages, combining breathing exercises, guided meditation, and slow, gentle movement in harmony with the building’s unique spaces: a grounding reception and breath regulation; a meditation on perception in the Noble Floor; lengthened, awareness‑deepening breathwork in the Inner Garden; a sensory walk through the Patio of Lights; Qi Gong and deep breathing on the roof to relieve tension; and finally, Walking Meditation on the stairs designed by Kengo Kuma, where breath and steps flow together, body, mind, and space united. Casa Batlló, with its symbolism, craftsmanship, and authenticity, provides a powerful setting for mindfulness. The values of resilience, curiosity, and presence resonate with Healing Art Barcelona’s aim: to strengthen health through shared creative, aesthetic experience. This is more than a tour; “A unique opportunity to stop and experience Casa Batlló as a space of health, creativity and mindfulness”. Duration: 1 hour Limited places: 20 people

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