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
2 - 8 March 2026 | 10AM - 5PM Virtual and In-person @ New York City, NY 10002
An immersive training designed for artists, healthcare professionals, educators, and administrators seeking to integrate creative practice into health and older adult settings.
The Creative Center’s Training Institute for Arts in Health and Creative Aging is a multi-day immersive program designed for artists, healthcare professionals, educators, and administrators who seek to integrate creative practice into health and older adult settings. The program offers participants opportunities for experiential skill development, embodied learning, and critical dialogue, led by an interdisciplinary team of accomplished professionals and thought leaders in the field.
Please reach out to [email protected] for information on admission discounts for those with financial need.
The Creative Center’s Training Institute for Arts-in-Healthcare and Creative Aging is a unique opportunity for practitioners working at the intersection of the arts and healthcare to learn from experts in the field while fostering lifelong connections with their peers from the United States and around the world.
Founded in 1994 on the belief that "medicine cures the body, but art heals the spirit." The Creative Center began as a series of free art workshops for women with cancer. Nearly 30 years later, with immeasurable recognition in the field of arts in healthcare and the nonprofit sector, The Creative Center is proud to serve people of all genders and all ages 18+. We do this by offering:
In 2011, The Creative Center became a program of the University Settlement and expanded into the growing field of creative aging. We began putting into practice what recent research demonstrated: in addition to providing opportunities for self-expression, arts activities and experiences have measurable health benefits for older adults at all stages of the aging continuum, enabling them to live better and healthier lives.
University Settlement forges relationships between neighbors to build stronger communities, partnering with more than 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year. University Settlement’s offerings include arts programs, support for the aging, early childhood and youth development, mental health and wellness, eviction prevention and benefits assistance, adult literacy, and community and recreation centers. Through these programs, USS works to address many of the inequities caused by social determinants of health that result from historically rooted injustices, such as access to quality healthcare, education, and shelter. The Creative Center is proud to be part of University Settlement, the oldest settlement house in the United States. Click here to learn more about the University Settlement.
