Healing Arts Scotland 2024
The Jameel Arts & Health Lab (JAHL) and Scottish Ballet announce a partnership set to launch during the Edinburgh International Festival 2024. The partnership expands Jameel Arts & Health Lab's global Healing Arts campaign, a collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to explore and advance the healing benefits of arts in health.
"Many cities around the world have taken part in our series of Healing Arts activations, but I am excited to see Scotland taking a truly national approach. Scotland's unique sense of community, its embrace of all art forms, and its commitment to health for all promise to be an exciting combination. I can't wait to participate and see what the communities come up with," says Christopher Bailey, co-director of Jameel Arts & Health Lab.
Scottish Ballet and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab announce national campaign with global reach in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), which will launch as part of the Edinburgh International Festival 2024.
Healing Arts Scotland 2024 is a country-wide week-long activation celebrating and advocating for improved physical, mental and social health through the arts. Spearheaded by Scottish Ballet as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s global ‘Healing Arts’ campaign in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, the one-week activation event will be produced together with a national coalition of organisations across culture, science, health, education and government.
The initiative will launch on 19th August 2024 as part of the Edinburgh International Festival and will include celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programmes, workshops, dialogues, media partnerships and a high-profile policy moment.