Arts & Health: Healthy Aging Through the Arts is a working collaboration of seniors and professional artists, who work on the creative expression of ideas and issues that are important to them. The project provides a forum for expression and communication, exploration and imagination, which in turn fosters a sense of well-being and belonging.
Our work takes place across greater Vancouver, on the on the unceded, traditional, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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We connect older adults with professional artists in community centres across greater Vancouver.
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Research supports the connection between art and health. It’s the science behind creative aging.
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Meet the professional artists who collaborate with seniors in our communities.
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While we can’t gather for our annual Exhibition and Gala Showcase to celebrate Seniors’ Week, we sure can celebrate together […]
Read MoreWhat Kind of World by the Roundhouse Choir
At the start of the pandemic, the longstanding Roundhouse Choir took their weekly Sound & Song workshops online. Led by […]
Read MoreWatch the Strathcona Puppeteers!
This spring, artist Catrina Longmuir led the Strathcona Puppeteers in a digital storytelling project celebrating their 13 years of puppet […]
Read MoreSing With Us by the Roundhouse Choir
“Sing With Us” is an original song written online by The Roundhouse Choir through Sound & Song, in Winter 2020/Spring […]
Read MoreCall for Artists
Arts & Health seeks a lead artist (any discipline) for a telephone-based community-engaged arts residency with seniors, in partnership with […]
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