11 Dec Healing Arts Singapore @ NAFA-UAS

This one-day symposium aims to foster meaningful dialogue, spark collaborations, and inspire new pathways forward at the intersection of the arts and public health. Talks and panels will delve into the developments and challenges within the evolving field of arts and health. These sessions will explore innovative research, emerging practices, and policy frameworks that shape how the arts intersect with health and well-being. Particular focus will be placed on the unique landscape of Singapore, highlighting ground-up, culturally responsive community engagement initiatives, as well as ongoing global arts and health efforts. You can look forward to a relaxing and restorative Healing Sound Session by Chia Chi Long Andy (aka Wayfarer) at the end of the day.

See more at https://www.healingartssingapore.org/events/nafa-uas-symposium

Info: Welcome Address: Mrs Tan Soh Wai Lan, President, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts; Opening Remarks: Professor Kwok Kian Woon, Vice Chancellor, University of the Arts Singapore

Info: Presentations include: “Art Cure — The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health” by Professor Daisy Fancourt from University College London (a recorded lecture), Highlight from Lancet Global Series Photo Essay and Nature Medicine, by Dr Michael Tan, Professor Nisha Sajnani, and Stephen Stapleton.

Info: Health can be fostered in everyday life in green spaces, neighbourhoods, dance studios, and community spaces. This panel celebrates the ordinary yet visionary ways grassroots arts initiatives that have emerged in the landscape that foster wellbeing in daily life. Speakers include: Ganesh Kumar, Woodlands Botanical Garden; Mark Lin, Singapore Cancer Society; Andy Chia Qilong aka Wayfarer, Artist/Musician; Kavitha Krishnan, Maya Dance Theatre; and Alicia Teng, National Gallery Singapore

Info: This panel spotlights initiatives in the arts and medical profession tending to the wellbeing of profession in these sectors, and positions the arts not as a luxury, but as a vital component of sustainable professional life — enabling individuals and organisations to flourish. Speakers include: Tan Hwee Ping, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital; Dr Victoria Ekstrom, Singhealth DukeNUS Institute of Medical Humanities; Hoo Kuan Cien, CITRUS; and Angela Tan, ART:DIS
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Info: Facilitators: CHEW Li Hong (Intimacy Director/Coordinator & Movement Artist), Rayann CONDY (Intimacy Director/Coordinator & Facilitator), and HOO Kuan Cien (Producer & Arts Manager). Join CITRUS practices in an open, participatory session exploring what could be done to better care for Singapore arts workers and strengthen their wellbeing. Through the format of a town hall gathering, we will reflect on how global insights resonate with our experiences of working in the arts, and consider what personal and institutional actions we can take to create a more accountable, caring, and resilient arts ecosystem. Whether you identify as an artist, policy-maker, arts manager, practitioner, audience or advocate, we invite you to participate in this shared space for connection and dialogue. Together, can we begin the process of writing a future care policy for Singapore arts workers?

Info: Healing Sound session by Andy Chia Qilong aka Wayfarer, Artist/Musician

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