Solidarities of care in the arts, health and social spaces
What does it mean to practice care together in the arts, health, and social spaces? How do we sustain solidarity collectively in this regard?
The Culture and Well-being Forum brings forward the need for care – where care is seen not as an instrument to do “better”, but as an integrative part of how we envision our world. A world in which we care for the communities around us. A world in which we care for the ones who take care. A world in which care is a collective act. To bridge the gap towards this vision, we need to make room for different languages of care to emerge from our daily practices and move towards a more solidary and sustainable collective dynamic.
The event takes shape at the intersection of two projects that we have been developing in the past couple of years: Re:form, an experimental initiative that questions and explores different approaches to work in the cultural sector, and CARE: Culture for mental health, a project that continues our research on the impact of culture on the health and well-being of people and communities.
Throughout this edition, we will try to explore the concept of care, solidarity and sustainability from two angles:
- One that looks at cultural work and considers the needs and struggles of artists and culture professionals in their practices and experiences;
- One that tackles structures of support for professionals working at the intersection of arts, health and social well-being.
These spaces of conversation, encounter, and collective reflection might help us come closer in imagining a desirable future, where softness and nourishment become gestures of resistance against an otherwise rushed and restless world.
Day 1
The status of artists and cultural workers from the perspective of health and socio-economic well-being
Day 2
Taking care of artists and teams working at the intersection between arts, health and well-being
Agenda
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Day 1 | October 29, 2025
Day 2 | October 30, 2025
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This initiative is part of the Re:form project, co-financed by the Administration of the National Cultural Fund and the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca, and CARE: Culture for Mental Health, funded by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, EACEA or the Administration of the National Cultural Fund. Neither the European Union nor the granting authorities can be held responsible for them.
