Društvo Asociacija v sodelovanju s partnerji doma in v tujini organizira mednarodno konferenco o povezovanju kulture, zdravja in socialnega predpisovanja z naslovom NE ŽIVIMO SAMO OD KRUHA: Kdo in kako naj v Evropi predpisuje umetnost?. Konferenca bo 8. oktobra 2026 v Kinu Šiška v Ljubljani združila strokovnjake s področij kulture, umetnosti, zdravja, socialnega varstva in oblikovanja politik.
Konferenca bo odprla vprašanje, kakšno vlogo lahko ima umetnost v sistemih podpore zdravju in dobremu počutju ter kako naj se področje kulture in zdravja razvija na sistemski ravni. Raziskave vse bolj potrjujejo pozitivne učinke sodelovanja v kulturnih in umetniških dejavnostih na zdravje, duševno zdravje, dobro počutje, socialno povezanost in vključevanje. Hkrati se v Evropi razvijajo novi modeli povezovanja kulture z zdravstvenimi in socialnimi sistemi, med njimi tudi socialno predpisovanje ter predvsem model “Umetnost na recept”.
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Toda večja vključenost kulture v področje zdravja odpira tudi pomembna vprašanja: kdo določa, katera umetnost je »zdravilna«, kako naj se takšni programi izvajajo in vrednotijo, kdo jih financira ter kako zagotoviti ustrezne pogoje za delo kulturnih delavcev? Konferenca bo zato povezala evropske politike in raziskave s konkretnimi izkušnjami iz prakse ter odprla prostor za razpravo o priložnostih in dilemah povezovanja kulture in zdravja.
Osrednji govorki na konferenci bosta Edith Wolf Perez, zagovornica povezovanja kulture in zdravja, soustvarjalka avstrijske pobude ARTS for HEALTH AUSTRIA in sopredsedujoča odprti metodi koordinacije Evropske unije za področje kulture in zdravja (OMC Culture and Health), ki bo predstavila širši evropski razvoj področja in ključna priporočila za njegovo umeščanje v javne politike, ter Vicky Karkou, profesorica umetnosti in dobrega počutja na Univerzi Edge Hill ter direktorica Raziskovalnega centra za umetnost in dobro počutje, ki bo osvetlila, kaj o vplivu umetnosti na zdravje in dobro počutje dejansko kažejo raziskave ter kje so meje dosedanjih spoznanj.
Na konferenci bosta sodelovali tudi Inga Surgunte, predstavnica Latvije v evropski skupini OMC za kulturo in zdravje, ki bo predstavila izkušnje z modelom Umetnosti na recept (Arts on Prescription) v baltski regiji ter programom Muzeji na recept v Latviji, ter Simona Staffieri iz italijanskega Cultural Welfare Center, ki bo predstavila rezultate prve obsežnejše raziskave o socialnem predpisovanju umetnosti in kulture v Italiji ter vprašanje, kako takšne prakse vključevati v širše sisteme zdravja in blaginje. Poleg njiju boste lahko spoznali še druge prakse in modele uveljavljanja kulture pri krepitvi zdravja in blagostanja, tudi skozi širok nabor predstavitev domačih praks.
Predstavitve bodo osvetlile evropski razvoj področja, raziskave o povezovanju umetnosti in dobrega počutja, razvoj socialnega predpisovanja ter konkretne prakse iz Slovenije in drugih evropskih držav. V pogovoru s predstavniki kulture, zdravstva in drugih relevantnih sektorjev pa bomo preiskali, kako lahko kulturo vključimo v sisteme podpore zdravju in dobremu počutju.
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Program
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Projekt CARE in platformu Culture and Health sofinancira Evropska Unija, aktivnosti projekta Kultura za duševno zdravje Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve in javno upravo RS v okviru javnega razpisa za razvoj in profesionalizacijo NVO in prostovoljstva 2024, aktivnosti vsebinske mreže Asociacija, ki vključujejo tudi medsektorsko povezovanje z zdravjem pa Ministrstvo za kulturo in Oddelek za kulturo Mestne občine Ljubljana.
Društvo Asociacija, in cooperation with partners in Slovenia and abroad, is announcing an international conference atcthe intersection of culture, health and social prescribing, titled WE DO NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE: Who Should Prescribe Art in Europe, and How?. The conference will take place on 8 October 2026 at Kino Šiška in Ljubljana and will bring together experts from the fields of culture, the arts, health, social care and policymaking.
The conference will explore the role art can play in systems supporting health and well-being, and how the field of culture and health should develop at a systemic level. Research increasingly confirms the positive effects of participation in cultural and artistic activities on physical and mental health, well-being, social connectedness and inclusion. At the same time, new models for connecting culture with health and social care systems are emerging across Europe, including social prescribing and, in particular, the Arts on Prescription model.
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Yet greater involvement of culture in the field of health also raises important questions: who decides which art is “healing”, how should such programmes be delivered and evaluated, who should fund them, and how can appropriate working conditions for cultural workers be ensured? The conference will therefore connect European policy and research with concrete experiences from practice, creating space to discuss both the opportunities and the challenges involved in bringing culture and health closer together.
The first of two conference’s keynote speakers will be Edith Wolf Perez, an advocate for bringing culture and health together, co-founder of the Austrian initiative ARTS for HEALTH AUSTRIA and co-chair of the European Union’s Open Method of Coordination (OMC) group on Culture and Health. She will present the broader European development of the field and key recommendations for embedding culture and health in public policy. Vicky Karkou, Professor of Arts and Wellbeing at Edge Hill University and Director of the Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, will examine what research actually tells us about the impact of the arts on health and well-being, as well as the limits of current evidence in her keynote.
The conference will also feature Inga Surgunte, Latvia’s representative in the European OMC group on Culture and Health, who will share experiences with Arts on Prescription in the Baltic region and the Museums on Prescription programme in Latvia. Simona Staffieri of Italy’s Cultural Welfare Center will present findings from the first major Italian study on social prescribing through arts and culture, and discuss how such practices can be integrated into broader health and well-being systems. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore other approaches and models for using culture to promote health and well-being, including a wide range of presentations of practices from Slovenia.
The presentations will highlight European developments in the field, research on the relationship between the arts and well-being, the development of social prescribing, and concrete practices from Slovenia and other European countries. A discussion with representatives from the cultural, health and other relevant sectors will explore how culture can be integrated into systems supporting health and well-being.
The conference programme is currently being prepared and will be published shortly.
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The CARE project and the Culture and Health Platform are co-financed by the European Union. Activities within the Culture for Mental Health project are supported by the Ministry of Internal Affair and Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia through the 2024 public call for the development and professionalisation of NGOs and volunteering. Activities of the Asociacija thematic network, including its cross-sectoral work connecting culture and health, are supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Department of Culture of the City of Ljubljana.
