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
Healing Arts Birmingham (HABrum) is co-led by Birmingham City Council and the Jameel Arts & Health Lab. This initiative is part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s global Healing Arts campaign produced in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
This city-wide, regionally significant arts and health activation taking place in June 2026. It will demonstrate how arts, culture, and heritage can play a transformative role in improving health, wellbeing, and social equity across Birmingham and the wider Midlands.
Through a focused week of activity, Healing Arts Birmingham will bring together communities, public health systems, cultural organisations, and decision-makers to share practice, test ideas, and build momentum for long-term change.
“Healing Arts Birmingham showcases how a city can build a social-justice movement rooted in creativity, demonstrating how arts, culture, and heritage can contribute to a healthier, fairer and more resilient future for all citizens. By deepening city-wide understanding of the evidence, value and impact of the arts on health, we aim to inspire long-term systems change across Birmingham, the Midlands and across England. Over five days, we will highlight the healing power of the arts in improving health and wellbeing across communities, clinical settings and social care. Through lived-experience-led evidence gathering, meaningful collaboration and practical demonstrations, we will show how creative approaches can reduce inequalities and strengthen the conditions that empower cities to enable their citizens and places to thrive.”
The Jameel Arts & Health Lab is a global initiative to measurably improve health and wellbeing through the arts. With a focus on overlooked and underserved communities, the Lab leverages scientific evidence, artist-led advocacy, and capacity building to drive the integration of the arts into mainstream healthcare. The Jameel Arts & Health Lab was launched in January 2023 by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, the Steinhardt School at New York University, Community Jameel, and Culturunners. Established to measurably improve health and wellbeing through the arts, it is the first major initiative of its kind to be supported by WHO.
