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Healing Arts Scotland Conference at The Hub
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19 August - Day 1
Day 1 will explore the themes of loneliness and isolation, key skills needed by artists working in the arts and health space, and practical sessions. Expect world-renowned arts and health practitioners:
- Sangeeta Isvaran - dancer-performer and founder of the Wind Dancers Trust. Working in marginalised, underprivileged communities from over 30 countries towards education, empowerment and conflict resolution.
- Kunle Adewale - Nigerian artist, Founder and Executive Director of the Arts in Medicine Projects and the Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship, and arts in health practitioner
- Magdalena Schamberger - theatre director, who collaborates with people living with dementia to create accessible performances in theatres, care homes, and other settings.
- David Leventhal - founder of Dance for Parkinson’s Mark Morris Dance Company.
20 August - Day 2
Day 2 will explore the themes of trauma, young people, and mental health. Sessions from world-renowned arts and health practitioners:
- Sangeeta Isvaran - dancer-performer and founder of the Wind Dancers Trust. Working in marginalised, underprivileged communities from over 30 countries towards education, empowerment and conflict resolution.
- Moira Pirsch - Education Director at Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Leading community initiatives using the arts to empower indigenous communities.
- Magdalena Schamberger - theatre director, who collaborates with people living with dementia to create accessible performances in theatres, care homes, and other settings.
- Fiona O’Sullivan - Director of Children’s Wellbeing for the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity.
- Agustin Ivanez - Argentinean neuroscientist and Director of the Latin American Brain Health Institute at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. Interests in global approaches to dementia and social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience.