Delighted to be co-leading this effort with Dr Kat Agres (Centre for Music for Health, NUS) and and the Jameel Arts and Health lab Co-Directors Nisha Sajnani, Nils Fietje, Christopher Bailey, and Stephen Stapleton. This effort is also made possible by the remarkable support from Community Jameel, Cléa Daridan and the NUS CMH team, Lydia Tan, Chen Yifan and Wang Zifang.
About Healing Arts Singapore Healing Arts Singapore is co-led by the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Centre for Music and Health at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, the University of the Arts Singapore’s (UAS) Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, and the Jameel Arts & Health lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization. The five day event will include a research symposium, pilot arts and health interventions, live performances, workshops and training, aiming to support national and regional policy implementation, and deliver measurable impact.
Save the date! Healing Arts Singapore, Asia’s first nation wide Healing Arts activation is taking place from 8 to 12 Dec 2025 in Singapore. I look forward to welcoming you!
Michael Tan’s research lies at the intersection of Art, Health and Wellbeing. As a leading advocate for arts and health development in Singapore, he has been active in promoting awareness for arts and health among stakeholders in the fields of arts, health and social care. He has developed and conducted art–health programs in various care settings in Singapore, such as the Singapore General Hospital, The National University Hospital and the Singapore Parkinson’s society. In recent years, Michael has broadened the scope of his practice to examine the role and benefit of art engagement in eldercare.
In 2012, Michael partnered with the Agency for Integrated Care to investigate the benefits of art engagement for residents in a local nursing home. He was recently engaged by the Alzheimer’s Disease Associate of Singapore to develop an integrated art making and museum visit program for its members. He also serves as a member of the art advisory committee in the new Ng Teng Fong Hospital.
Michael holds a PhD in Arts and Health from Durham University, a Masters in Photography & Urban Cultures from Goldsmith College, University of London, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is also the recipient of the Singapore National Arts Council Post Graduate Scholarship (2012) and was awarded the Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching by NTU in 2011.
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