Sickle Cell Disease and Music: A Talk with Afrobeats Artist Adekunle Gold

Saturday 11 September | 3 - 5PM

708 Broadway, Room 801, New York, NY 10003

Nigerian artist Adekunle Gold joins NYU experts to discuss his journey with sickle cell disease and how he uses music and advocacy to inspire awareness and hope.

Playdate in the Park

Sunday 21 September | 2 - 4PM |

Fort Tryon Park, 754 Fort Washington Ave, NY 10040

An all-ages meet-up with collaborative, hands-on, and open-ended activities that explore nature in one of NYC's iconic parks.

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Workshop: Arts for the Blues

Sunday 21 September | 2:30 - 5:30PM

NYU Steinhardt, Pless Floor Lounge, 36 Washington Place New York University

🍎 A workshop delivered by the team behind Arts for the Blues - a psychological therapy for depression using the arts.

Onco-Ballet Foundation Class

Sunday 21 September | 3PM

Gibney Dance Studios 280 Broadway, Manhattan, 10007

Onco-Ballet offers therapeutic ballet movement classes designed to spark joy, support healing, and encourage self-expression for anyone impacted by cancer.

Voice Tapestry Circle

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.

Symposium: Re-Imagining Health through the Arts

Monday 22 September 2025 | 9AM - 5PM

NYU Steinhardt

🍎 The annual research symposium presented by NYU Steinhardt as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) Healing Arts Week.

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Tell Us How You Kiki: Mental Health and Healing in the Scene

Monday 22 September 2025 | 6PM

Hetrick Martin Institute, 2 Astor Place, Manhattan, 10003

An interactive workshop exploring how the ballroom community is a vital “shared stage” where identity, creativity, and well-being intersect.

Festival Orchestra Pre-Show Discussion: Arts for Collective and Community Health

Friday 1 August 2025 | 6 - 7PM

Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York

As part of Lincoln Center's Summer for the City program

Climate, Creativity, and Healing: Chelsea Pier Guided Walking Meditation

Tuesday 23 September 2025 | 8:30 AM |

Chelsea Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, NY 10011

The podcast episode debut feat. a self-guided walking meditation in nature to support centering, prevent burnout, and replenish creative energy.

Arts and Policy Roundtable: The Economics of Arts & Health

Tuesday 23 September 2025 | 1 - 3PM

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

🍎 A closed roundtable held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to explore the economic opportunities of the arts & health sector

James Austin Smith: A Well-Being Concert

24 January 2026 | 5 - 6PM

154 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019

A special well-being concert performance featuring oboist James Austin Smith. The New York Times calls him, “brilliant,” “virtuosic,” and “dazzling.”

Somi: A Well-Being Concert

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.

What's On Archive

Sickle Cell Disease and Music: A Talk with Afrobeats Artist Adekunle Gold

Playdate in the Park

Workshop: Arts for the Blues

Onco-Ballet Foundation Class

Voice Tapestry Circle

Symposium: Re-Imagining Health through the Arts

Tell Us How You Kiki: Mental Health and Healing in the Scene

Festival Orchestra Pre-Show Discussion: Arts for Collective and Community Health

Climate, Creativity, and Healing: Chelsea Pier Guided Walking Meditation

Arts and Policy Roundtable: The Economics of Arts & Health

James Austin Smith: A Well-Being Concert

Somi: A Well-Being Concert