S2:E7 Networks for arts, culture, health, and wellbeing – Rosie Dow in conversation with Stephanie Fortunato
Guest
Rosie Dow
In conversation with
Stephanie Fortunato
In this episode, our host Stephanie Fortunato speaks with Rosie Dow, Manager of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts and Health at UCL. They talk about Rosie’s new role at UCL, her previous work leading “HARP”, the health benefits of singing, as well as the essential role of networks in the field of arts and health.
Date of Recording
6 July 2022
Date of Publication
11 August 2022
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Stephanie Fortunato: Hello and welcome to The Three Bells. This podcast is one of a series brought to you by AEA Consulting and The Binnacle Foundation for the Global Cultural Districts Network, in which we explore what's happening around the world at those busy and sometimes congested intersections of culture and urban life.
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Today I'm speaking to you from Providence, Rhode Island, the ancestral land of the Narragansett. I pay my respect to the Narragansetts and other indigenous people’s past, present, and emerging who have, and continue to live here. And to all First Nations people on the many lands on which we are listening from today. I'm Stephanie Fortunato, Director of Special Projects for the GCDN. Today, The Three Bells will be exploring a topic at the forefront of many communities’ agendas as we emerge from the global pandemic: arts, culture and wellbeing.
I am thrilled to be joined here by Rosie Dow. Rosie has been working at arts and health for about a decade and her expertise spans arts and health programme delivery, strategy, policy, research, and network development. After leading HARP, an incredible arts, health and wellbeing initiative in Wales – that we’ll hear more about later, she has recently joined the World Health Organisation’s Collaborating Centre for Arts & Health at University College London.
Hello, Rosie!
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Rosie Dow: Hi, Stephanie.
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Stephanie Fortunato: How are you today?
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Rosie Dow: I'm very well, thank you. It's great to be dialling in from a sunny South Wales,
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External Links
The World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Arts & Health is based at University College London.
Health Arts Research People (HARP) – a program that allowed arts interventions to play a more prominent role in the health and wellbeing of people in Wales.
The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a national membership organisation representing everyone who believes that creativity and cultural engagement can transform our health and wellbeing.
New Pathways is the largest sexual violence support provider in Wales, with 30 years’ experience of delivering specialist therapeutic support to adults and children affected by the trauma of rape, sexual assault or sexual abuse.
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru is the Welsh language national theatre of Wales. The theatre has been running the ar y dibyn series of creative workshops since 2019.
About Our Speakers
Rosie Dow is the Manager of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Arts and Health at UCL. Previously, Rosie ran ‘HARP’, a large Arts and Health innovation and research programme with a focus on how the arts can play a more prominent role in the health and wellbeing of people in Wales. Rosie has been working in the field of arts and health for over ten years. +
Stephanie Fortunato is Director of Special Projects of the Global Cultural Districts Network. Her expertise sits at the intersection of cultural planning and urban development, collaborating with local communities on creating policies and partnerships to strengthen neighbourhoods and transform public spaces. +
