Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts
Discover New York-based events, concerts, dialogues, receptions, symposiums, workshops, and more.
Tuesdays, 10 October - 23 December 2025 | 12:30 - 1:45PM
Queens Center for Gay Seniors, 37-06 77th St., Jackson Heights, NY 11372
An hour of dance and storytelling championing LGBTQ+ elder and ally voices, and celebrating community.
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11 December 2025 | 12:30 - 1:45PM
Young Ethel's, 506 5th Ave, Brooklyn, 11215
Songs! Scenes! Shenanigans! Prizes! Community!
Saturday 20 December | 2 - 4PM
Wow Cafe Theatre, 59-61 E 4th St #4, New York, 10003
Celebrating the intersection between improvisational music making via voice and community building.
Sunday 21 December | 5 - 7PM
Secret Pour, 1114 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221
While most cyphers use recorded beats, this event offers live improvised beats created with the human body and a looper machine.
11 January 2026 | 5 - 6PM
154 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
An uplifting and unifying Well-Being Concert led by Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award–winning jazz, soul, and pop vocalist Somi.
24 January 2026 | 5 - 6PM
A special well-being concert performance featuring oboist James Austin Smith. The New York Times calls him, “brilliant,” “virtuosic,” and “dazzling.”
7 February 2026 | 7 - 8PM
A soul-nourishing Well-Being Concert led by five-time Grammy winner, Doris Duke Artist, and genre-crossing jazz and chamber-music innovator esperanza spalding.
Saturday 21 February 2026 | 1 - 5PM
David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, 10023
A full-day of curated events that explore the intersection of arts and wellbeing—a convergence scientifically proven to support mental health, physical wellbeing, and human connection.
26 February 2026 | 7 - 8PM
1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, 10025
Grammy Award–winning tenor Nicholas Phan—called “one of the world’s most remarkable singers” by The Boston Globe—performs a program of vocal works by J. S. Bach and Buxtehude
2 - 8 March 2026 | 10AM - 5PM
Virtual and In-person @ New York City, NY 10002
A multi-day training designed for artists, healthcare professionals, educators, and administrators seeking to integrate creative practice into health and older adult settings.
25 April 2026 | 5 - 6PM
Senegalese kora master and djeli Ablaye Cissoko, and French accordionist Cyrille Brotto, showcase music’s singular ability to bridge cultures, expand traditions, and connect individuals.
2 May 2026 | 5 - 6PM
Experience an intimate and soul-nourishing Well-Being Concert led by renowned jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and educator Sean Jones.