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Healthy with Art

Project title

Gesund mit Kunst

Description of initiative

The arts design ca n have the potential to increase quality of life and promote health. This potential was tested in the two-year pilot project "Healthy with Art". In 2019/2020, workshops were held at 20 museums and municipal galleries that contribute to health promotion with artistic methods, under the overall direction of STADTKULTUR Netzwerk Bayerischer Städte eV, funded by AOK Bayern and evaluated by the Arts and Change Department of the Medical School Hamburg (MSH).

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Community well-being
Mental health

Keywords

museums, creative workshops, visual arts, music, literature, dance, theatre, media, pilot project

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Crafts | Dance | Literature | Multimedia, new media, digital | Music | Other | Theatre, opera | Visual arts

Timeframe

2019 - 2020

Sources of funding

AOK Bavaria - The health insurance company

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

The project and the participatory art education offerings had a positive impact on the overall health and quality of life, including social participation, autonomy, global, physical and psychological quality of life. In that sense, the project with the artistic workshops made an important contribution to provide health promotion and acted preventively in public health care.

Organizer(s)

Stadt Kultur Netzwerk Bayerischer Städt
Germany
Private / Business | Culture

Partner(s)

AOK Bayern – Die Gesundheitskasse
Germany
Private / Business | Other