There is a growing need for a new kind of debate at the intersection of the humanities and
healthcare, health and well-being. In the recent past the field of medical humanities has …

Intervention to enhance wellbeing through participation in the creative arts has a
transformative potential, but the spatialities to this are poorly theorised. The paper examines …

This article focuses on kindergartens and schools as art educational environments. They
were explored from three points of view: the physical environment, the social environment …

Objetivo: Este artículo describe la estrategia de incorporación de artistas en los equipos de
profesionales de salud comunitaria en la ciudad de Madrid, en concreto en los Centros …

This article documents some of the imaginative and physical journeys taken by a group of
performance makers during a two-week course at Northbrook College, West Sussex in July …

This paper describes the development of two annual lantern parades as case examples of
arts in community health, which the authors define as a distinct area of activity operating …

This research study set out to explore how creativity was being fostered within Participatory
Arts initiatives, with a view to informing the design of a Participatory Arts model for education …

This chapter charts the process whereby regional Arts in Health bodies became a national
network whose aim and ethos was closely allied to Tony Blair's concept of 'the third way' …

Arts in community health projects first appeared in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s,
placing local arts development in health promotion and primary-care contexts. I have …

This paper discusses a community-based art in healthcare project implemented at Caritas
Christi Hospice in Melbourne, Australia. It examines how the experience of weekly …