Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Here you can find events such as celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programmes, workshops and dialogues.
1-31 August 2024, Wednesdays - Saturdays 11AM-5PM
Project Ability, 1st Floor, Trongate 103, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 5HD
Arts Relay is an exhibition of inspiring artworks by Project Ability, Glasgow Print Studio and Bazooka Arts. The exhibition will consist of thoughtful artworks and sharing personal responses created through the relay process. A reception will be held on August 1st from 6-8pm, all welcome.
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21 August 2024 1PM - 3PM
Tramway Studio 1, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow G41 2PE
Join 1927's co-artistic director for this 90-minute participatory workshop. Delve into 1927's creative process and explore art therapy practises such as automatic writing and dramatising lived experience. This event is part of HAS Glasgow Day.
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2-24 August 2024 5:30PM-6:30PM
Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh , EH1 2JU
Directed by Eoin McKenzie in collaboration with Robbie Synge and young performer Alfie, this is a funny and tender new contemporary dance performance for audiences aged 8+ that considers familiar and unexpected ideas about masculinity and friendship.
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21 August 2024 10:45AM
Studio 2, Scottish Ballet, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow City, Lanarkshire, G41 2PE
Try a free taster session of a hybrid in-person/ online Dance for Parkinson's class with programme founder David Leventhal, followed by a question and answer session.
21 August 2024 9:30AM
Rachel House Children's Hospice, Avenue Road, Kinross, KY13 8FX
Hearts&Minds' Clowndoctors have been visiting children and young people in hospital and hospice care in Scotland for 25 years. Our therapeutic clowns bring joy, offer meaningful connection, and enhance well-being. (Please note this event is not open to the general public)
Robin House Children's Hospice, 2 Boturich Drive, Balloch, G83 8LX
Clackmannan Community Healthcare Centre, Hallpark Road, Sauchie, FK10 3JG
Hearts&Minds’ Elderflowers are therapeutic clowns who visit people living with dementia to bring joy, offer meaningful connection, and enhance well-being. (Please note this event is not open to the general public)
21 August
Tramway, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow G41 2PE
Searching for Dawn was choreographed by Taylor Han in collaboration with the dancers of Scottish Ballet’s Creative Collective. Inspired by Danielle Tyrer’s choreography for the opening celebration of HAS, the dancers explored the themes and motifs of Danielle’s work and built upon it in a series of creative tasks, investigating their connections as a group, and moving with a shared sense of musicality. This event is part of HAS Glasgow Day.
21 August 2024 2:30PM - 3PM
Tramway, Hidden Gardens, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow G41 2PE
Using nature as inspiration and anchor, the Wee Retreat's mindfulness taster will cultivate embodied presence in the present moment. There will be opportunities to move, be in stillness, and explore the breath and senses. If the weather allows, we will practice outdoors in the beautiful Hidden Gardens, and if not, indoors. This event is part of HAS Glasgow Day.
21 August 2024 10:45AM-11:15AM & 1:15PM - 1:45PM
Join The Hidden Gardens in an introduction to mindfulness in nature. Discover the benefits of green spaces for mental and physical health and how simple techniques can easily be incorporated into daily life. Our facilitator will lead you through practises which focus on our senses, creating space for a deeper connection to nature through sound, smell, and touch. This event is part of HAS Glasgow Day.
21 August 2024 10:45AM-12:45PM & 2:00PM-3:00PM
This event is part of HAS Glasgow Day. Come and meet Clifftop Project's Artistic Director Lottie to learn more about the Creative Mental Health workbooks they distributed in West Dunbartonshire this summer and try out some of the activities yourself!
21 August 2024 10:45AM - 4PM
Tramway, Tramway Foyer, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow G41 2PE
City of Poets is bringing the fun of Word Salads to the public. Here, visitors to events can suggest random words for whiteboards and work with poets to use as many of them as possible to create five poems highlighting Healing Arts Scotland’s themes. The results will be performed at the Wellbeing Concert, demonstrating the magic of collaborative poetry to help illuminate the festival's central essence. This event is part of HAS Glasgow Day.