ARTS&WELL-BEING
¡Tu boleto para una mejor salud!
grandes ideas
centros de artes escénicas son centros de salud comunitarios
Los Centros de Artes Escénicas mejoran la salud y el bienestar de sus comunidades a través de sus producciones, programación y divulgación.
¿Lo sabías? Asistir a una actuación de 1 a 2 veces al mes tiene un valor de salud similar al de hacer ejercicio de 1 a 2 horas por semana.
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la educación artística es la salud pública
Los jóvenes que se dedican a las artes han mejorado los resultados de salud mental y psicosocial.
¿Lo sabías? Los estudiantes que se involucran con las artes tienen 24% menos probabilidades de experimentar depresión y 22% menos probabilidades de participar en el uso de sustancias.
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artes & cultura son esenciales para el bienestar
El acceso a las artes y a la cultura es un determinante social de la salud.
¿Lo sabías? La investigación ahora muestra que la participación en las artes es un comportamiento positivo para la salud, por lo que brindar un acceso equitativo a las artes es una de las principales prioridades de njpac.
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Eventos
The Courage in Care: Community Doulas and the Joyful Revolution of Birth
Abril 29 – July 15
Newark ArtSpace
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: 11AM – 5PM
Sunday: 12PM – 5PM
Or by appointment outside of gallery hours
Contact cheyenne.ceasar@newarkarts.org to schedule an appointment.
The Courage in Care: Community Doulas and the Joyful Revolution of Birth is more than an exhibition — it’s a love letter to the doulas, birthing parents, and communities reshaping what it means to give and receive dignified, culturally-grounded care.
This immersive experience was developed under the guidance and leadership of a statewide advisory council of community doulas and maternal health advocates across New Jersey. With support from Narrative Initiative and In Good Company, these birth workers shaped the stories, themes, and vision that bring The Courage in Care to life.
Through photojournalism, audio storytelling, and multisensory environments, the exhibit centers Black and Brown birthing families and explores themes of abundance, tradition, joy, and justice. Community doulas — trusted, culturally rooted birth workers — provide essential physical, emotional, and informational support throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Their presence improves outcomes for parents and babies, particularly in communities historically impacted by systemic inequities.
This exhibition is also a call to action. You can support the movement for birth justice by:
- Investing in community doulas as essential, well-compensated members of the perinatal workforce.
- Ensuring doulas are welcomed, respected, and valued within every healthcare setting
Watch past events
Like ejercicio y buena nutrición, las artes son buenas para nuestra salud.
NUESTRAS INICIATIVAS
laboratorio de investigación de artes en salud
The Arts in Health Research Lab is a collaborative, interdisciplinary Research Lab in partnership with Rutgers School of Public Health and Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts. It conducts innovative arts in health research in the state of New Jersey and is creating a research and evaluation framework to measure the impact of NJPAC programs.
Lo que hace que esto sea único:
This is the first-in-the-nation partnership between a school of public health, a school of the arts, and a performing arts center. With focuses on research, education, and community development, it will help build the next generation of arts in health researchers.
ARTES EN LA SALUD
NJPAC is bringing the arts into healthcare facilities throughout the RWJBarnabas Health System, piloting at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. The arts programs enhance the healthcare environment for patients, staff and the community.
Programs include:
- Artists in Residence: Our specially trained artists visit patients at the bedside to improve their experience and provide opportunities for joy and creative expression.
- Culture Connects: Artists and performers bring vibrant and interactive programming to staff cultural celebrations.
- Music in the Lobby: Local musicians perform regularly in hospital lobbies for patients, staff, visitors and the community.
ArtesRX
Through ArtsRx, our social prescribing program, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey members and Rutgers University Newark students receive referrals for six months of free arts prescriptions across the City of Newark. Participants are attending shows at NJPAC, classes at Glassroots, dancing at Newark Symphony Hall, knitting at the Newark Public Library (and more!) and improving their health and well-being through the arts.
Lo que hace que esto sea único:
ArtsRx is the first social prescribing program in the nation to include a health insurer as a primary partner.
Why this matters:
This program increases access to arts and culture, improves health equity and health outcomes, and promotes engaging with the arts for wellness.
health promotion
We’re engaging with health partners to produce events and programs that use the arts to address local health priorities and increase access to health services and information. Our focus is on using the arts and creativity to address the state’s most pressing needs including mental health, social isolation, and maternal health.
Por qué esto importa:
Las artes ofrecen un vehículo para crear empatía, cambiar de opinión y comunicar mensajes de salud para impulsar un cambio de comportamiento positivo. Como mensajero de confianza y socio comunitario, NJPAC puede mejorar el acceso a la información de salud y bienestar, promover una comprensión pública más amplia del valor de las artes y la cultura y aumentar el acceso a las artes, lo que impulsa la equidad en salud.
training + education
To date, there is no open-source resource available to artists for skill building, networking, benchmarking, and resource sharing. NJPAC and Rutgers Arts Online will fill this gap by developing affordable, accessible online education courses to enable evidence-based use of the arts for health promotion and wellness in communities nationwide.
Por qué esto importa:
A medida que se implementa un modelo de prescripción social, la demanda de programación artística y cultural aumentará rápidamente en las comunidades de todo el país. A su vez, los artistas y las organizaciones artísticas necesitarán recursos para prepararse para brindar una programación artística segura y efectiva para mejorar la salud y el bienestar.
Recursos
El & bienestar artístico en el NJPAC es posible a través del apoyo fundacional de:
Apoyo adicional proporcionado por:
Merck Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Gilead Sciences, The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey, Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation Home Community Fund, M&T Bank, JPMorgan Chase and DoorDash