Health: Bringing together the healing power of culture and nature
Health is one of the elements of wellbeing that culture organisations gift us. A new initiative is now bringing the health benefits of art and nature closer together.
“A significant body of knowledge shows that access to nature experiences, both indoors and outdoors, can improve health conditions ranging from depression and anxiety to high blood pressure and chronic pain,” says the director of the Prescription for Nature programme in Canada. She adds “the growing evidence behind the health benefits of art is similarly impressive.”
Canada’s national nature prescription programme is being extended to now include nature in an urban setting. Healthcare professionals can send visitors to the Emily Carr exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery to support their psychological wellbeing. You can hear more about the healing power of art and nature and the concept of social prescribing in the recorded talks and panel discussion at Vancouver Gallery. From minute 44:15 Paula Toledo, artist and well-being consultant, speaks about art and its wellbeing benefits with fascinating research findings. The initiative comes under the auspices of the gallery’s new Art of Wellbeing lab.
Health: Bringing together the healing power of culture and nature
Health is one of the elements of wellbeing that culture organisations gift us. A new initiative is now bringing the health benefits of art and nature closer together.
“A significant body of knowledge shows that access to nature experiences, both indoors and outdoors, can improve health conditions ranging from depression and anxiety to high blood pressure and chronic pain,” says the director of the Prescription for Nature programme in Canada. She adds “the growing evidence behind the health benefits of art is similarly impressive.”
Canada’s national nature prescription programme is being extended to now include nature in an urban setting. Healthcare professionals can send visitors to the Emily Carr exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery to support their psychological wellbeing. You can hear more about the healing power of art and nature and the concept of social prescribing in the recorded talks and panel discussion at Vancouver Gallery. From minute 44:15 Paula Toledo, artist and well-being consultant, speaks about art and its wellbeing benefits with fascinating research findings. The initiative comes under the auspices of the gallery’s new Art of Wellbeing lab.
Health: Bringing together the healing power of culture and nature
Health is one of the elements of wellbeing that culture organisations gift us. A new initiative is now bringing the health benefits of art and nature closer together.
“A significant body of knowledge shows that access to nature experiences, both indoors and outdoors, can improve health conditions ranging from depression and anxiety to high blood pressure and chronic pain,” says the director of the Prescription for Nature programme in Canada. She adds “the growing evidence behind the health benefits of art is similarly impressive.”
Canada’s national nature prescription programme is being extended to now include nature in an urban setting. Healthcare professionals can send visitors to the Emily Carr exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery to support their psychological wellbeing. You can hear more about the healing power of art and nature and the concept of social prescribing in the recorded talks and panel discussion at Vancouver Gallery. From minute 44:15 Paula Toledo, artist and well-being consultant, speaks about art and its wellbeing benefits with fascinating research findings. The initiative comes under the auspices of the gallery’s new Art of Wellbeing lab.
