Artists to the Rescue: Collaborating to Improve Health Care

Using Installation Art to Share Health Knowledge 

Join an engaging panel discussion led by practitioner and academic Helen Vatsikopoulos to explore the many ways art can be used to communicate complex community and social issues. See what happens when we apply a creative lens to challenges such as boosting the wellbeing of children from refugee backgrounds, creating healthy urban environments, improving palliative care, mental health and addiction.

Hear from artists, academics, recipients of healthcare and their families who have come together to produce unique artworks depicting the experience of illness and of gratitude for services and support. See their artworks first-hand and join the discussion on meanings and possibilities.

Each project featured in the showcase draws on different art forms – from textiles and sculpture to poetry and video – highlighting the many ways that the arts can enrich conversations on health(care) and how research can be communicated using visual, performative and literary means.

Come and add your insights to the evolving arena where the arts can help us to better communicate health knowledge and share the lived experience with others.

Presented in association with The Black Dog Institute and Consumer and Community Involvement/Knowledge Translation, Sydney Partnership for Health Education Research and Enterprise (SPHERE).