Creative Health
Creative approaches and cultural activities around health and wellbeing
Innovation Studio project
In 2023, the Innovation Studio commissioned a research project, mapping the wealth of formal and informal work, such as published research, practice-led projects, performed work, course modules, and staff and student wellbeing initiatives to understand the scale and impacts of creativity and wellbeing at the RCS.
The research team were Sophie Boyd, Celia Duffy, and Laura González.
Creative Health was be defined as a belief that art and creative expression have a profound influence on people's wellbeing. It can also help to address health inequality and make for a better society.
Creative Health work might include (but is not limited to) practice, outreach work, research, or teaching.
For example, it could be to do with:
- Undertaking practice that aims to have positive impacts on wellbeing and health for wider communities or practice that is aimed at specific health conditions.
- Researching the impacts of arts, creativity and health and wellbeing.
- Teaching modules that include Creative Health elements or student placements in health and wellbeing settings.
- Working creatively to foster wellbeing within the RCS community.
- Supporting your own health, wellbeing and creativity.
SHARE 2023 Symposium
(Image: Sarah Hopfinger Pain and I)The symposium was organised by Laura Bissell, Emily Doolittle and Laura González Athenaeum Research Fellows Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.