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Arts Gen delivers art and health programs to community.
Arts Gen codesigns art and health programs with community to meet their needs. Being creative and engaging in the arts can improve social and emotional wellbeing.
Art can help people feel more connected and less lonely. It can also help make communities feel more cohesive.
We work with a range of community groups, including:
Arts Gen is a program within cohealth Health Promotion Service. To read more about what health promotion is, see here.
Balance Participants
Iman Abdulhai
Aditi Singh
For more information about the work we do see our 2024/25 Annual Report.
Participant feedback and artwork below.
“The topic of my art piece was about acknowledging my capacity, so creating this art allowed me to reflect and strengthen my confidence in asserting my boundaries and needs” — Balance Feedback
Phoebe Riddiford
Terri Flaherty
Jasmine Glass
“Being part of the Curate Artist Collective has meant finding a sense of belonging in a community of artists who care deeply about both their practice and the world around them. It’s given me space to grow, share, and reflect both personally and creatively. The support, exchange of ideas, and collective spirit have made a lasting impact on how I see myself as an artist and as someone working towards community engagement through art.” — Curate Artist Feedback
Arts Gen works with a range of groups and people to strengthen our work.
Arts Gen resources and supports artists from community to deliver arts projects with community that relate to art and health. We know that some people might not identify as an artist but might have a creative cultural practice.
Arts Gen works alongside community groups to meet community where they’re at. We know that great work is being done within community. We aim to strengthen and support this where possible.
If you are a community group that is interested in partnering, get in contact via arts.gen@cohealth.org.au
Current partners: Weenthunga Health Network
We have a Community of Practice of artists and community workers & leaders who are interested in art and health – email arts.gen@cohealth.org.au to enquire, or to join the Arts Gen mailing list.
Our Arts Gen Community of Practice Terms of Reference are also available here.
We work with artists from community to deliver arts and health programs. These programs contribute to the long-term outcomes of:
We developed our Theory of Change, and ways of working in consultation with community. Review these slides for a summary.
Arts Gen will deliver activities that strengthen mental wellbeing. We will also work to prevent all forms of violence. We can support other health promotion projects that support art and health.
Arts Gen’s priorities for 2025-2029 are work that strengthens mental wellbeing and/or prevention of all forms of violence. We also support other health promotion projects to explore art and health.
Arts Gen uses a monitoring and evaluation framework. We work with artists to develop project evaluations. Then we communicate what we want to collect and why. This allows us to improve programs and share learnings with community.
The way we work is important, Arts Gen uses a range of approaches
Arts Gen work sits within cohealth Health Promotion Strategy 2025-29, see the Strategy here.
Keep up to date on what we’re up to.
To get in touch with the Arts Gen team, or to join our mailing list, please email arts.gen@cohealth.org.au
Arts Gen general office hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00am – 4:30pm
cohealth is a not-for-profit community health organisation. We provide essential health and support services in Melbourne’s CBD, inner-north and inner-west, and the east coast of Tasmania.
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