The project has developed a handbook in which it analyses the role that artists can have in order to support people that are in challenging healthcare environments. The handbook includes the following chapters:

  • The Benefits of Art in Challenging Healthcare Environments
  • Required Skills of the Artists working in Challenging Healthcare Environments
  • Challenges and how they can be mitigated
  • Needs and Limitations of specific categories of target groups
  • The importance of the “experience”
  • Case studies connected to each area of research
  • Examples of Art-Based Activities with people from challenging healthcare settings

You can download the Handbook in English here

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È possibile scaricare il manuale in italiano qui

The project has created also descriptions of different activities that artists can use in order to work with people in difficult healthcare environments. These activities are presented here:

  • Dance in your seat: A fun, colourful, seated in a circle, movement session where participants (elederly people with dementia) will use an array of sensory props, and move along to music of various rhythmns and sounds: Download
  • Dance on your feet: A fun, socially engaging Dance session to promote and build a sense of community. The participants (senior citizens) dance as a group….line dancing, western barn dancing ( partnering /facing each other) and circular dancing: Download
  • The Yellow Stork: Use of storytelling and painting to help participants connect with their childhood (since most of the adults think of fairy tales and drawing as “childish” activities), stimulate their creativity, rediscover the joy of expressing through art and the meaning of sharing. Help people who are facing serious health issues connect with meaningful memories and empower themselves: Download
  • Rhythm and Art: A dynamic drumming workshop designed specifically for children with autism spectrum disorder. Through rhythmic exercises, interactive games, and creative expression, the participants will have the opportunity to engage in a shared musical experience and develop social connections: Download
  • Theater without barriers: Artistic path of theatrical research that aims to find a common artistic language for a mixed audience of deaf people who use the Sign Language together with a hearing audience: Download
  • Play Identity: Performative art laboratory for people with or without disabilities. Social practice and artistic research and production workshop for the creation of a solo, based on the pedagogy of Desire: Download
  • “My happy day with music”: Music therapy workshop for students with special needs, ASD, behavioral issues, etc., listening and playing music  with the help of self-made instruments: Download
  • “My puppet – my show”: Art therapy workshops for learners with special educational needs, ASD, emotional and behavioral difficulties to improve their social inclusion: Download
  • “Brushes of Unity”: A series of interactive art therapy workshops where teenagers with emotional and behavioral difficulties engage in various artistic activities, guided by a professional art therapist: Download
  • Theatre of Inclusion: Engaging drama workshops where young adults with physical disabilities explore various theatrical techniques, storytelling, and improvisation. Through collaborative activities, participants will develop communication skills, enhance self-confidence, and embrace their unique abilities, promoting social inclusion within the group: Download