Arts + Health & Wellbeing

A toolkit with arts & culture activities for your health and wellbeing

In collaboration with

Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab

Do the cultural 5.. No expertise needed!

Watch

Do the Cultural 5

with Christopher Bailey, Arts & Health Lead at the World Health Organization

The evidence

A Scientific Review by the World Health Organization

How the arts can improve health and wellbeing

Let a star soprano teach you breathwork...

Video

Healing Breath: Introduction

Soprano Renée Fleming introduces breathing exercises to regain breath after illness

Video

Healing Breath: Exercises

Breathing exercises with soprano Renée Fleming

...then slow down your body tempo

Video

Watch Stille

A film about silence to slow down your body tempo

Story

The Story Behind Stille

How filmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer captured moments of silence

Now let's talk about mental health

Watch

For the Imperfect People

Four students from SocialWorks write a spoken word piece about mental health

Learn

The Healing Power of Poetry

Learn the science with Johns Hopkins Internaltional Arts + Mind Lab

Perspectives: Mental Health

Dr. Adam Perlman from the Mayo Clinic and boxer Ryan Garcia talk about creativity and health

Watch

and find out which artwork represents your mood

Explore the visualization created with researchers from the University of California, Berkeley

Launch Experiment

Add some tunes to help you relax...

Video

The Healing Power of Music

A Musical Tour Around The Bookworm (Man with Nose in Book) by Norman Rockwell

...or get moving

Video

The Healing Power of Dance

Learn how with Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab

Learn

Just Dance

How dance can improve your mental health

"I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what is too deep to find for words."- Ruth St. Denis, American dance performer

Connect with your environment, indoors or outdoors...

Feeling Frazzled Working from Home?

These design tweaks can help your brain

The Healing Power of Design

Learn how with Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab

Discover Nature's Secret to Improve Our Wellbeing

Why nature is essential to your mental health

Dive Around a Shipwreck in 360°

Have a virtual swim in this Tortugas dive spot

Explore Bryce Canyon By Horseback

Discover why it's called the Peekaboo Loop

An Immersive Diving Experience in 360°

Swim around a Tortugas dive spot without getting wet

An Interactive Kayaking Journey in 360°

An adventure through Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska

Explore Inside a Dark Cave in 360°

Go on an adventure through the Carlson lower cave

Explore Inside a Glacier in 360˚

Virtually lower yourself into this icy crevasse

...and discover the most calming places on earth

ExploreThe Pyramids

ExploreMachu Picchu

ExploreKamigamo Shrine

ExploreStonehenge

ExploreTaj Mahal

Improve your digital wellbeing

Explore tips and tools that support your digital wellbeing goals

Read

Your one-a-day wellness guide

Monday

Learn breathwork with soprano Renée Fleming

Tuesday

Mimic a Masterpiece using instant coffee

Wednesday

Reduce stress with an arty colouring book

Thursday

Watch a film that slows your body tempo

Friday

Dive in to an island of serenity

Saturday

Play a game with friends or family

Sunday

Get moving with AI

It's playtime

Now let your inner artist out!

Recreate a Van Gogh With Pasta

Make your own masterpiece in your kitchen

Recreate Rembrandt's Artwork With Coffee

A new way to start your day

Learn to Make a Potato Sculpture

Do a vegetable version of Barbara Hepworth's 'Spring'

Recreate a Masterpiece

Make an artwork in the style of Monet

Paint a Masterpiece like Pollock

Learn how to make this abstract expressionist artwork at home

Learn more about arts and health

Healing

PTSD and the Arts

A path to healing our healers

Music

Music and Trauma

How listening to music may ease traumatic stress

Manage stress

Steps for Grounding Yourself

A guide to learn how to ground yourself

Keep exploring

See how people used arts to cope with COVID-19 crisis

Explore

The Way I See It

See the experiences and artworks of children and young people during lockdown

Explore

Healthcare Heroes

Artists create #PortraitsForNHSHeroes in this new project by Tom Croft

Explore

Culture of Comfort with Yo-Yo Ma

Inspired by Yo-Yo Ma's Songs of Comfort, discover how the artist and other creatives find comfort in culture

Explore

Room With a View

When schools around the world closed, students found ways to express themselves from their homes

Explore

In collaboration with

Do the cultural 5.. No expertise needed!

Do the Cultural 5

with Christopher Bailey, Arts & Health Lead at the World Health Organization

A Scientific Review by the World Health Organization

How the arts can improve health and wellbeing

Let a star soprano teach you breathwork...

Healing Breath: Introduction

Soprano Renée Fleming introduces breathing exercises to regain breath after illness

Healing Breath: Exercises

Breathing exercises with soprano Renée Fleming

...then slow down your body tempo

Watch Stille

A film about silence to slow down your body tempo

The Story Behind Stille

How filmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer captured moments of silence

Now let's talk about mental health

For the Imperfect People

Four students from SocialWorks write a spoken word piece about mental health

The Healing Power of Poetry

Learn the science with Johns Hopkins Internaltional Arts + Mind Lab

Perspectives: Mental Health

Dr. Adam Perlman from the Mayo Clinic and boxer Ryan Garcia talk about creativity and health

and find out which artwork represents your mood

Explore the visualization created with researchers from the University of California, Berkeley

Add some tunes to help you relax...

The Healing Power of Music

Learn how with Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab

A Stroll in the Park With Seurat and Bach

A Musical Tour Around The Kiss

The Kirifuri Waterfall at Mt. Kurokami

Celebrating Art and Nature with Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony - First Part

Yue Minjun x Beethoven

Popcorn Shells by Chris Ofili

American Gothic x Chopin

Stati d'animo - Quelli che restano by Umberto Boccioni

A Musical Tour Around The Bookworm (Man with Nose in Book) by Norman Rockwell

...or get moving

The Healing Power of Dance

Learn how with Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab

Just Dance

How dance can improve your mental health

Connect with your environment, indoors or outdoors...

Feeling Frazzled Working from Home?

These design tweaks can help your brain

The Healing Power of Design

Learn how with Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab

Discover Nature's Secret to Improve Our Wellbeing

Why nature is essential to your mental health

Dive Around a Shipwreck in 360°

Have a virtual swim in this Tortugas dive spot

Explore Bryce Canyon By Horseback

Discover why it's called the Peekaboo Loop

An Immersive Diving Experience in 360°

Swim around a Tortugas dive spot without getting wet

An Interactive Kayaking Journey in 360°

An adventure through Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska

Explore Inside a Dark Cave in 360°

Go on an adventure through the Carlson lower cave

Explore Inside a Glacier in 360˚

Virtually lower yourself into this icy crevasse

...and discover the most calming places on earth

Improve your digital wellbeing

Explore tips and tools that support your digital wellbeing goals

Your one-a-day wellness guide

Monday

Learn breathwork with soprano Renée Fleming

Tuesday

Mimic a Masterpiece using instant coffee

Wednesday

Reduce stress with an arty colouring book

Thursday

Watch a film that slows your body tempo

Friday

Dive in to an island of serenity

Saturday

Play a game with friends or family

Sunday

Get moving with AI

It's playtime