City Cultur Network of Bavarian Cities

Art & Health Festival was to pose the question of health from the perspective of art, i.e. to artistically question the concept of health and to make the importance of the arts for health a topic. The range of artistic contributions demonstrated the potential of artistic engagement with the subject of health. With this project, a broad social discussion has been initiated, which can develop health and art-promoting effects. Art & Health Festival includes exhibitions, concerts, workshops and hands-on experiences.

In the school years 2017/18 and 2018/19, STADTKULTUR organized a state-wide cultural education project entitled "I'll make you healthy", which focused on the topic of health and the health-promoting effect of the arts. In workshops led by professional artists from the fields of music, literature, dance, theatre, media, visual arts and youth culture, school children from all types of schools dealt with the topic of health. Sustainable experiences were made possible through active design and personal experience.
STADTKULTUR subsidized workshops in all areas that were carried out with schools of all types and designed a final publication. Within the framework of "I'll make you healthy", STADTKULTUR and GORILLLA Germany cooperate as value alliance partners. GORILLA Deutschland is a team of freestyle athletes and nutrition professionals and is working in interactive, exercise-oriented formats on the topics of balanced nutrition, responsible consumption, daily exercise and positive future prospects.

The arts design ca n have the potential to increase quality of life and promote health. This potential was tested in the two-year pilot project "Healthy with Art". In 2019/2020, workshops were held at 20 museums and municipal galleries that contribute to health promotion with artistic methods, under the overall direction of STADTKULTUR Netzwerk Bayerischer Städte eV, funded by AOK Bayern and evaluated by the Arts and Change Department of the Medical School Hamburg (MSH).