Arts for Health South Africa

In 2017, a Cape Town-based NPO, MusicWorks, initiated the coordination of a network of arts-based organizations that uses the arts to offer psychosocial support in South African communities. The purpose of the community of practice (CoP) is to serve as a platform for connection, sharing, collaborating, advocating and lobbying for the Arts in Health in South Africa. In 2019, The Learning Trust mandated the CoP with a research project that investigates arts-based psychosocial programmes for children and youth in South Africa. UNICEF, University of Pretoria, Brunel University and the National Department of Sports, Arts and Culture are all contributors towards this effort to map the current landscape of the Arts in Health and well-being practice with children and youth in South Africa.

Sp(i)eel is excited to share the new Arts for Health webpage, click here to learn more.