Arts & Health Foundation

Music/Mental Health Roadshow Made a Real Difference

The Australasian Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health’s (ACRRMH) recent mental health music roadshow through drought and flood-ravaged regions of Queensland was a powerful demonstration of the ability of the arts to make a real difference on the mental health landscape, according to the Centre’s CEO, Dr Jennifer Bowers. “The ACRRMH partnered with John read more »

Encouraging Arts in Health Commissions

The barriers, challenges and incentives facing those working in health to commission work with the arts is the subject of a new study being planned by the London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF). The research aims to find new ways of improving opportunities for arts activity to be commissioned in health, for example by Primary read more »

The 2012 AbaF Awards nomination portal is now online

Are you working with the arts to improve health and wellbeing and thinking about nominating for the 2012 Arts & Health Foundation Award? This year submissions for the AbaF Awards are online. Access the AbaF Awards portal here. We encourage you to logon to the AbaF Awards portal now to set up a profile for read more »

Arts and Health Policy Forum Date Announced

June 27, 2012 The Arts and Health Foundation are very pleased to announce that a date has been confirmed for the National Arts and Health Policy Forum. The Forum will be held at Parliament House, Canberra on Wednesday, 27th June 2012. Background At the Australian Government’s Standing Council on Health in November last year a read more »

An Interview with Professor Ian Hickie

Watch this interview with Professor Ian Hickie, Director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney and Ambassador for the Arts an