On the Frontiers of
Art & Health

Key themes: Art-based interventions as public-health tools that reduce anxiety, depression, trauma and chronic pain, while strengthening resilience and emotional regulation.

Community approach: Creative and community-driven approaches — Living Museums, storytelling, music, dance, and visual arts — that restore social bonds and collective well-being.

Health systems: How art complements health systems by humanizing care, improving recovery times, and promoting health equity and inclusive, people-centered care.

Mind-body medicine: How imagery and visualization function as active biological regulators rather than supportive add-ons, drawing on psycho-neuro-immunology and systems biology.

Scientific framework: Impact on perception, emotional regulation, and immune processes — linking clinical practice, scientific evidence, and creative approaches to health.

Art Therapy (Fanie Fabia): Art therapy is a guided process led by a trained art therapist, supporting individuals to explore their emotions and challenges through art, in a safe therapeutic setting. Structured guidance and creative freedom come together to meet people where they are.

Narrative Workshop (Yazied): An experiential, immersive, and conversational workshop exploring how a work of art that is part of our own life story can promote a "sense of coherence" (Antonovsky) and health factors.

Research component: QR code-based anonymous data collection to evaluate subjective experience before and after the workshops.

Break (16:05–16:35): Sustainable food and drinks in the Lounge, informal exchanges between participants, speakers, and facilitators.

Group rotation (16:35–17:20): Second round of workshops with group rotation — participants who did art therapy now join writing, and vice versa.