In brief
Are you curious about the effects of artistic activity on the brain? How does singing emotions differ from talking about them? Would you like to implement effective, low-threshold artistic ideas in your work? How can you communicate with residents through art? Playing with the (He)Arts challenges you to find answers to these questions.
Explore music and art-based approaches, interventions, and methods in playful workshops and seminars led by experts from various fields. Playing with the (He)Arts provides a common language of art, allowing for an easy exchange of ideas and enriching creative collaboration. This exciting program introduces you to valuable, easily implementable approaches to working with the arts.
Dive deep in the exciting world of creative therapy
Playing with the (He)Arts is a 4-day bilingual programme (Dutch and English), designed for a wide range of learners and practitioners in the field of healthcare, elderly care, social work and mental wellbeing, arts and (arts) education and research. During this summer school, you will be introduced to practical and creative work in the health domain. You get to take part in a variety of workshops, lectures, interactions and dialogues in which music and art therapies, art coaching and socially engaged art methods (performative, visual, narrative) are explored and practiced. National and international experts will present their latest research outcomes, methods and future developments in the field of music therapy and artistic interventions. The programme is playful, informative and brings people together during four days of learning, experiencing, and making.
This year's summer school will take place from Monday, 21st of August up to Thursday, 24th August in The Hague, the Netherlands.