Research shows that art helps reduce stress and anxiety, improve cognitive function, and help manage and prevent disease. During this community moment, Rarița and Johanna will exemplify the connection between art, health and well-being by presenting the Clujean Cultural Centre’s Indoor Space programme.

You’ll learn about the outcomes of arts interventions – such as alleviating post-natal depression through Songs for Mums and Babies workshops and reducing burnout symptoms through improvisation and creative expression activities. You will also enjoy a moment of musical interaction with Johanna Bertóti, where you will have the opportunity to explore the power of music to create joy, presence and inter-connection.

About the speakers:

Johanna Bertóti is a singer and songwriter with over 12 years of activity. She also works as a playwright, translator, poet and musical director for children’s and teenage performances. Johanna emphasizes in her work experiences that actively engage audiences and believes that the liberating power of music is an irreplaceable opportunity.

Rarița Zbranca has 25 years of experience in programme development, research and policy in the field of culture. She is the program director of the Clujean Cultural Centre, where she develops initiatives that activate art and culture for social transformation. Among other things, she initiated the Inner Space programme, an interdisciplinary platform dedicated to exploring the relationship between art, health and well-being. She is co-author of a series of research studies on the impact of cultural participation on health and well-being and co-founder of the AltArt Foundation, an organization dedicated to experimental methods in art and society and co-founder of the Paintbrush Factory, an independent collective space for contemporary art, active from 2008 to 2020.