by
Dick Averns
On the heels of the recent Alberta Museums Association (AMA) conference, As a Whole: Well-being, Health, and Museums, it’s refreshing to learn that November is recognized in many communities as Arts and Health Month. The goals for this event, as noted by Arts Health Network Canada, are “to promote the integration of the arts—including literary, performing, and visual arts and design—into a wide variety of healthcare and community settings for therapeutic, educational, and expressive purposes.”
Leading the way in Alberta is Edmonton, with Mayor Don Iveson issuing a City
Proclamation on November 1. This was presented at the McMullen Gallery, located
at University of Alberta Hospital, by Councillor Jon Dziadyk.
