Faro2027

This is a project for all health professionals. From November 2021 until March 2022, 5 artists from the 289 Association in Faro, Algarve exhibited their work in the cafeteria of the Algarve University Hospital Centre. Art for Health project aims to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of the health professionals of Faro's city's hospital. The pandemic has been very hard for all, but especially for professionals in a medical environment. Art relieves emotional tension and it is used to inspire a moment of contemplation, of existential questioning that might relieve them from the stressful situation they face. The artistic interventions took place in the cafeteria, considering it is a space frequently used by the hospital's health professionals: doctors, executives, administrative staff, technicians, nurses and auxiliary staff.

Art for Health is collaborative project, under the big umbrella of projects for the candidacy of Faro city to become the European Capital of Culture in 2027. The aim of the project is to promote the well-being (physical, mental and social) of health professionals through culture in the city's hospital, especially after an overwhelming pandemic for everyone. Art relieves the emotional tension felt by health professionals and tension is even greater nowadays. The pandemic has changed the daily lives of all of us, but especially of those who are in contact with patients. Artistic interventions took place in the cafeteria of the hospital, because this is a space through which all the hospital's health professionals pass: doctors, executives, administrative staff, technicians, nurses, auxiliary staff, etc. The artworks to be exhibited results from conversations carried out between the artists, health professionals and the Faro2027 team. All users of the cafeteria have the chance to get in touch with the artist through digital means.