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As Asia’s first national-level arts and health initiative, Healing Arts Singapore (HASG) aims to embed the arts within systems of care, advancing evidence-based and scalable interventions to improve wellbeing across Singapore and the wider Western Pacific region. The initiative took place from 8-12 December 2025, featuring academic symposia, policy meetings, capacity-building workshops, artist commissions, and… Continue reading Healing Arts Singapore Launched

Celebrating a milestone in Singapore's arts and health development following the seminal state of arts and health development in Singapore report undertaken by a team of colleagues and myself.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,… Continue reading Celebrating a milestone in Singapore’s arts and health development- Healing Arts Singapore Announcement Event, 7 May 2025, Mandala Club, Singapore

What a privilege and an incredible week to huddle with a group of passionate and like-minded colleagues from various fields such as public health, the arts, therapeutic arts and sciences, and cultural economics to share our work in progress on the WHO Lancet Global series on the benefit of the arts at the Creative Brain… Continue reading WHO Lancet Global Series on the Health Benefit of the Arts at the Creative Brain Week, Trinity College, Dublin

Great Lab4Living team outing at the London Design Biennale 2023! Thank you for having me on the Remapping the 100 Years Life LDB Sessions. It was an honour and delight to be a part of this stimulating exchange with esteemed colleagues. Thank you for providing a platform for me to unpick ageing, question the place… Continue reading Creative citizenship and the future of care

What is the role of care in art making today? How would you describe artistic labour in the Arts and Health field? Thank you Artswok for this opportunity to share my views and Xijie for your thoughtful writing! Link to Article

“A moving, engaging and thought-provoking hour” “how important it is to share these sorts of experiences, to talk about dying death and bereavement, and that this talk can be done in a variety of ways” When is a right time for us to think about our preferences for end of life care and talk about… Continue reading Dying Matters Premieres

Thrilled to be selected to be in the first cohort of the GROW Mental Health Researcher development Programme ! Looking forward to the company and exchanges!

Delighted to be invited to moderate this meaningful event! Looking forward to the conversations and discussions on 16 Sept 2021!

I am delighted to share that Arts and Health Singapore Repository (AHSR) the first ever online database Charting Arts and Health Development in Singapore is now live! Visit us: https://www.artshealthrepository.sg/ The Arts and Health Singapore Repository (AHSR) builds on initial research undertaken by a team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design, and… Continue reading Artshealthrepository.sg is now live!

Delighted to see the Arts, Ageing and Wellbeing Toolkit going places and in action during Covid-19 Media Mentions/  Features of the Toolkit Love Your Senior - COVID-19 has changed the way we live. Some more than others. https://www.capitaland.com/international/en/about-capitaland/newsroom/inside/2020/may/love-your-senior.html   Examples of the 5 art segments from "Learn Together with Me" (broadcast on MediaCorp Channel 8).… Continue reading Arts, Ageing and Wellbeing Toolkit in action during Covid-19