Healing Arts Atlanta | April 10 & October 7-11, 2024

7-11 October 2024

About Healing Arts Atlanta

April 10 & October 7-11, 2024

Healing Arts Atlanta is a celebration of arts and health by Performance Hypothesis and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab. A series of events will showcase how the arts can and has been leveraged by communities and leaders alike to heal racial divides and improve health equity and wellness. Through museum collaborations, live performances, research seminars, practical workshops, and more - Healing Arts Atlanta will bring communities together around the potential of the arts to not only address racism as a public health crisis, but to do something about it.

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Healing Arts Atlanta is an activation of the city's leading arts, healthcare, and public health leaders, scholars, practitioners, activists, and artists.

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Muscogee Arts in Healthcare

10AM-1PM, October 8 2024

Rollins School of Public Health @ Emory University - 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

Join us to learn more about the important and exciting work being led by Muscogee Arts in Healthcare Leadership

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CDC Museum Reception - World Mental Health Day

October 10, 2024 5 - 7PM

David J. Sencer CDC Museum - 1600 Clifton Rd N E, Atlanta, GA 30329

Join us to celebrate World Mental Health Day, Healing Arts Atlanta, and future Arts & Health events with Thriving Together Atlanta! Sponsored by the CDC Foundation/Thriving Together Atlanta.

Healthcare as a Human Right

October 2024

National Center for Civil and Human Rights - 100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will host a closed session with leaders to advance policy related to how the arts have a role to play in advancing health as a human right.

Music & Wellbeing with Lama Rod Owens & Violinist Melissa White

7-8pm, October 7 2024

High Museum of Art - 1280 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

Listen and relax to this mindfulness & wellbeing concert co-facilitated by Atlanta-based author and Black Buddhist Southern Queen, Lama Rod Owens, as well as Grammy-winning violinist Melissa White. This Well-Being Concert is presented in collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.

Arts & Wellbeing Workshops & Museum Stroll

3-7pm, October 7 2024

The High Museum of Art - 1280 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30309

Enjoy and restore yourself while exploring the hallmark exhibition: Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys as well as a series of drop-in mindfulness workshops.

Good Night ATL: Arts and Health

9-11:30pm, October 11 2024

Buteco Grant Park - 1039 Grant St SE Suite C-10, Atlanta, GA 30315

Join us for a powerful evening of spoken word, comedy, and music with Adán Bean and David Perdue, along with special guests, as they highlight various health topics, capping off an inspiring week of Healing Arts Atlanta programming. Co-Hosted by BLKHLTH.

Arts in Health Forum: Research & Practice

1-4pm, October 8 2024

Rollins School of Public Health @ Emory University - 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

Join us at the Arts in Health Forum to explore the latest research and practices in using art for health and wellness!

Healing Arts Atlanta Launch

10 April 2024

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

In April 2024, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University hosted a lunch event with guest speakers Renee Fleming, the World Health Organization's Christopher Bailey, and several Atlanta-based arts & health leaders to build community in our efforts to leverage the arts to address racism as a public health crisis.

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