Arts and Culture Research Symposium
The annual Arts and Culture Research Symposium creates awareness of the diversity of arts research, and encourages arts practitioners and researchers to discuss ideas.
The 2020 Arts and Culture Research Symposium was held on Tuesday, 21 July 2020, 3pm - 5pm. With the global COVID-19 crisis as a key issue across all societies, the theme of Arts and Health highlighted the value of arts and culture to society.
Programme and Speakers
Opening Address
Mrs Rosa Daniel
Chief Executive Officer, NAC
Keynote Address
Dr Wong Tien Hua
Council Member, NAC and Singapore Medical Association
Culture Dose: An Arts Engagement Programme for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Prof Katherine Boydell
Head of Arts-based Knowledge Translation Lab, Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales
Dementia and Imagination: Art as Inspiration, Artists as Researchers
Dr Clive Parkinson
Director, Arts for Health
Reader in Arts, Health and Social Justice, Manchester Metropolitan University
The State of Arts and Health in Singapore: Observations From The Field
Dr Joanne Yoong
Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California
Founder, Research for Impact Singapore
The Impact of Arts-based Programmes in Dementia Care
Dr Donald Yeo
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Associate Trainer, Alzheimer's Disease Association
About the Arts and Dementia programme
Panel Discussion
Other Resources
Connecting Reminiscence, Artmaking and Cultural Heritage [pdf]
A Scoping Review of Arts-Based Health Research [pdf]
The Journey to a Wider Understanding of Ways of Knowing: Knowledge Translation and the Arts [pdf]
Social Prescribing: Linking Patients with Non-medical Support [weblink]
About the speakers
2020 Arts and Culture Research Symposium [pdf]