Good Arts Good Mental Health

13/10/2025

UWA Research Impact Story 🎹🎧🎭💃🏻📚🎨 Good Arts Good Mental Health & the art of mental wellbeing ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvsazyn8

10/10/2025

⭐Arts Challenge 4 World Mental Health Day⭐ Whether it’s , , , , , , and so much more … why not get a ‘dose’ of the arts that makes you feel good this World Mental Health Day. If you don’t know where to start the Good Arts, Good Mental Health website has lots of suggestions, learning videos and resources including a 5-day Arts Challenge to get your mental health enhancing creativity flowing. Don’t forget - you don’t have to be good at art for the arts to be good for you. See the GAGMH website (campaign section) ➡️ https://goodartsgoodmentalhealth.com.au 😊Arts dose paper (2hrs per week): http://goo.gl/6usL8H

04/10/2025

Check this out! Excited to announce that Good Arts, Good Mental Health has a European sister! ⭐️ More Arts, More Wellbeing ⭐️ This is the wonderful work of the platform & CARE (Culture for Mental Health Project).

02/10/2025

⭐️The message “Good Arts, Good Mental Health” achieved 89% community agreement & 42% intention to act ⭐️Thankyou to the Culture and Health platform for the opportunity to keynote your 2025 conference in Turku, Finland to present our Western Australian campaign to an EU audience ⭐️GAGMH was co-designed with more than 3500 Australians, 31 project partners, a community reference group, government mentor group, and 6 funding partners: the Future Health Research Innovation Fund, The Ian Potter Foundation, Minderoo Foundation, St John of God Health Care, Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport & CircuitWest ⭐️ Don’t forget - there are FREE arts-mental health resources and learning videos on the GAGMH website ⭐️“You don’t have to be good at art for the arts to be good for you” ⭐️

30/09/2025

Excited to announce that Good Arts, Good Mental Health has a European sister! ⭐️ More Arts, More Wellbeing ⭐️ A total pleasure to advise on this project, which is the wonderful work of , the Culture for Health platform , and CARE (Culture for Mental Health Project).

25/09/2025

⭐️ Thank you EUREGHA - European Regional and Local Health Authorities for the opportunity to talk about Arts, Health & the Good Arts, Good Mental Health campaign. Really enjoyed presenting, the discussion, and hearing about the amazing arts-health work happening in the EU from my outstanding colleagues:
✅ Monica Urian, Policy Officer, DG Education and Culture (DG EAC), European Commission
✅ Nils Fietje, Technical Officer, Behavioural and Cultural Insights Unit, WHO Regional Office for Europe
✅ Broula Barnohro Oussi, PhD, Strategist, Competence Centre for Culture and Health, Region Stockholm
✅ Mikkel Ottow, Special Consultant in Health and Culture, Central Denmark EU Office, Central Denmark Region
✅ Kornelia Kiss, Head of Culture and Health, Culture Action Europe
✅ Michele Calabro’, Director, EUREGHA - European Regional and Local Health Authorities

Don’t forget ….There are free arts-mental health resources and learning videos on the GAGMH website goodartsgoodmentalhealth.com.au -and- “You don’t have to be good at art for the arts to be good for you” ⭐️

26/08/2025

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1594846/full

IntroductionThis study describes and evaluates Good Arts, Good Mental Health® (GAGMH), a groundbreaking, population-level, arts-mental health promotion media...

18/08/2025

Ever wonder whether mental wellbeing can be uplifted by participation in the arts?

This study describes and evaluates Good Arts, Good Mental Health® (GAGMH), a groundbreaking, population-level, arts-mental health promotion media campaign designed to empower the general population to form an intention to engage in the Arts for their mental wellbeing.

READ: https://tinyurl.com/39kdt328

08/08/2025

🎨 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵®: 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀-𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻
Article just released confirming a widespread community desire to engage in the arts for better mental health! The world first, state-wide, arts-mental health campaign found high agreement and strong intention to act on the message, with nearly 90% of respondents agreeing that the arts could enhance their mental wellbeing.

The article is 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 to read and download, with insights on how the campaign was created, run and evaluated. See ➡️ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1594846

💥 Don't forget: “You don’t have to be good at art for the arts to be good for you. Do the art that makes YOU feel good. TRY for two hours per week. It could make a difference to your mental health. Good Arts, Good Mental Health” 💥

📜Authors: Christina Davies, Melanie Pescud, Rhonda Clifford, Richard McGrath, Annie Thomson, Mia Jeffrey, Melissa Stoneham, Terri Pikora, Peter Wright, Sonya Girdler, Loretta Baldassar, Stephen Clift.

Share the paper ➡️https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1594846/full

27/06/2025

⭐𝙃𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨!⭐ The Good Arts, Good Mental Health® campaign paper has just been published and confirms a widespread community desire to engage in the arts for better mental health! The evaluation of the world first, population level, arts-mental health media campaign found high agreement and strong intention to act on the message, with nearly 90% of respondents agreeing that the arts could enhance their mental wellbeing. The paper is FREE to read, download and includes information about how the campaign was developed, run (including the various campaign assets) and evaluated.

See▶️ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1594846

The GAGMH campaign was co-designed with input from the community, government, industry, and philanthropy. The initiative is supported by the Western Australian Future Health Research and Innovation Fund, which is an initiative of the WA State Government, The Ian Potter Foundation, Minderoo Foundation, CircuitWest, St John of God Health Care, and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

💥 Don't forget: “You don’t have to be good at art for the arts to be good for you. Do the art that makes YOU feel good. TRY for two hours per week. It could make a difference to your mental health. Good Arts, Good Mental Health” 💥

15/06/2025

𝗨𝗣𝗖𝗬𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧: 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀 ♻️👗👖
Turn old clothes into fresh, fun, and fabulous creations! Upcycling can boost your mental well-being, reduce waste, and help the planet. 🌎🎨

𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱:
🛍 Find old clothes at op-shops or in your cupboard.
✂️ Grab scissors, glue, needle & thread—supermarkets sell these!
📲 Watch online tutorials or join a community craft group.

𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀:
👜 No-sew T-Shirt Tote Bag – Cut the sleeves and collar off of T-Shirt (these are your handles). At the bottom the shirt, cut long slits and tie knots to seal the bag (this creates a fringe).
🎀 Hair Scrunchies – Sew leftover fabric into hair ties.
👖 Patchwork Jeans – Add colourful fabric patches.
👗 Dress-to-Skirt Transformation – Convert an old dress into a stylish skirt.
🛏 T-Shirt Quilt – Turn old tees into a cozy blanket!

Share your creations with us by tagging in your posts. 😊

REMEMBER: You don’t have to be good at art for the arts to be good for you. Do the art that makes YOU feel GOOD. TRY for two hours per week. It could make a difference to your mental health. Good Arts, Good Mental Health.

26/05/2025

𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦: Nature Medicine — one of the world’s leading medical journals — recently published a feature article exploring how the arts are being mobilised globally to support health and wellbeing. Good Arts, Good Mental Health Director, Christina Davies was interviewed.
You can read the article for FREE here ➡️ https://rdcu.be/enEjX
🎹 Good evidence & transparency of both positive and negative arts-health outcomes are important for community engagement & guiding policy & practice.
🎭 Don’t forget to make time to engage in the arts activities that make you feel good.
🎨 TRY for an arts-mental health dose of 2hr/week, see ➡️ goo.gl/6usL8H