Inside Arts
Art meets science to advance mental health, wellbeing, and the future of care.
InsideArts integrates art, neuroscience and meditation to promote mental health and wellbeing, especially among younger generations. It is built on the conviction that culture and beauty can become concrete instruments of care, prevention and inclusion — able to activate inner resources and to generate new forms of community.
Through experiences that combine art, music, education and psychophysical wellbeing, InsideArts collaborates with institutions, healthcare organizations, enterprises and territories. It offers evidence-based programmes that transform stress into equilibrium, solitude into connection and emotion into creative energy.
Scientific evidence
Increasingly, healthcare settings such as hospitals, rehabilitation centres and mental-health facilities are recognising the value of the arts as part of preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative processes. Indeed, a landmark scoping review conducted under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO) found that over 3,000 studies show the arts play a major role in: prevention of ill-health, promotion of health, and the management and treatment of illness across the lifespan.
This evidence underscores the capacity of art not only to enrich culture, but to operate within health and care systems — reducing anxiety, supporting recovery, enhancing resilience, and integrating with conventional treatments. By bridging scientific rigour and aesthetic sensibility, InsideArts supports a culture of wellbeing—within education, industry and healthcare—where people heal, connect and thrive.
Fancourt D., Finn S. What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review.Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe; 2019. Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report No. 67. ISBN: 978-92-890-5455-3.
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