Daisy Fancourt: The Art Cure
What if art could change your health? In this compelling talk, Daisy Fancourt explores the extraordinary science behind how the arts shape our minds and bodies. Drawing on decades of research across psychology, neuroscience, biology and behavioural science, she reveals how creative engagement can transform our wellbeing in ways we’re only just beginning to understand.
Overview
From the role of music in building children’s brains, to the way creative hobbies can help protect against dementia, this is a fresh and deeply human look at the role creativity plays in our lives.
At the heart of the talk is a bold idea: that the arts should sit alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature as the fifth pillar of health. You’ll leave not only inspired, but equipped with practical ways to build your own ‘arts prescription’ into everyday life.
Based on her acclaimed book Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform our Health — a Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction — this is an illuminating and empowering event that invites you to rethink what it means to be well.