Arts interventions, community health and the wellbeing economy.

As governments and communities battle rising costs of healthcare there is an increasingly strong case for a focus on preventative health and social factors including connection, belonging and participation. There is a well established evidence base that art makes a positive contribution to our health and wellbeing.

Dr Robyn Littlewood (Health and Wellbeing Queensland), is joined by arts leaders and practitioners working at the intersection of art and health including Professor Naomi Sunderland (Griffith University), Linglin Shih (Taiwan Philharmonic) and Dr Anthony Garcia (Sounds Across Oceans)

About AAPPAC
The Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) 2023 conference focused on Global Megatrends – Shaping Culture to 2040, taking as its starting point the 2022 CSIRO report Our Future World which identifies seven global megatrends set to influence the world over the next two decades.

How will these megatrends intersect with arts and culture in the Asia-Pacific region?

Be part of this important conversation, recorded at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) Cremorne Theatre, with leading arts professionals, academics, scientists and health practitioners.