Arts and Health in Communities

Talking Points:

This paper is about arts-based interventions that combine medical and cultural approaches. It was designed to be deliberately experimental: it has brought together people who may not easily collaborate, and it has tested approaches and methods designed to blur and merge the often perceived and felt boundaries between cultural and medical practice. The paper identifies five key points for implementing arts-based projects for health, and for each of them it presents case studies and reflections:
1. Learning along the way: reflection and reflexivity
2. Creative partnerships: participation and co-production
3. Demonstrating that something happens: impact and evaluation
4. Opening doors: designing for access and inclusion
5. Bridging worlds: social and medical models