Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
15-19 June 2026
Healing Arts Scotland is part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s global outreach campaign in collaboration with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. The national initiative was launched in 2024 in collaboration with Scottish Ballet (Europe’s first Healing Arts Centre of Excellence) at the Edinburgh International Festival as a nation-wide event celebrating and advocating for improved physical, mental and social health through the arts. Incorporating a dedicated Legacy Network, online resources, and a bi-annual festival, the initiative is designed to embed the arts as a vital resource for public health and well-being across the country. In 2026, the one-week activation will include conference days, performances, workshops, talks and evaluation and is produced in collaboration with a national coalition of organisations and communities across Scotland.
The aim of HAS 2024 was to catalyse and strengthen a network of communities that could positively address current health concerns and inequalities across Scotland, with a focus on five priority areas where the arts can have a measurable impact:
1. Loneliness & isolation
2. Mental health in younger people
3. Dementia
4. Creativity in confinement
5. Social Prescribing
Find out where Healing Arts Scotland 2024 took place across the country
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