Conferences and symposiums Arts for Health: The 2nd Nordic-Baltic Seminar on Art in Hospitals

Hospitals have become significant places for art displays, while the presence of art plays an important part for health and well-being of patients, families and healthcare staff. The first Nordic-Baltic Seminar on Art in Hospitals, was held on November 18-20 2024. This will be the second meeting in the same series.

The goal of the seminar will be to share knowledge on art in hospital environments and promote the network for professionals working at the intersection of healthcare and art in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The language of the seminar is English.

Preliminary program

Monday April 20 at Sune Bergström lecture hall; Karolinska University Hospital Solna

09.00 Registration

10.00 – 13.00 Plenary session

Marcel W. Foster Performance Hypothesis, University of Florida's Center for Arts in Medicine

Max Lijefors, Lund University

Mats Lekander, Karolinska Institutet,

Birgit Bundesen Mental Health Care Center Amager, Danish Center for Arts and Mental Health, Copenhagen

Magdalena Åberg, Helsinki

13.00 Cold lunch on site
 

14.00 – 15.15 Break out sessions

Themes:

• The demand for evidence in healthcare versus art’s claim for autonomy
• There are many kinds of healthcare environments – can they all cater for the same art and art interventions?
• Format and scope of Nordic collaboration 
• Nordic Examples, patients and artists
   

15.30 Performance by The Ballet Academy, Stockholm
 

16.00 – 17.30 Plenary lectures

16.00-16.30 Daisy Fancourt Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at University College London 

16.35 Arts in Hospitels

Stefan Karlsson, Arts lab, Sahlgrenska. Gothenburg

Amelie Edlund, Ersta diakoni, Stockholm.

18.00 Visit to The Cell – where art and science intersect. Exhibition, networking, drinks and snacks

Tuesday April 21

Eva and Georg Klein lecture Hall,  Biomedicum, Solna väg 9, Karolinska Institutet

9.00 Lectures

Artists-in-residence: An Emerging Concept in Medicine
Moderator: Dr Jonas Nordquist, KI

Moderator: Dr Jonas Nordquist

• Ms. Cecilia Hillström, Gallerist
• Ms. Ebba Bohlin, Artist-in-residence, Karolinska Institutet

10.00 Contributions from participants.
Reports from breakouts

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 Guided tours - Karolinska University Hospital Solna art project; 2-3 groups.

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Organized Visit to Art Exhibits in Stockholm
National Museum, Sven-Harrys Art Hall

16.00 End of meeting

Registration

The event is free of charge, but you need to register in advance. Participants will however have to cover travel and accommodation. You can already register now and please do so no later than March 31 2026. Please use the link below to register already now – welcome!

Register online here for the event

Accomodation

A block of rooms have been reserved for two nights, April 19-20 and 20-21 at the Elite Hotel Carolina Tower, Eugeniavägen 6,very conveniently  just opposite to the NKS hospital main entrance where the venue of the first day is located. The price is 1501 SEK/night (appr 132 €s) and includes breakfast.  If you wish to reserve rooms from this block send the name of guest(s) and the dates required (19-20/4 and/or 20-21/4) and if you require a single or double room to: 

ingemar.ernberg@ki.se

Presentations

If you also would like to give a very short presentation of your activities in this field also send a five sentence summary to Ingemar.ernberg@ki.se  latest February 28.

Organizing Committee

Center for Culture, Cognition and Health, Karolinska Institutet

Additional information:

Giulia Gaudenzi, assistant professor, Karolinska Institutet giulia.gaudenzi@ki.se

Ingemar Ernberg, senior professor Ingemar.ernberg@ki.se +4670 5467636

John Sennett, PhD Student, Webadministrator John.sennett@ki.se