9 Dec Healing Arts Singapore @ YST-NUS
Overview
On Monday afternoon and all day Tuesday, this symposium opens the Healing Arts Singapore week with a focus on research, practice, and policy at the intersection of arts, health, and wellbeing. It brings together leaders from research, healthcare, arts and culture, and government to explore how the arts can strengthen wellbeing, reimagine care, and inspire systemic change. Through dialogues, presentations, and workshops, participants will engage with emerging evidence, innovations, and collaborations that link arts participation with healthy ageing, youth mental health, and inclusive communities. The discussions will also spotlight growing efforts to integrate the arts into healthcare and community systems through social prescribing. The NUS symposium culminates with the launch of the THRivE (Tools for Health Research and Evaluation in arts and heritage) toolkit — Asia’s first freely available e-book supporting more rigorous evaluation in arts, heritage and health — followed by a celebratory THRivE reception with live music and canapés.
See more at https://www.healingartssingapore.org/events/nus-symposium
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Highlights
- In person
- Paid parking
- Doors at 10:15
Location
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
3 Conservatory Drive
Singapore, 117376 Singapore
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Panel: Arts for Youth Mental Health (co-hosted with Institute of Mental Health
Youth mental health is an increasingly pressing issue, and creative arts programmes or interventions can offer engaging and effective ways to support the wellbeing of young people. In a panel session co-hosted with the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Prof Daniel Fung, Ms. Fontane Liang, Ms. Sandra Cheah and Ms. Jane Goh to discuss how arts-based interventions or programmes can foster mental wellness in youths. This session will also feature a discussion of the forthcoming World Health Organisation (WHO) Policy Brief on ‘The Role of the Arts in Supporting Youth Mental Health.’ This segment will be presented by two co-directors of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, Dr. Nils Fietje (Technical Officer, WHO Regional Office for Europe) and Dr. Nisha Sajnani (Professor, New York University).
Lunch Break
Creative Arts Therapy Workshop by The Red Pencil Singapore
Join The Red Pencil (Singapore) for an experiential art therapy session to discover how creative expression supports emotional well-being. The session includes an introduction to The Red Pencil, an overview of art therapy, stories of how art therapy has helped youths and other communities, and two guided art activities (no art experience needed!) done comfortably at your seat. The Red Pencil (Singapore) is an Institution of Public Character and a registered charity founded in Singapore in 2011 with a mission to bring the benefits of creative arts therapy (drawing, music, movement and dance) to less privileged children, adults and families who have been through overwhelming and traumatic life circumstances. The process of creative arts therapy allows our service users to express the unspeakable, experience release and relief, find new resources inside and outside, gain self-confidence and new perspectives, and feel empowered to move on towards a more hopeful and happier life.
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