Art Cure: In conversation with Prof. Daisy Fancourt

Schedule

Tue Apr 28 2026 at 10:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

HOME Manchester | Manchester, EN

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Hear from the author of Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health.
About this Event

What if art could save your life?
Join us for a morning conversation with Professor Daisy Fancourt, the world's leading expert on arts and health, as she reveals the life-changing power of creative engagement.

In her groundbreaking book Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health, Daisy shows us that the arts are not a luxury; they are essential to our health, happiness, and ability to flourish.

This intimate morning brings together arts educators, health professionals, researchers, and curious minds to explore the extraordinary evidence behind art as medicine.



What's happening:

An on-stage conversation between Professor Daisy Fancourt and Curious Minds' Director of Education & Leadership, Emma Bush.

Audience Q&A - your chance to ask Daisy your questions.

Books available to buy at the event and book signings.

Networking opportunities after the event.

Tea and coffee on arrival.


Decades of scientific research prove that engaging with the arts improves the functioning of every major organ system in the body:


  • People with depression experience twice the improvement when arts therapies are added to standard care
  • Regularly going to theatre, museums, and galleries could nearly halve your risk of depression over the next decade
  • Creative hobbies help our brains stay resilient against dementia
  • The arts reduce our need for medications - from sedatives in surgery to opioids for chronic pain
  • Creative engagement makes people nearly twice as likely to eat healthily and exercise regularly
  • Music is effectively a performance-enhancing drug
  • Art can help you live to 100


If price is a barrier, there are some free tickets available. We would rather have you in the room.


Contact [email protected] if there are any issues.



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HOME Manchester, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, United Kingdom

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