Welcome to our blog

You'll find below lots of exciting arts and health blogs, including posts about our LINK and LEAD events, as well as book reviews and author interviews.

If you're interested in being interviewed about a book, systematic review or meta-analysis that you've been involved with, or you have an author in mind you'd like to interview, then please submit your interest here. If you're interested in writing a book review, an event overview or if you have any other questions about the blog, please contact Robyn, our Blog Editor.

Jan 30, 2019
5 min

LINK Event - Nordic Arts & Health Research Conference (Arts Academy, Turku, Finland)

Blog post written by Liisa Laitinen (AHECRN Finland Representative), Anita Jensen (AHECRN Denmark Representative) & Gemma Goodall (AHECRN...

Jan 16, 2019
3 min

Royal Society of Public Health Event: Challenges for Research into Group Singing (London, UK)

Blog post written by Dr Jenny Groarke (Queen's University Belfast | AHECRN Northern Ireland Representative) On Monday the 17th of Decemb...

Dec 21, 2018
1 min

AHECRN Top Ten Highlights of 2018

Excerpt taken from the December ECRN newsletter. It’s been an amazing year for the ECRN and we want to share our top 10 highlights with y...

Dec 12, 2018
3 min

LINK Event - Arts and Health: Careers and Networking (University of Edinburgh)

Blog post written by Katey Warran (Network Coordinator) On Thursday 6 December 2018, the Arts Health ECRN hosted their first Arts and He...

Dec 12, 2018
5 min

National Organization for Arts in Health Conference: Texas| USA

Blog post written by Katrina Pineda (AHECRN California Representative) The National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) recently held ...

Nov 17, 2018
3 min

Launch of the MARCH Network

Blog post written by Saoirse Finn (Network Coordinator) On November 8th the UK MARCH Network was launched at the Royal Society of Public...

Nov 14, 2018
4 min

LINK: Twitter Chat MARCH Network Launch

Blog post written by Claire Carswell (PhD Student, Queen's University Belfast) On Wednesday the 7th of November the Arts Health ECRN hos...

Aug 13, 2018
3 min

LEARN: Review of 'Psychological Effects of Musical Experiences'

Theorell, T. (2014). Psychological Effects of Musical Experiences: Theories, Studies and Reflections in Music Health Science. New York: S...

Jun 29, 2018
3 min

LEARN: Review of 'Healing Arts: The History of Art Therapy'

Review by Sarah Ahmed Hogan, S. (2001). Healing arts: The history of art therapy. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Hogan’s Healing Arts mainl...

Jun 19, 2018
4 min

London Arts in Health Forum, Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2018 (London, UK)

We are very lucky this month to have received blogs from two AHECRN members who attended events as part of Creativity and Wellbeing Week ...

Apr 25, 2018
4 min

LINK Event: An Introduction to Arts and Health: Research, Policy and Practice (UCL, London)

Blog post written by Robyn Dowlen (Blog Editor) and Saoirse Finn (Network Co-ordinator). On Monday 16th April 2018, the Arts Health Early...

Apr 24, 2018
2 min

LINK EVENT: AHECRN London Social (UCL, London)

Blog post written by Mandeep Singh (Head of AHECRN Representatives) With our heads full to the brim with information about all aspects o...

Mar 19, 2018
2 min

Kings College London (London, UK) event - Creative Performance and Medicine

Blog post written by Mandeep Singh (Head of AHECRN Representatives) A unique, creative and immersive symposium entitled STAGE: Creative P...

Mar 19, 2018
3 min

A Cultural Tonic - Using the arts to promote health: University College London (UK) event

Blog post by Saoirse Finn (AHECRN Network Coordinator) To raise awareness for arts in health strategies within the UK, “A Cultural Tonic”...

Mar 19, 2018
2 min

An Essential Vaccine - Cardiff (UK) AHECRN event

Blog post written by Frances Williams (AHECRN Welsh area representative) In February, Frances Williams (AHECRN Welsh area representative)...

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

LEARN: Review of 'Music, Health and Wellbeing'

Review written by Caroline Roseman (PhD Student, University of Worcester, UK) MacDonald, R., Kreutz, G., & Mitchell, L. (Eds.). (2013). M...

Mar 16, 2018
2 min

LINK Event: Edinburgh (UK) AHECRN Meet Up

Blog post written by Joy Vamvakari (East Scotland AHECRN Representative) On Tuesday 27th of February, the Arts Health ECRN held their fir...

Feb 16, 2018
2 min

LEAD Event: Arts in Health Research Intensive, University of Florida, USA

Blog post written by Emily Bradfield (AHECRN Social Media Officer) I was delighted to have the opportunity to attend the Arts in Health R...

Feb 16, 2018
3 min

LEARN: Review of 'Arts in Health - Designing and Researching Interventions'

Review written by Laurie Sadowski (Arts in Medicine Coordinator, Canada) Fancourt, D. (2017). Arts in Health: Designing and researching i...

Feb 16, 2018
3 min

LINK Event: Sibelius-Academy, Helsinki, Finland

Event blog by Liisa Laitinen (Project Planner, Arts Academy with Turku University of Applied Sciences) The multidisciplinary Finnish Arts...