Arts and Health | Spain

Art and Health arises from the collaboration between Madrid Salud and the Faculty of Fine Arts for the realization of projects that emphasize the potential of arts as means for the health promotion, and which can generate a positive and direct impact on the personal and social life of citizens. The main purpose of this initiative has been to carry out art and creative projects within the programs of the Madrid Community Health Center of the Madrid City Council with the collaboration of Fine Arts students. Under this programme a series of initiatives were performed. Some examples include: CMYK Project - Memory workshop using color and music as main elements in the Madrid Usera Health Center; “Paths to go through” has been a project focused mainly on the development of the creative capacity of people over 65 years of age, who are not dependent, and who participate in the Usera Community Health Center, etc.