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The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, Canberra 2011

• Videos of the 2011 Conference Presentations
• The 2011 Art of Good Health and Wellbeing Conference Official Opening
• Arts and Health in Primary and Acute Care
• Arts and Community Health
• Creative Ageing
• The Arts and Health in Education
• Arts and Health Research and Evaluation
• Arts and Health Critical Mass Debate: Vision for the Future in Australia and Internationally

Videos of the 2011 Conference Presentations

Videos of the opening ceremony and all the plenary presentations are available to watch online.

• The Official Opening
  1. Welcome address by Margret Meagher, Simon Elliott, Assistant Director, Cultural and Educational Services, National Gallery of Australia and the Official Opening by Gai Brodtmann MP, Member for Canberra
  2. Clive Parkinson : The Interior, Design and Health which poses the question Just how relevant are the arts if you've been given a diagnosis of cancer or dementia?
• Arts and Health in Primary and Acute Care
  1. Kristen Whittle : Arts and Health at the New Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
  2. Sharon Woodworth : Laguna Honda, A Long Term Care Facility in San Francisco
  3. Anthony Ogden and Chris Richardson : Integrating Art in the New Hospital - Two Case Studies, Two Approaches Mater Mothers' Hospitals in Brisbane and the Robina Hospital Expansion Project, Gold Coast
• Arts and Community Health
  1. Introduction by Frank Panucci
  2. Mike White : Art in Health: A New Prognosis
  3. Imants Tillers : Arts and Health from the Artist's Perspective
  4. Kim McConville : Just One Less - Social Sculpture Project, Armidale NSW
  5. David Doyle and David Handley : Sculpture by the Sea Tactile Tours
  6. Panel discussion: Arts and Community Health
• Creative Ageing
  1. Introduction by Margret Meagher and Meg Simpson
  2. Adriane Boag : Art and Dementia
  3. Alice Thwaite : Creative Ageing
  4. Dominic Campbell : Bealtaine: What kind of old do I want to be and what kind of world do I want to grow older in?
• The Arts and Health in Education
  1. Chair: Professor Brad Haseman Assistance Dean (Research), Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology and Chair, Community Partnerships Committee, Australia Council for the Arts.
  2. Dr Gerri Frager : Ed's Story: The Dragon Chronicles
  3. Dr Gary Christenson : Five Reasons Why We Need the Arts in Medicine
  4. Dr Bernie Warren and Dr Peter Spitzer : Memories of a smile: Twenty-five years of clowns promoting good health and wellbeing across the lifespan in hospitals and residential care facilities
• Arts and Health Research and Evaluation
  1. Professor Brad Haseman : When you cannot 'Suit the action to the word, the word to the action': the case for performative evaluation
  2. Professor Robyn Richmond : Art Assisting Smoking Prisoners to Quit
  3. Lindsay Lovering : An overview of Healthway's Arts Sponsorship Program and the value of evaluation to develop strategies to effectively target 'at risk' sectors of the community through the use of sponsorship as a vehicle for health promotion
• Arts and Health Critical Mass Debate Vision for the Future in Australia and Internationally
  1. Introduction by Sally Basser, Office for the Arts, Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra - National Cultural Policy
  2. Panel Discussion chaired by Mike White, panel members Dominic Campbell, Gary Christenson, David Doyle, Carrie McGee, Clive Parkinson, Dr. Peter Wright