Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts
An archive of old events such as celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programmes, workshops and dialogues.
Tuesday 16th June 2026
V&A Dundee
We’re delighted to invite you to this Healing Arts Scotland Dundee event on Tuesday 16 June 2026, 10am–1pm at V&A Dundee.
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19 August 2024 8:45AM-1PM
Online
21 August 2024 10:45AM-12PM
Tramway, 25 Albert Dr, Glasgow G41 2PE
Participants joined Sangeeta Isvaran's 4-hour workshop as part of Healing Arts Scotland Glasgow Day. The workshop was led by Sangeeta Isvaran, an experienced practitioner with three decades of expertise in using the arts to promote community engagement, education, empowerment, and conflict resolution. This event was part of HAS Glasgow Day.
23 August 2024 2:30PM-3:30PM
Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, EH15 2BA
People came and flew a kite with us as we gathered to honour the record-breaking kite flying event by the children of Gaza in 2011. Our family-friendly event, open to all, was a celebration of the strength and joy they found on that day.
19-21 August 2024
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Hearts&Minds' Clowndoctors visited children and young people in hospitals across Scotland for 25 years. Their therapeutic clowns brought joy, offered meaningful connections, and enhanced well-being.
1-31 August 2024 6PM
Garden Lobby, The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP
Hidden Sanctuary - An exhibition of screenprints created as part of an exciting national arts relay by participants with caring roles in collaboration with Bazooka Arts and Glasgow Print Studio.
19-23 August 2024
Scottish Parliament, Horse WYND, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Healing Arts Scotland is teaming up with the Festival of Politics with a series of discussions from leading experts from the worlds of politics, the arts and health on a variety of topics including dementia, mental health and resilience, trauma, ageism and inequality and how engagement in the arts can make a difference to all walks of life.
11-25 August 11:50AM - 12:50PM
ZOO Playground, High School Yards, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH1 1LZ
make the Bed was a 60-minute solo show that relied on gesture, physicality, and soundscapes as Ariela took the audience along with her on an anxiety-filled downward spiral. In showing her own struggle with mental illness, particularly anxiety, Ariela aimed to create a piece in which other anxious people could see their own experiences reflected. This piece was part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
20-23 August
If you were not able to join our events in person, we teamed up with Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland to offer an online conference programme covering key areas of discussion across the week and featuring some of our national and international speakers and other guests.
18 August 2024 10AM-2:30PM
The King's Foundation Dumfries House, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18 2NJ
Experience a variety of creative workshops deigned to improve your health and wellbeing at the tranquil site of Dumfries House Estate Health and Wellbeing centre.
22 August 2024 11:15AM-12:15PM
Aberdeen Arts Centre - 33 King Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB24 5AA
We will share stories from Runforever’s work at HMPG. These can hopefully be inspiring stories showing how running and Feldenkrais can be forms of art with the potentiality of healing making us imagine a different path towards health. This event is part of HAS Aberdeen Day.
10-25 August 2024 18:15-19:15PM
Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH3 9EF
In spring 2024, we called for people from Edinburgh to submit stories about the former Royal Infirmary, to capture and honour the experiences and memories that people connect with the building’s previous life. Join us as we bring together local people from across Edinburgh alongside special author guests to perform their work and commemorate the building’s rich history.