The German painter Gerhard Richter asserted that art is the highest form of hope. In this time of profound change that demands not only radical imagination but the radical adaptation of our individual and collective organisms, how can the arts contribute to the health and solidarity that are essential to our survival? This presentation will explore how, through a public health lens, the arts can build social cohesion and solidarity as basic and essential foundations for advancing social goods, including health and well-being.
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When hope is a creative act: The arts as a public health imperative
Jill Sonke (US)
POSTCITY, First Floor, Conference Hall
Fri 5. Sep 2025
16:00
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16:30
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Jill Sonke
Jill Sonke, PhD, is a US Cultural Policy Fellow with Stanford University, Co-Director of the EpiArts Lab—a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab in partnership with University College London—and Director of Research / Research Professor in the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine. She is an artist, cultural strategist, and mixed-methods researcher with over 100 publications, and is the recipient of more than 350 grants and awards for her work at the intersection of the arts and health.
