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There is an enduring connection between the arts and mental health.
The creative process as a means of healing emotions and treating mental ill health is long established in the field of art therapy. But recent research has also shown that artmaking outside of therapeutic contexts as well as looking at and appreciating art have positive impacts on mental health, reducing stress, improving well-being and bringing greater joy to life.
Making art has been shown to enable people to take greater responsibility for their own health and wellbeing by helping maintain levels of independence and curiosity and improve the quality of life by bringing greater joy.
A recent study has also shown that looking at and appreciating art can create similar patterns of neuronal activity in the brain as those associated with pleasurable activities such as food and sex. The benefits of this kind of brain activity are that they can have a stress-buffering effect and therefore help stimulate mental resilience.
Tate galleries are the perfect place to get a stress-relieving art fix.
Why not check out Tate’s current exhibitionshere?
Credit: Lubaina Himid Zanzibar Memories, 2021
Discover more about Lubaina Himid and the new collection of pyjamas featuring her artwork below.
Tate have teamed up with a psychotherapist to assess your mood and match you to a Tate artwork. Take this quiz to reflect on your present well-being.
Pjoys have teamed up with Tate Shops and Lubaina Himid to create beautiful pyjamas featuring her artwork.
Lubaina Himid CBE is a Turner Prize-winning artist and cultural activist, who has dedicated her thirty-year-long career to uncovering marginalised and silenced histories, figures, and cultural moments. Born in Zanzibar in 1954 Lubaina Himid's work addresses her heritage and shines a light on the contribution black people have made to cultural life in Europe for the past several hundred years.
Shop the collection here.
If you're not feeling great just now and you need ideas to help you feel better check out our holistic self-care guide.
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