Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization
Healing Arts
Here you can find events that took place such as celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programmes, workshops and dialogues.
18:30-19:30, 23 June 2026
Circusmash 2, Vicarage Road Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B147 RA
Family Ground Circus is a Thursday evening class for families with kids aged 5+ - tumbles, balance, partner work and bonding through circus.
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This event will offer participants a choice of inclusive and accessible workshops. The Henna for Wellbeing workshop will use a culturally meaningful and calming art form to promote relaxation and self-expression. The Feel Good Art session will focus on visual arts to support emotional expression, mental wellbeing, and confidence.
22, 25 & 26 June 9:30am - 5:00pm
Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2LF United Kingdom
Singing Medicine brings singing and singing-play to patients in hospital. This is a closed event for patients, families and staff of Birmingham Children's Hospital.
22 to 27th June 10:00am - 5:00pm
Link Road, Summerfield Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 0EP
As residents of Link Road, we have collected our thoughts on what we do to look after our mental health and turned them into a poem. You can walk freely along our road anytime during Healing Arts Birmingham week and read the poem line-by-line in our front windows. To complement it, we have installed flowering hanging baskets made with the help of local gardening collective, Warm Earth. We invite you to share our joy in who we are as a community. Link Road is only 8 minutes walk from the no 11 bus route and fewer from the no 80.
25 June 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Moseley Hive, 93 Alcester Road Birmingham, West Midlands, B138DD
Join Women & Theatre, one of the city’s most established and recognised theatre companies as we revive a small number of monologue pieces from the wealth of work in our back catalogue and show how the purpose of HABrum, demonstrating how art builds a healthier, fairer and more resilient community, has been at our heart all along.
19:00-20:00, 25 June 2026
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 9QH
Presented by the Qadiri-Boutchichi Order and directed by Abbas Wahbi, this captivating production blends traditional storytelling and spiritual heritage to bring a classic Moroccan morality tale to life. Centered around the mysterious Bouhali’s Box, the story follows a journey of temptation, wisdom, and self-discovery, revealing how personal choices shape destiny.
Learn more about The Healing Arts Birmingham Neighbourhood programme which has provided grants to support a diverse range of community-led projects taking place across the city during Healing Arts Birmingham through grants.
14:00-18:00, 25 June 2026
The Gallery (3rd Floor), Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 2ND, United Kingdom
This Art, Prisons and Health Symposium is organised by Ikon in partnership with Agder Kunstakademi and the University of Birmingham’s Culture Forward initiative as part of Healing Arts Birmingham (HABrum). In showcasing initiatives from the UK and Norway – Art at HMP Birmingham, Agder Kunstakademi and Project Phoenix & Project Athena – it highlights contrasting philosophies of criminal justice and criminal care whilst reflecting on the role of creative practice within the prison and probation systems.
12:00, 25 June 2026
Perrott's Folly, Waterworks Road, Birmingham, B16 9AL
Form of Clouds Celebration Day is a celebration of our long-standing arts-based social prescribing program, the Form of Clouds. Form of Clouds works with local people referred through the NHS Social Prescribing Program, Adult Social Care and Community Referrals using art as a vehicle to improve mental health and wellbeing, as well as combating social isolation and loneliness.
12:00-14:00, 25 June 2026
Sir Arthur Sullivan Hall, Birmingham and Midland Institute, (BMI), 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 3BS, United Kingdom
An open gathering to discuss the exciting potentials and important risk factors when developing new technologies across creative, clinical, and community settings. How do we navigate the needs, commitments, and concerns of these different groups when designing new software and media?
Library of Birmingham , Centenary Square, Birmingham , West Midlands, B1 2ND
This Art, Prisons and Health Symposium is organised by Ikon in partnership with Agder Kunstakademi and Culture Forward as part of Healing Arts Birmingham (HABrum).
19:30-21:00, 25 June 2026
Birmingham Rep Theatre , 6 Centenary Square, Birmingham , West Midlands , B1 2EP, United Kingdom
Everyone has a story. Let’s make the world a little brighter — and a lot funnier — together! The Rep is proud to introduce Birmingham’s newest stand-up comics from our ground-breaking comedy workshop for members of the LGBTQ+ community.... LGBTQTeeHee!