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 thru August 25 2026 | 7-8PM
32-01 Vernon Blvd, Astoria, NY 11106
Mindful Astoria brings the art of mindfulness meditation to Socrates Sculpture Park, designed for all experience levels.
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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.
Wednesday 10 June 2026 | 7-8PM
Visit Astoria for the annual Metropolitan Opera free SummerStage tour stop at Socrates Sculpture Park!
Friday 12 June 2026 | 3 - 5PM
100 La Salle Street, New York, NY 10027
Group Exhibition of collages created by the participants in the SU-CASA community arts engagement program at Morningside Retirement and Health Services.
Friday 12 June 2026 | 5:30-7:30PM
Brooklyn Apple Academy, 545 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
A Parent + Child Workshop (Ages 8–12) for families to explore food, feelings, and connection.
Saturday 13 June 2026 | 2PM
Online / Virtual
Join a powerful, intimate 80-minute cross-cultural dialogue on the urgency of reclaiming our mother tongues, fighting linguistic genocide, and navigating the profound journey of intergenerational healing.
Friday 19 June 2026 | 12-4PM
Staten Island Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A, NY 10301
Kickoff Juneteenth weekend with a celebration of the arts featuring hands-on workshops and award-winning children’s films that share the joy, determination, resilience, and complexity of being young and Black.
Monday 22 June 2026 | 7:30PM
67 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003
(Ages 16+) Born and raised in NYC’s East Village, the Dirty Little Secrets Improv Show celebrates 10 years of hilarious improv comedy all made up on the spot & inspired by your anonymously shared secrets.
Friday 10 July | 6PM
Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio, David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, NY 10023
Amidst this summer’s celebrations of the global spirit of soccer and the intersections of arts and sport, Erin Lunsford Norton (Associate Director, Classical Programming) and her guests will explore how musicians are athletes too.
Friday 17 July | 6PM
Bringing together voices from the arts, sports, public health, and policy, this event examines how creative participation can advance World Health Organization global health targets while aligning with NYC's priorities around prevention, equity, and neighborhood-level wellbeing.
Friday 31 July | 6PM
Bringing together voices from music, neuroscience, public health, and community practice, this event explores how collective singing can be understood not only as cultural expression, but as a scalable public health resource.
Friday 7 August | 6PM
Bringing together artists, clinicians, and scholars, this conversation traces the enduring relationship between music and mental health, from Schumann’s era to contemporary practice.