Healing Arts is a global campaign by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization

Healing Arts Singapore Artists Commissions

The Healing Arts Singapore Artist Commissions support Singapore-based Artists/Collectives to create new or innovate existing, site-specific works exploring Arts and Mental Health.

About Artists Commissions

The Jameel Arts & Health Lab and ECCA Family Foundation, are delighted to support four Singaporean based Artists / Collectives using the arts to drive real mental health impact.

Commissioned Artists:

The Healing Arts Singapore commissioned artists will be realising innovative projects spanning theatre, music, dance/movement and visual arts.

Each commission is a creative response to a pressing mental and social health challenge - from dementia care to healthy ageing, neurodiversity, and youth wellbeing.

Together, these inspiring artists and artist-led organisations are helping to shape more culturally responsible approaches to mental health, demonstrating the important role the arts can play across cultural, healthcare and community settings.

Artists

Maya Dance

The Body In-Motion (BIM), by Maya Dance Theatre and the Diverse Abilities Dance Collective reimagines what healthy ageing can look like. Seniors, older volunteers, and diverse-abilities dancers are brought together through movement, storytelling, and music -building connection, confidence, and wellbeing across Singapore's communities and care settings.

Xiao Chang

Led by artist Xin Xiaochang with Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital, Shared Spaces, Shared Futures reimagines a dementia ward through storytelling and participatory design - putting patients, caregivers, and young people at the heart of inclusive care.

Gateway Arts

Gateway Arts' Scaredy Kat Presents follows eleven-year-old Kathryn through anxiety, isolation, and friendship- giving young people aged 10–14 a space to explore mental wellbeing and resilience. Post-show discussions and mental health outreach extend the conversation beyond the stage.

National Gallery Singapore and Teng Company

Music for Mindfulness – The Gallery Collection transforms National Gallery Singapore's artworks into immersive sound experiences. Blending Chinese, Indian, and Malay traditions with Delta monaural beats, The TENG Company's compositions support mindfulness and sensory wellbeing — with a particular focus on neurodivergent visitors.