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From Patient to Artist

FROM A PATIENT TO AN ARTIST

A creative arts program supported by professional artists and delivered in arts and cultural venues outside the hospital as part of psychiatric rehabilitation aims to reduce stigma and self-stigma by enabling participants to see themselves as artists rather than patients.

The poster introduces Kunstpasa, a creative arts program delivered as part of psychiatric rehabilitation at Landspitali, the National University Hospital of Iceland. The program aims to strengthen participants’ self-confidence, creativity, social participation, daily living skills, and employment skills by connecting them with professional artists and cultural institutions outside the hospital. The program began in spring 2022 as a 10-week pilot project; professional artists designed and delivered courses in theater, music, filmmaking, creative writing, dance, and singing, and participants produced a short film combining these art forms at the end of the program. Following the pilot’s success, the program was formally established in 2024 with support from the Icelandic Ministry of Health, and courses began to be offered in music composition and production, painting, ceramics, creative writing, and theater. Since 2024, 26 courses have been offered over four semesters, with more than 240 enrollments; some participants subsequently took part in professional theater productions and courses at the Iceland University of the Arts. Moving the courses to arts and cultural venues outside the hospital is presented as an important step toward reducing stigma and self-stigma, which can be reinforced in hospital settings; one participant described the experience as feeling like an artist rather than a patient. The program is being developed in collaboration with participants, artists, and cultural partners such as the Reykjavik City Theatre and the Iceland University of the Arts; the Research Centre for Creative Arts has joined the project to support data collection and research. The poster does not present quantitative outcome measures, a comparison group, or statistical analyses.

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