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.
Friday 17 July | 6PM
Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio, David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, NY 10023
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.
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Monday 20 July | 7PM
67 1st Ave, New York, NY 10003
(Ages 16+) Experience your secrets turned into comedy gold: where your anonymously-submitted confessions serve as inspiration for improv performers.
29 January 2026 | 6 - 8PM
20 Cooper Square, 1st Floor Gallery, NY, 10003
Through emotional and powerful images, the exhibition explores the profound impact of mass incarceration on individuals, families, and communities.
30 January 2026 | 6 - 8PM
20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Flex Space, NY, 10003
Reflecting how photography becomes a medium not only for survival and testimony, but also for re-imagining identity, kinship, and belonging.
6 February 2026 | 7:30PM
Alice Tully Hall, 154 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Join Renée Fleming, Dr. Francis Collins, and friends for a community night of song and stories—led by two of the nation's experts on music and wellness.
7 February 2026 | 10:30AM - 5:30PM
MoMA, 4 W 5th St, New York, NY, 10019
Through screenings, conversations, and music, audiences will learn from the perspective of those directly impacted by structural violence, environmental racism, and the prison industrial complex.
7 February 2026 | 7 - 8PM
154 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
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.
Previews begin 14 February 2026
Lincoln Center Theater, 150 West 65th Street, New York
A transformative new musical that brings us together to explore how song heals us and empowers our spirits.
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.
5-7 November 2025
NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square S, New York, 10012
The 9th annual NOAH Conference held in New York City!
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
26 February - 1 March 2026
82 Washington Square E, NY 10003
A therapeutic verbatim theatre play directed by Anya Zicer and Heidi Landis.