Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Sunday 21 September | 2 - 4PM | Fort Tryon Park, Pine Lawn, Manhattan, 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.
Adults of all ages are invited to have fun through collaborative, hands-on, and open-ended activities that explore nature in New York City’s iconic Fort Tryon Park. We will embrace our inner child and learn through play. Come with a curious mind and leave with a smile and deeper connection to nature.
Play games and go on walks led by environmental educators Alison Siegel and Emma Swenson to learn how to describe and identify species in the urban forest. Draw, photograph, collect, map, or trace found materials while admiring views of the Hudson River. Be still and listen to the wind, birds, or bugs in the trees or go on a walk guided by your intuition to find materials to contribute to a collective Earth art piece.
This workshop will change the attention you pay to the natural environment. Slow down, practice presence, and find joy through games, creative expression, and curiosity. Join PlayRx.life to connect with your community and yourself through play on Sunday, September 21st 2:00 to 4:00 pm on the Pine Lawn in Fort Tryon Park.
PlayRx.life is part design research, part creative placemaking, and part social experimentation. PlayRx.life aims to alleviate stress, improve mental health, and increase the quality of life for adults through play-based activities designed for individuals, small groups, and larger teams for their personal and professional growth. Play helps relieve stress, improve brain function, stimulate the mind, boost creativity, improve relationships and your connection to others, and keep you feeling young and energetic.
Play brings childlike wonder, well-being, and a sense of community in adulthood. PlayRx.life provides research and resources to encourage and promote play in adulthood. Playdate is PlayRx.life’s intergenerational tactile play experience. Playdate is designed to foster meaningful connection and bring joy and whimsy in busy day-to-day life. Participants are encouraged to invite someone who has been on their mind for a play-based activity.
Email [email protected] to collaborate with PlayRx.life or learn more about promoting play in adulthood.
