Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
19 & 20 August 2024 The Hub - Edinburgh International Festival, The National Galleries of Scotland, The National Portrait Gallery. Events in-person and online.
The HAS Conference in Edinburgh on the 19th and 20th August featured UK and international speakers who were leading innovative practice in arts-in-health interventions.
The HAS Conference, in Edinburgh on 19th and 20th August and Glasgow on 21st August, featured leading international arts health figures, including four specially curated panels as part of the Festival of Politics at Scottish Parliament. Sessions focused on Healing Arts Scotland's key themes of loneliness and isolation, dementia, young people's mental health, social prescribing, and arts in confined spaces. Each programme brought together senior policymakers, health practitioners, and researchers to discuss the wide-ranging health benefits of the arts on society and its implementation in formal spheres (hospitals) and within communities. By fostering a positive dialogue around the role of the arts in wellbeing, the outcomes of the conference aimed to lead to the inclusion and championing of the arts in NHS Scotland and other community-driven initiatives. Please note that this event included BSL interpretation and captioning.
Find the full list of conference speakers below:
Healing Arts Scotland Conference, EIF Hub
Image Credit: Courtesy of Sally Jubb
Healing Arts Scotland Conference, The National Galleries of Scotland
Image Credit: Courtesy of Sally Jubb
Healing Arts Scotland Conference, EIF Hub
Image Credit: Courtesy of Sally Jubb
Healing Arts Scotland Conference, EIF Hub
Image Credit: Courtesy of Sally Jubb
Healing Arts Scotland Conference, EIF Hub
Image Credit: Courtesy of Sally Jubb
Healing Arts Scotland Conference, The National Galleries of Scotland
Image Credit: Courtesy of Sally Jubb
Healing Arts Scotland Conference, EIF Hub
Image Credit: Courtesy of Sally Jubb
