Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Sunday 20 September | 10AM Francesca Beale Theater, Film at Lincoln Center, 144 West 65th Street, NY
Presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Juilliard Extension, Lifetime Arts, Sing for Hope, and Dance for PD, as part of UNGA Healing Arts Week, this program situates New York City within a growing global movement that recognizes arts participation as a vital resource for health, wellbeing, and social inclusion in later life.
We will begin with a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary VIVA VERDI!, directed by Yvonne Russo and produced by Christine La Monte. The film is an intimate glimpse into the lives of the celebrated opera singers and musicians currently living out their "third act" while mentoring international music students who live among them at Milan's unique retirement home, Casa Verdi, built by Giuseppe Verdi in 1896.
This is an inspiring portrait of legendary artists flourishing in later years through music, mentorship, and community. A panel featuring leaders in aging, accessibility, healthcare, and the arts will then examine how creative engagement is being integrated into local communities and public health initiatives around the world to promote health, connection, lifelong learning, and age-friendly societies.
The day concludes with optional hands-on workshops to support organizations in developing their arts and culture strategy for an aging population, approaches to strengthening arts-based facilitation, as well as direct experiences with movement and music, offering participants the opportunity to engage in creative practices that foster vitality, purpose, and belonging.
John-Morgan Bush is Dean of Juilliard Extension, where he leads continuing education, lifelong learning, arts and health, and creative aging initiatives that expand access to the performing arts for learners of all ages and backgrounds.
Dominic Campbell a Cultural Producer and serial creator of arts interventions with health benefits is co-founder of Creative Aging International.
Shoshi Keisari is an Associate Professor at the School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, where she serves as Head of the M.A. Program in Drama Therapy and Psychodrama.
Dr. Jeremy Ader is a neurointensivist at Bellevue Hospital Center where he started the Bellevue Music for the Mind program to incorporate music into the everyday experience of patients in the Neurosciences ICU.
Christine La Monte is the Producer of VIVA VERDI! and the founder and president of La Monte Productions, where she develops and produces independent films with international scope and cultural impact — focusing on powerful stories at the intersection of art, music, and politics.
Registration is required for the following workshops
Developing Your Arts and Culture Strategy for an Aging Population: Led by Lifetime Arts and Juilliard Extension, this session explores the evidence demonstrating how arts learning and creative engagement—often referred to as creative aging—can improve health, strengthen social connection, and enhance quality of life as people age.
Photo by Kevin Yatarola
Lincoln Center Moments: In this annotated workshop, participants will be invited to move, create and connect as part of Lincoln Center Moments, a performance-based program for people with dementia and their carepartners. Led by a music therapist and teaching artist, this 75 minute session will demonstrate activities and teaching practice designed to boost social connection, validation, self-expression and artistic engagement.
Lawrence Sumolong
Sing for Hope Group Singing Program: From senior centers to long-term care facilities, Sing for Hope explores the power of collective singing to enhance wellbeing, memory, and joy.
Dance for PD: Join internationally acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Group's Dance for PD, specializing in creatively addressing balance, cognition, motor skills and physical confidence through dance.
*Please note this workshop runs from 1:15-2:15PM
Photo by Eddie Marritz
Events take place on accessible routes, with accessible seat locations available. The film screening and panel offers live captioning on personal devices. Assistive listening devices with headsets and neck loops are available for all sessions. Do you request to use these or any other accommodations? Please share in your registration or via email.
