Lincoln Center Presents: Global Goals – A New Score for the Arts and Public Health
What if arts engagement were treated like exercise and sport—as a core public health strategy? Against the backdrop of the world’s celebration of soccer, this conversation explores how creativity can be understood as a health-creating behavior alongside physical activity, supporting not only individual wellbeing, but the health of our cities. While sport and exercise are widely recognized for protecting physical and mental health, growing evidence shows that engagement in music, dance, storytelling, and the visual arts also strengthens stress regulation, emotional wellbeing, social connection, and community resilience.
Bringing together voices from the arts, sports, public health, and policy, this event examines how creative participation can advance World Health Organization (WHO) global health targets while aligning with New York City’s priorities around prevention, equity, and neighborhood-level wellbeing. The conversation highlights how arts engagement can support mental health, reduce health disparities, and foster the social cohesion that underpins healthy, thriving communities. We are invited to reimagine creativity not as a luxury, but as essential civic infrastructure, one that supports healthier bodies, stronger social bonds, and more resilient neighborhoods long after the final whistle.
This event will begin with members of the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center playing a selection from Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s String Quartet in E-flat major.
This panel will feature closed captioning available on personal devices by scanning a QR code.
This event is General Admission, first-come first-served. Just show up!
- 07/17/2026
- 07/17/2026
- 6:00pm
- 7:00pm
- Free
- Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio, David Geffen Hall
- https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/global-goals-a-new-score-for-the-arts-and-public-health-592
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- Visitors Who Are Deaf | Visitors who use American Sign Language | Visitors with Hearing Loss
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