‘From feeling to knowing – putting imagination and lived experience at the heart of understanding illness’
This virtual symposium on 3rd December 2-4pm is open to all and will bring together artists, patients, clinicians and researchers to look at new ways of researching arts and health, drawing in part on the SHAPER research programme. Speakers will include Professor Havi Carel, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol and Lucinda Jarrett, Artistic Director, Rosetta Life and Stroke Odysseys. Further details to follow.
Inside Art and Science
A new extracurricular programme that explores what happens when the worlds of art and science collide, available exclusively to students at King’s College London. This micro-course will provide students with key 21st-century employability skills of creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking.
At Home in Cultural London
A new six-week extracurricular programme to connect students to London, arts and culture around the city and what’s on offer at King’s with contributions from academics across King’s faculties alongside those of artists and cultural partners. Week three of the programme is focussed on arts, health and wellbeing. Having launched on 19 October, the programme is open for enrolment until 30 October, so there is still time for students to join this exciting programme - please spread the word.
MARCH Network
News from the MARCH Network including inspirational projects, policy updates and new reports.
The Centre for Cultural Value
The Centre is building a shared understanding of the differences that arts, culture, heritage and screen make to people's lives and to society. Join the festival of ideas 2-13 November 2020 for ten days of free online events probing and questioning the value of culture through a series of discussions and interactive workshops.
Global: Collaborative Change platform
A platform to gather, share, celebrate and investigate collaborative working during Covid-19 as a means to continue to deliver innovative change for social impact.
BBC Music and Dementia
BBC Music is now working with over 100 organisations to help bring music to people living with dementia. The initiative features powerful storytelling and large-scale partnership collaboration with an intergenerational approach to change lives through music.
Research, Articles & Publications
The role of arts in improving health and wellbeing
This evidence summary draws together literature on the role of arts in improving health and wellbeing. DCMS commissioned this report by Dr Daisy Fancourt, UCL, in response to the 2019 World Health Organisation report entitled “What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and wellbeing?”
Aesop
Over the Autumn, through a series of blogs and articles, Tim Joss, Chief Executive & Founder of Aesop presents a new vision of a potential win-win: the arts and health sectors making common cause, leading to a substantial new income stream for the arts sector hand in hand with significant savings to the health budget. Tim Joss is also guest blogger for the AHRC Centre for Cultural Value, Culture, Health & Wellbeing Alliance and others. Twitter @AesopHealth
Resources, Funding & Events
Recovering Hope Launching on World Stroke Day on 29 October 2020, new publication Recovering Hope is the result of a decade of working with stroke survivors in hospitals and in the months following their release. One of the first outputs of SHAPER, the world’s largest study into the impact of arts on mental health launched by King’s College London and UCL, the book presents qualitative data and evidence from healthcare professionals, artists and stroke survivors into how a tailored arts intervention can assist in recovery and improve quality of life. Further details to follow.
