Streamed on 5 November 2021, the Arts and Wellbeing Forum was a digital event used as a platform to discuss the positive effects of arts and creativity for mental health and wellbeing, and the potential for the arts to help address a major policy challenge.

Kristin Danielsen and directors from the Directorate for Children, Youth and Families, the Research Council, the Directorate for Higher Education and Competence and Viken County Municipality followed up with a panel discussion on the role the regions can take in strengthening international cultural cooperation.

El ministro de Cultura y Deporte, Miquel Iceta, ha presentado esta mañana en rueda de prensa en Fráncfort el proyecto España Invitado de Honor en la Feria del Libro de Fráncfort 2022, poniendo el foco en la ‘Creatividad desbordante’ de nuestro país. “Nuestra creatividad traspasa fronteras y no entiende de barreras, tampoco idiomáticas”, ha destacado, poniendo en valor la “vitalidad y compromiso con la innovación”.

Creative New Zealand has released a new advocacy resource around the role of arts, culture and creativity in promoting the wellbeing of New Zealanders.

If you are among the more than 14 million Australians currently in lockdown, you may find yourself routinely checking the latest streaming releases, or perhaps watching reruns of your favourite 90s sitcom to escape the stresses of pandemic life.

The launch of Arts & Health @ NYU will present research on the arts’ role as a new frontier in health, care, and wellbeing as part of a citywide Healing Arts New York event series.