Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts
An archive of past events including celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programs, workshops and dialogues.
Thursday 14 May 2026 | 6 - 7 PM
Tompkins Square Library, Basement, 331 E 10th St, NY 10009
A special music performance by acclaimed artists, Mary Edwards and Michael Eaton, based on vibroacoustic natural events and geological locations that resemble the topography or mineralogy of other planets.
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2-10 May 2026 | Various Times
Community Arts Space, 74 East 4th St, New York
Memory Generation is an interactive theater experience set in a memory café environment for people with dementia and caregivers.
Sunday 17 May 2026 | 11AM
Lincoln Center Theater, 150 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023
Be part of a participatory public community choir series curated and led by Lincoln Center Visionary Artist Jeanine Tesori.
Monday 18 May | 7:30PM
67 1st Avenue, New York City, NY, 10003
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.
Thursday 21 May 2026 | 7-9PM
Rokmil Studios 274 Lenox Ave, Harlem, NY 10027
Working with natural materials, herbalism, and grounded practices, we will engage the relationships between body, earth, and community.
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.
Thursday 28 May 2026 | 2PM and 7PM EST
Online & In-person: La MaMa Community Arts Space, 74A E 4th St, NY 10003
At this table… invites online and in-person audiences to a sexy, jazzy, zany, improvisational, puzzling, experimental interactive theatre of life. Featuring an open-hybrid public forum – an adapted “Long Table” conversation, in Lois Weaver’s tradition on the theme "aging".
Saturday 30 May 2026 | 12 - 5:30PM
Across the five boroughs
Day 1 of Sing for Hope's 4-day Choir Fest featuring 18 vocal ensembles across two weekends (May 30-31 and June 6-7, 2026). All performances are free and open to the public!
Saturday 30 May 2026 | 7-9:30PM
El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Ave, NY, 10029
New York Vocal Collective will put their a cappella spin on R&B hits from multiple decades, as well as a mix of jazz, pop, folk, and contemporary choral music.
Sunday 31 May 2026 | 12 - 3:30PM
Day 2 of Sing for Hope's 4-day Choir Fest featuring 18 vocal ensembles across two weekends (May 30-31 and June 6-7, 2026). All performances are free and open to the public!
Sunday 31 May 2026 | 5PM
New Plaza Cinema, Inside Macaulay Honors College, 35 West 67th Street, NY
The Unfixing is an award-winning feature documentary by filmmaker Nicole Betancourt that examines how creativity arises at the intersection of illness, grief, caregiving, and ecological disruption.
August 25 – October 15, 2025
The Gallatin Galleries, 1 Washington Pl, NY 10003
‘How Many Roads: Bob Dylan and His Changing Times, 1961-1964,’ launches NYU’s new initiative on the public impact of the arts featuring performances, academic panels, and other events