UNGA Healing Arts Week 2026

About UNGA Healing Arts Week
Held annually on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, UNGA Healing Arts Week is a dynamic program of events celebrating innovative approaches to global health and well-being through the arts. Explore our 2025 Program.

About Healing Arts New York
Healing Arts New York is part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s global outreach campaign in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Incorporating a dedicated community of practice, online resources, and an annual city-wide activation during the United Nations General Assembly, the ongoing initiative is designed to embed the arts as a vital resource for public health and well-being across all five boroughs of New York.

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The Healing Arts New York Network is a community of practice dedicated to making New York’s creative health sector visible, valued, and accessible. Are you a NYC-based artist, creative arts therapist, cultural leader, public health advocate, healthcare provider, or educator passionate about the role of arts in well-being? Learn more and join the network of 200+ members.

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Featured Events from 2025

Lancet Photo Essay Launch at the Guggenheim Museum

Wednesday 24 September 2025 | 6PM

Peter B. Lewis Theatre, Guggenheim, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128, United States

🍎 The Launch of the Photo Essay as part of Jameel Arts & Health Lab—Lancet Global Series on the Health Benefits of the Arts will take place at the Guggenheim Museum

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Rainbow Stories in the Moment

Tuesdays February 3 - May 26 2026 | 12:30PM

Queens Center for Gay Seniors, 37–06 77th St, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

A dance, fitness and storytelling program for LGBTQIA+ elders and allies.

Stages of Change: Empowering Artists through Embodied Practice

22 – 24 May 2026

Community Arts Space, ‍74 East 4th Street, NY 10003

An immersive weekend exploring how theatre can foster community engagement, deepen empathy, and open pathways for dialogue across difference.

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Another Wonderland

Opens June 6 2026

1220 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029

The exhibition celebrates the rescue and decades-long restoration of Alice of Wonderland Visiting New York, a major New Deal–era mural cycle created for the children’s ward at Gouverneur Hospital between 1938 and 1940.