Arts In Healing
The Vilar Performing Arts Center Arts In Healing program brings world-class performing artists from VPAC’s season into Vail Valley Medical Center’s healthcare settings to provide performances and interactive arts events to individuals who, due to illness, age, disability and challenging socio-economic and geographic circumstances have little or no access to the arts.
View the 2009 Arts In Healing Schedule.
The goals of the Arts In Healing program are:
• To bring world class professional arts performances as well as opportunities for active participation in the arts to health care settings;
• To provide people living with illness, disability and socio-economic challenges with opportunities to discover, explore and develop creative, expressive and artistic abilities; and
• To serve as a model for excellence in accessible arts programming for underserved audiences and for partnerships between the performing arts and health care.
Enriching the Lives of Patients and Healthcare Providers
The Arts In Healing residencies bring inspiring artists and cultural experiences to hospitalized patients in a variety of non-traditional settings such as public spaces in hospitals, patient care areas including waiting and family rooms and hallways, and the patient bedside. Patients of all ages have opportunities to enjoy performances and experience personal and meaningful interactions with world-class artists in music, dance, and theatre. The artists work to stimulate and engage the minds of patients, their families, and medical caregivers through the arts, in order to better heal the body.
Enriching the Lives of Artists
Breaking the standard “fourth wall” in performance, Arts In Healing artists experience new levels of performance and audience interaction with children and adults of all ages and medical conditions. The Arts In Healing programs have demonstrated a concern for arts access within the national touring artists community and have provided artists with opportunities to bring deeper meaning to their work. Willing to take a challenge by reaching out beyond their comfort zone, artists in turn learn the humbling powers and deep emotions brought about by their presence and use of the arts as a healing tool. Artists who have participated in these projects across the country have been profoundly affected by their experiences, and are now seeking and creating similar opportunities across the nation and in their home communities.
For more information please contact:
Gena Buhler
Theatre Manager
Vilar Performing Arts Center
970-748-6651
Amanda L. Visosky
Manager of Volunteer & Complementary Services
Vail Valley Medical Center
970.479.5068
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