Stories
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The art of soundproof design
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.
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The lost art of convalescence
The efficacy of antibiotics and the demands of work mean we rarely convalesce after an illness. But in the past it was an important part of the return to health.
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Is fake news killing fictive art?
Parafictional artists create projects where the imaginary interacts with real life. But the growth of so-called ‘fake news’ is providing a new challenge.
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Picturing mental health
Ron Hampshire created artworks while resident at Netherne psychiatric hospital. What can we learn from them?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Research Project: arts and mental health"
Date: April 1995-March 1998Reference: ART/AFH/A/13/16Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Books
The arts, health, and wellbeing.
Date: [2007]- Archives and manuscripts
Collected publications on arts and health: general
Date: 1990s-2000sReference: ART/IOW/C/10Part of: Healing Arts, Isle of Wight- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Arts and Health Witness Seminar: Programme
Date: 14 June 2016Reference: ART/WIT/4Part of: Arts and Health Witness Seminar- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Arts and Health Witness Seminar: Participants' Statements
Date: 14 June 2016Reference: ART/WIT/3Part of: Arts and Health Witness Seminar