Snowmass non-profit partners with World Health Organization to discuss the arts, climate change

The Open Mind Project, a Snowmass non-profit, discussed the role of the arts as a means of addressing climate change at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, at the beginning of December.

The Open Mind Project is a partner of the global Healing Arts campaign that aims to improve global health through arts-related research and advocacy. At the COP28 Healing Arts Week, a panel of global arts leaders discussed the intersection of arts, health, and climate.

“The Open Mind Project is proud to have been a production partner on COP28 Healing Arts Week and be championing this global initiative since its launch in 2020,” Open Mind Project Founder Andrew Scott said in a news release. “The arts can help bring people from many backgrounds together around our interconnected health and climate crisis in a spirit of healing, empathy, and beauty.”

The COP28 Healing Arts Week was implemented in January 2023 as one of the global events marking the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO). The Open Mind Project partnered with WHO and the Jameel Arts and Health Lab — a lab established by WHO that coordinates scientific research into the effectiveness of the arts in improving health and well-being — to organize Healing Arts programs across the world.

The Healing Arts program hosted events in Dublin; Lagos, Portugal; Geneva; Cairo; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia before the final event in Dubai at the COP28 Healing Arts Week.