Professor Daisy Fancourt in conversation Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health
Saturday 21st March
6.30pm
Tickets £12
To open the 80th Stroud Arts Festival, in collaboration with Stroud Book Festival, we’re delighted to welcome Daisy Fancourt to discuss her remarkable book Art Cure: The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health with books journalist and Stroud Book Festival Programme Director, Caroline Sanderson.
Daisy is an award-winning professor at University College London who leads the World Health Organisation’s agenda on the arts and health. She is one of the most cited scientists in the world for her pioneering work on how the arts help us both survive and thrive.
Praised as “a revelation” by Melvyn Bragg and described as “fascinating, compelling and inspiring” by Dr Christopher Bailey of the World Health Organization, Art Cure reveals the powerful and measurable benefits of the arts for both mental and physical wellbeing. Drawing on pioneering research, this book invites us to rethink our relationship with art and culture—and recognise their vital role in living longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives.