Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization

What's On

Discover New York-based events, concerts, dialogues, receptions, symposiums, workshops, and more.

Key: Dance/Movement Design Festival Music Theatre Visual Art Film/Multi-Media Healing Arts Network Event Workshop/Participatory

Before and after Healing Arts

Keith Haring: an exhibition of works by the American artist

11 March - May 31 2026 | Various Times

The Brant Foundation, 421 E 6th Street, NY 10009

The exhibition, curated by Dr. Dieter Buchhart and Dr. Anna Karina Hofbauer, features a selection of landmark masterworks that defined Haring’s early career.

Mary Edwards: Everywhere We Are is the Farthest Place

Thursday 14 May 2026 | 6 - 7 PM

Tompkins Square Library, Basement, 331 E 10th St, NY 10009

A special music performance by acclaimed artists, Mary Edwards and Michael Eaton, based on vibroacoustic natural events and geological locations that resemble the topography or mineralogy of other planets.

The New York Premiere of Memory Generation

2-10 May 2026 | Various Times

Community Arts Space, 74 East 4th St, New York

Memory Generation is an interactive theater experience set in a memory café environment for people with dementia and caregivers.

Dirty Little Secrets Improv Show

Monday 18 May | 7:30PM

67 1st Avenue, New York City, NY, 10003

Born and raised in NYC’s East Village, the Dirty Little Secrets Improv Show celebrates 10 years of hilarious improv comedy all made up on the spot & inspired by your anonymously shared secrets.

Evoking Natural Love: An Arts in Medicine Collective Performance

Thursday 21 May 2026 | 7-9PM

Rokmil Studios 274 Lenox Ave, Harlem, NY 10027

Working with natural materials, herbalism, and grounded practices, we will engage the relationships between body, earth, and community.

Stages of Change: Empowering Artists through Embodied Practice

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.

Lincoln Center Presents: Come & Sing!

Sunday 17 May 2026 | 11AM

Lincoln Center Theater, 150 West 65th Street, New York, NY 10023

Be part of a participatory public community choir series curated and led by Lincoln Center Visionary Artist Jeanine Tesori.