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Healthywithart urbanculture. network of bavarian cities, 2019–2020
Where
Germany
Germany
When
2020
2020
Who
Stadtkultur. netzwerk bayrischer städte e.v.
Stadtkultur. netzwerk bayrischer städte e.v.
Website of the policy/measure
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Description of the policy/measure
Main aims: promoting the health and resilience of the public with and through art and culture; opening up museums to new audiences; fulfilling the public health mission of cultural institutions target groups: general public of bavaria expected results: using the positive physical, spiritual and mental effects of engaging with art to promote and strengthen health and help prevent chronic conditions; offering artistic and art-education workshops in museums to promote health; recognising ways in which cultural and art institutions can shape our environment to raise quality of life and improve health; encouraging local authorities to revise their thinking on preventive healthcare
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Results achieved
Pilot phase successfully implemented in 2018 in the form of an 80-day urbanculture (stadtkultur) festival called "art&healthy" (kunst&gesund) with more than 33 exhibitions in 21 bavarian cities attracting tens of thousands of visitors; longer-term programme initiated to promote and establish museums as good for people's health; innovative measures and new ideas to promote health developed; museums and galleries recruited and established as providers of healthcare programmes; workshops they provide paid for by statutory health insurance provider aok
Financial resources allocated to the policy
Bavarian aok: eu250,000; total budget: eu450,000