Join leading artists, policymakers, and academics for a global virtual panel and project presentation exploring the arts as a new frontier in health, care, and wellbeing. This special event marks the launch of Healing Arts New York, the final of a series of 2021 global city activations, produced by CULTURUNNERS, to advance relationships between Arts and Health research, practice, and policy. Healing Arts New York will culminate in a one-day symposium at The Met on November 14, 2021.
This panel is presented in partnership by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the World Health Organization Arts and Health Program in collaboration with the Creative Arts Therapies Consortium at NYU Steinhardt and the NeuroArts Blueprint, an initiative of the International Arts + Mind Lab at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the Health, Medicine, and Society Program at The Aspen Institute.
Schedule
Sunday. September 19, 12pm - 2pm (EST)
Welcome
Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director, The Met
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
Christopher Bailey, Arts and Health Program Lead, World Health Organization
Guided Exercise: Healing Breath
Welcome
Heidi Holder, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chair of Education, The Met
Panel: Advancing the Arts as a Partner in Health, Care, and Wellbeing
William A. Haseltine, Chair and President, ACCESS Health International, moderator
Yazmany Arboleda, Public Artist in Residence, New York City Civic Engagement Commission
Christopher Bailey, Arts and Health Program Lead, WHO
Injonge Karangwa, Chief Organizer, Hamwe Festival, University of Global Health Equity
Jonathan McCrory, Artistic Director, National Black Theatre
Nisha Sajnani, Associate Professor and Director, Drama Therapy Program, New York University
Steinhardt Creative Arts Therapies Consortium
Jill Sonke, Director, Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida
Ed Vaizey, Former Minister of Culture and Digital, United Kingdom
Pandemic as Portal Collective Introduction
Susan Magsamen, Executive Director, International Arts + Mind Lab, Johns Hopkins University
Project Presentation
Chip Thomas, Rylin Becenti, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Esther Belin, Kate Deciccio, artists
Closing Remarks
Heidi Holder, Frederick P. and Sandra P. Rose Chair of Education, The Met