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Our Conference Role
Arts and Health Australia keenly promotes best-practice policy in arts and health, culminating each year with The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing international conference. The inaugural conference, held in 2009 in Port Macquarie, NSW, brought together Australian practitioners and many of the world's most influential thinkers in the arts and health movement. The conference was a resounding success and found a resonance within the arts and health communities. This has resulted in an annual conference, held in a different state of Australia each year. The fourth conference will take place from 26 to 29 November 2012 in Fremantle, Western Australia. The call for papers is currently open.
Pre-conference training programs and workshops provide practical manuals for implementing arts programs in primary health and community settings, and more opportunities to connect with world authorities in arts and health.
The Arts and Health Conference takes place annually, as well as subsidiary events and training programs tailored around the needs of its healthcare clients. For more details contact AHA direct.
- The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, Fremantle 2012
- 26 - 29 November 2012
- Notre Dame University, Fremantle, WA
- Key areas of focus for this year's conference will include Arts and Health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, Mental Health, Creative Ageing and Arts and Health and Disability. More...
- The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, Canberra 2011
- 14 - 17 November 2011
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
- The 2011 Conference had a special focus on mental health and creative ageing, including programs for people with dementia and their carers; as well as workplace wellbeing programs; arts and health programs for Aboriginal communities; the built environment, design and health; medical education and medical humanities. Videos and podcasts of the plenary presentations are available to watch online. More...
- The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, Melbourne 2010
- 16 - 19 November 2010
- The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
- The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, 2nd Annual International Arts and Health Conference presented best practice and innovative arts and health practice and programs, examples of effective healthcare promotion, methods of project evaluation and data from scientific research. The 2010 Conference included a focus on arts and health programs and health promotion for children and youth; the built environment, design and health; while maintaining a core focus on mental health and creative ageing. Videos of the plenary presentations are available to watch online. More...
- The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, Port Macquarie 2009
- 11 - 13 November 2010
- Port Macquarie, New South Wales
- The inaugural Art of Good Health and Wellbeing Conference presented best practice and innovative arts and health practice and programs, examples of effective healthcare promotion, methods of project evaluation and data from scientific research. The 2010 Conference included a focus on arts and health programs and health promotion for children and youth; the built environment, design and health; while maintaining a core focus on mental health and creative ageing. More...
