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.
Wednesday 27 May 2026 | 7:30PM
Brooklyn Academy of Music, 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY
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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.
Friday 5 June 2026
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, NY 11238
How can photography be harnessed as a tool for literacy? In this workshop for teachers and providers, discuss photographs in the Brooklyn Museum’s collection and participate in hands-on art-making.
Wednesday 3 September | 9AM - 7PM
LaGuardia Performing Arts, 31-10 Thomson Avenue Queens, NY 11101
A one-day conference on performing arts in public space. For artists, producers, programmers, funders, researchers, and public sector and private development professionals.
Saturday 6 September | 6PM
The Puffin Foundation, 227 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215
Join the Puffin Foundation for an evening of theater, discussion, and community with ReproEco and Abortion Conversation Projects
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
Saturday 16 August | 12PM - 2PM
Stone Circle Theatre, 59-14 70th Ave, Ridgewood, NY
A welcoming gathering to co-create acapella songs