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.
21 August 2024
Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH12JU
A practical dance session exploring Dance Base’s recent partnership with Grassmarket Community Project and the Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust. Open to lived experience participants of the project, and anyone interested in learning more about it, this workshop will introduce people to dance teaching practices which centre mental wellbeing.
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22 August 2024 11:30AM-1:30PM
Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH12JU
A celebration of Dance for Parkinson’s at Dance Base, for anyone interested in taking part and learning more about the project. This practical dance and movement session will be taught by Dance for Parkinson’s specialists and will focus on key elements of this established methodology.
16:00, 19 August 2024
Scottish Parliament
The Healing Arts Scotland Opening Celebration event takes place outside the Scottish Parliament at 4pm Mon 19th August as part of the Edinburgh International Festival and Festival of Politics, featuring over 250 performers and participants from across Scotland
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 & 20th August will feature UK and international speakers who are leading innovative practice in arts-in health interventions, including four specially curated panels as part of the Festival of Politics at Scottish Parliament.
January-August 2024
Scotland Wide
Designed and delivered by the International Teaching Artists Collaborative (ITAC), the ITAC Relay is a chance for participatory artists working in Arts and Health contexts to connect and collaborate on a 6-month national activation leading into Healing Arts Scotland Week.