The Strokes' Producer Gordon Raphael & Creative Health Pioneer Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt In Conversation

Creative health charity CULTUR.ART presents Legendary Music Producer Gordon Raphael  (The Strokes, Regina Spektor, The Libertines) & Creative Health Pioneer Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt of King's College London in conversation about the fascinating reasons why arts and creativity are so good for us. 

Gordon Raphael

Legendary music producer Gordon Raphael’s work with The Strokes, The Libertines and Regina Spektor made him the producer behind some of the most iconic indie and alternative music of the 2000s. Helping these once in a generation artists sell millions of records in the process.Gordon’s incredible music career has included everything from producing hit anthems for The Strokes like Last Nite, Reptilia, Someday, 12:51 & Hard to Explain, being on The Libertines’ tumultuous first ever tour and discovering Regina Spektor to being at the heart of the 90s Seattle grunge scene. Other artists Gordon’s recorded include The Stone Roses’ Ian Brown, Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), Hinds, and Skin, the trailblazing Skunk Anansie vocalist.

Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt

Pioneering creative health consultant Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt wrote the influential Creative Health report which gave the field its current name. Rebecca’s research shows how creative health approaches can boost our health and wellbeing and tackle economic and social disadvantage. An Associate Research Fellow at King’s College London, Rebecca has worked with Parliament, the Greater London Authority, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, London Arts and Heath and many others to advocate for how we can unlock the health and wellbeing benefits of creativity, culture and heritage in our daily lives.

CULTUR.ART

CULTUR.ART is the new creative health arm of leading arts education charity The Arts Society, founded on the principle that the arts are vital for our physical and mental wellbeing. CULTUR.ART’s mission is to bring the arts to more people and show how easy it is to engage with the arts whether that be digitally, or in person. Unlocking the health benefits of the arts for a new generation of art lovers. The charity is passionate about making the arts – in all its forms – accessible to people from all backgrounds.

Please be aware that we may be filming this event.