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European Cultural Policies | MESOC Declaration
In a world that is more globalized but also more fractured, where the green and digital transitions are becoming imperatives, and unknown societal risks are likely to appear, ambitious cultural policy goals re required. On 9 and 10 March 2023, MESOC project partners participated physically and online to the final conference in Paris. It was an...
Launch of The CultureForHealth Report!
24 November, 2022 | 10.00 - 14.30 CET Online Free, registration required http://eepurl.com/ibVEFv Policymakers, arts,...
Culture & Well-being Forum | 26-28 October 2022 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Culture helps us foster a sense of meaning and identity, it can expand horizons, place contemporary challenges within...
Mapping of Programmes, Initiatives and Projects on Culture for Well-being and Health
The aim is to carry out a mapping of relevant EU, national, regional and local programmes, initiatives and projects on...
The Art & Well-being Project: Qualitative evaluation report
About the Art & Well-being project Between October 2019 and December 2021, the Art & Well-being cooperation...
Programme results: The Culture Pill for Well-being
In the context of the pandemic that tests the resilience of each of us, Cluj Cultural Centre proposed the Culture Pill...
Project Publication: In AWE – Experiences of Art as Well-being
Culture helps us foster a sense of meaning and identity, it can expand horizons, place contemporary challenges within...
Art on Prescription pilot project at Bozar
In the framework of the Art & Well-being project, Bozar together with their local partners Samana, a smaller...
Closing Meeting of the Art & Well-being Project in Brussels
The closing meeting of the Art & Well-being (AWE) project brought together representatives of project partners and...
Don’t be so emotional performance at Bozar
_Performance: Don’t be so emotional _Artist: Nika Rukavina _Location: Horta Hall, rue Ravenstein 23, 1000, Brussels...
The impact of artistic interventions on Romanian medical staff during the Covid-19 pandemic
During the autumn of 2020, the Cluj Cultural Centre implemented within the Art & Well-being project a pilot of...
The experimental space for art and well-being in a school | Deliver phase
The pilot project of prototyping a co-designed space for arts and well-being in a school from Cluj-Napoca has come to...
A Mile in My Shoes exhibition reflections: “Walking in someone else’s shoes is like waking up to reality”
White Cuib Gallery, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Street, no. 2/1 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 15 October - 5 November 2021...
Listening to the unknown with Marc Vilanova (ES)
_Invisible Sounds: Lecture & solo acoustic saxophone performance _Artist: Marc Vilanova (ES) _Opening: Culture...
A Mile in My Shoes | Empathy Museum in Cluj-Napoca
White Cuib Gallery, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Street, no. 2/1 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 15 October - 5 November 2021...
The Culture Pill for Well-being
People who had interacted more frequently with art in the first months of the pandemic had fewer negative feelings,...
Culture and Well-being Forum 2021
Culture and Well-being Forum 2021 Scaling up arts and culture interventions for health and well-being 25-27 October |...
The artistic installation ”All the Suns” a successful pilot project which brought peace, calm, relaxation and light to its audience
The artistic installation All the Suns by the artist Radu Cioca presented to the public on the stage of the Romanian...
The artistic installation “All the Suns” opens the 2021-2022 season of the Romanian National Opera Cluj-Napoca
Artist: Radu Cioca CG Animation: Tudor Câmpean Scenography: Teodora Cioca A collection of light wonders, of sunlight,...
Creating co-designed spaces for well-being in schools | Develop phase
After a few months of collaborative work, the process of prototyping co-designed spaces for arts and well-being in a...
Measuring the impact of arts on people with burnout symptoms among hospital staff
During the autumn of 2020, the Cluj Cultural Centre implemented a pilot project of cultural prescriptions, offering...
Exploring the relationship between the body, the mind and the environment at EKO 8
Art & Well-being at EKO 821 May – 18 July 2021Former MTT FactoryUlica heroja Šaranoviča 36, Melje/Maribor,...
Closing Days of EKO 8 | UGM Maribor Art Gallery
Closing Days of EKO 8Festival Environment #1: MeljeFormer MTT FactoryUlica heroja Šaranoviča 36, Melje/Maribor,...
Safety in public spaces explored within Ling Tan’s SUPERPOWER! artistic project in Cluj-Napoca
In June this year Cluj Cultural Centre hosted Ling Tan’s artistic residency SUPERPOWER! in the frame of the Art &...
‘Can art on prescription make us healthy again?’ on debate at BOZAR
June 24th | 19:30 CEST Panel discussion with Dirk De Wachter, Luc Van Gorp, Kristine Timperman, Nils Fietje, Anne-Mie...
On the relevance of culture for well-being at Festival Cities (a)Live Workshop / Bergen
The Bergen International Festival (Festspillene i Bergen) took place this year from May 26th to June 9th. The Festival...
Into the mind a solo show by Sophie Whettnall opens at BOZAR
Into the mind8 June − 21 July 2021Artist: Sophie Whettnall In the summer of 2021, BOZAR/Centre for Fine Arts...
_Youth Well-Being: Open Call
As a participant within the project, you can make sense of your complex interaction with the campus space and explore,...
Maribor Art Gallery presents A LETTER TO THE FUTURE, during the 8th edition of EKO – International Triennial of Art and Environment
EKO 8, International Triennial of Art and Environment / A Letter to the FuturePremises of the former MTT textile...
Art, literature and humor in relieving cancer related distress
Mental health conditions are believed to be under-diagnosed in cancer patients and although experts seem to disagree...
Creating co-designed spaces for well-being in schools | Define phase
Art & Well-being pilot project17 February 2021Online – Zoom Platform At the end of February 2021 we finally...
Art & well-being experimental space at Bozar
Within the framework of the “Art&Wellbeing season”, BOZAR wanted to offer a space to further elaborate on the...
Co-designed spaces for well-being in schools | Discover phase
Art & Well-being pilot project04 February 2021Online - Zoom Platform Following the long-term process initiated in...
Cultural prescriptions for burnout. An overview of the pilot project
Burnout: An outcome of a stressful life and work-related activities Burnout is a serious condition that affects more...
Case Study Report: Overcoming Burnout through Arts
Context During the autumn of 2020, Cluj Cultural Centre implemented a pilot project of cultural prescriptions in...
Danser Brut Epilogue – JOACHIM KOESTER at Bozar
Photo: Joachim Koester, My Frontier Is an Endless Wall of Points, 2007, in dialogue with two works by Henri Michaux. ...
SIMM-POSIUM: 9 Free Online Sessions on the Social Impact of Making Music
Every year since 2015, the international research platform SIMM (Social Impact of Music Making) has brought together...
“CARRIAGE” MATTY DAVIS & BEN GOULD | Online Event with Live Performance
Be sure not to miss Carriage, a performance by Matty Davis and Ben Gould that will stream live from New York on...
Research Report: Art consumption and well-being during Covid-19 pandemic
In recent years, there has been a major increase in evidence on the impact of the arts on health and well-being. This...
Dance Talk Katleen Van Langendonck & Alain Platel | Bozar
Dance Talk Katleen Van Langendonck & Alain Platel Date: 3.12.2020 The coordinator of performing arts &...
Art & Well-being experience presented in the OECD-EC panel on Cultural Participation, Well-being and Health
It is well recognized that the impact of culture on local development is largely achieved through passive or active...
Danser Brut Exhibition Reopening at BOZAR
Due to the coronavirus crisis and the second lockdown announced by the Belgian government last October, 24th, the...
From burnout to revelations, creativity, calm and relaxation through the program of cultural prescriptions
7 weeks ago, for the 12 participants selected in the cultural prescription program for burnout, a new experience...
Kick off meeting: Prototyping co-designed spaces for arts and well-being in schools
Art & Well-being pilot project23rd November 2020Online - Zoom Platform Cluj Cultural Centre initiated the first...
Let the cobbler stick to his last | A Mile in My Shoes in Maribor
Let the cobbler stick to his lastFormer MTT factory, Maribor/Melje, Slovenia18-26 September 2020opening: Friday, 18...
Danser Brut as part of Art & Well-being season at BOZAR
Danser brut attempts to reveal the connection between dance and involuntary or repetitive movements. The exhibition...
Art, well-being and the environment
Part of Prelaunch Days EKO 816-26 September 2020Former MTT factory, Maribor/Melje, Slovenia We cannot think of our own...
Overcoming Burnout through Arts. A Cultural Prescriptions Pilot Project
Burnout is a serious condition that affects more and more people. The Mental Health America (MHA) in a study...
A Mile in My Shoes | Empathy Museum in Maribor
Clare Patey for the Empathy Museum and is produced by
What would the world be like if we were more empathic?
Featured artwork: Mile in My Shoes, Clare Patey | Empathy Museum The Empathy Museum is the world’s first experiential...
Can contemporary art cater to the needs of the everyday person?
Several initiatives which are allowing different groups to add culture to the mix of the factors which contribute to...
Conversations on art, inclusion & well-being
European Festivals Association and Eurocities are organising an interactive webinar between various festivals and...
Art & Well-being Call: Selected artworks
More than 170 project ideas were proposed by artists and collectives from 19 countries with the Art & Well-being...
Art consumption and well-being during the Covid 19 pandemic
How do arts contribute to our well-being? This question has been explored in recent years by various studies that have...
Call for art projects dedicated to artists and collectives
Deadline extended: 19th of April. The initiators of the project Art & Well-being invite artists from Europe to...
Artists and scientists in dialogue in Brussels
On January 22, the BOZAR team organized a series of discussions with experts from various fields on the topic of...
Kick-off Meeting in Milan
To kick off the Art & Well-being (AWE) project, representatives of the four initiating organisations have met for...
The potential of art to improve the well-being of the inhabitants of a city
In early December, 2019, representatives of Cluj Cultural Centre together with international guests and specialists...
Arts and science dialogues | Better cities, Cluj
Better cities: How can we contribute to increasing the quality of life and well-being of the inhabitants of Cluj,...