Manifestações de Arte Integradas à Saúde

The Program MAIS: Manifestações de Arte Integradas à Saúde, initiated in 2007 at ‘Hospital das Clínicas (HC) – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)’, is an art therapeutic oriented program that aims to support the treatment and rehabilitation of patients and to strengthen the humanization of healthcare, reducing stress and improving the quality of life in hospital environments. This program results from an action cooperation agreement between the Health Sciences Center (CCS) through the Dept. of Pathology and the Services of Pathology, Dermatology and Dentistry; the Art and Communication Center (CAC) through the Dept. of Music, Dept. of Arts, Dept. of Information Science and Dept. of Social Communication; as well as the Biosciences Center (CB) through the Dept. of Biophysics, Dept. of Mycology, Technology and Geosciences Center (CTG) and Philosophy and Human Sciences Center (CFCH). Through the development of musical and theatrical activities, storytelling, arts and crafts workshops, clown therapy, reading mediation, art therapy workshops, painting and photography exhibitions, dance, choral singing and vocal performances, production of ‘cordel literature’, poetic/literary soirees and puppetry, the program has promoted no less than 10,000 artistic interventions in various spaces of ‘Hospital das Clínicas’, including wards, outpatient clinics, dialysis rooms, intensive care and chemotherapy units, promoting relief, comfort, entertainment and thus improving the work rate of healthcare professionals and accelerating the healing process of patients. The target public is represented by the community of ‘Hospital das Clínicas’ – patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals and students.