Muze and Kunst voor het kinderziekenhuis
Gateway to the world of the arts
The ‘Muze and Kunst voor het kinderziekenhuis’ project aims to offer children and young people who are faced with a hospital stay a gateway to the world of the arts.
Room for creative expression through interaction with artists
Interactive encounters with various artists and performers, featuring music, drawing and sculpture as well as dance and theatre, inspire and encourage the children in the children’s hospital to express themselves creatively.
In this way, children and young people experience joyful moments that allow them to forget their worries for a while in a world where illness dominates everything. Through art and creativity, the many emotions and thoughts triggered by a hospital stay can be given a place. Children also get opportunities to let their imagination play, to (re)discover their artistic talents and thus increase their resilience.
For the artists, too, interacting and creating with ill children is a special experience that gives their artistic commitment an added dimension and inspires them.
With the artistic project ‘Muze and Kunst voor het kinderziekenhuis’, we want to move beyond the boundaries of conventional medicine towards a genuine ‘art of healing’.