Celebrating it’s second year, the London’s Creativity and Wellbeing Week kicks off today in the hope of shining a light on all the different ways that the arts help and improve the health of Londoners.
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There is a growing body of evidence indicating the profound effect engagement in the arts and creativity can have on health and wellbeing. The arts bring us alive, nourish our curiosity, help us learn – they change the places in which we are treated – and make them places we might want to be, they can improve the relationship between clinician and patient, and they give us the courage to face our own frailties and strengths.With debates and discussions, performances and exhibitions, tours and practical sessions, the Week is an opportunity to find out more, make connections, be inspired, and shape the future of arts, creativity and wellbeing.
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http://www.creativityandwellbeing.org.uk
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Day 1- Art and wellbeing with Bonnie Greer
To mark the first day of London’s Creativity and Wellbeing Week, I’ll be attending Bonnie Greer’s lecture on arts and wellbeing, taking place at the London’s Tate Modern tonight.
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Bonnie Greer is an author, playwright and cultural commentator. Her lecture aims to look at the links between health and creativity and particularly the ways in which the arts can challenge health inequalities and bring about change in society.
Interested? You can buy your tickets from the Tate Modern website (£12/£8)
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If you can’t make it tonight, but would like to get involved with London’s Creativity and Wellbeing Week you can see the 2013 programme of events here.
