between colors, sounds, and freedom: art and popular education as pathways to mental health care in CAPS
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Center for Popular Education, Care and Participation in Health (Angicos), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasília, Brazil
Popul. Med. 2026;8(Supplement Supplement 1):A2569
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
the libertarte project – creative workshops in CAPS in the federal district is based on the articulation between art, culture, popular education, and mental health care as strategies to promote care in freedom, strengthen autonomy, and build bonds in the territories. it is grounded in the principles of the brazilian psychiatric reform, which proposes overcoming the asylum-based model and guaranteeing rights to people experiencing psychological distress (BRAZIL 2001), and in the national policy of popular education in health, which guides dialogical and participatory practices and values popular knowledge (BRAZIL 2013). art is understood as a language of expression and creation capable of expanding horizons and fostering life re-signification.
METHODS:
this is a qualitative experience developed in psychosocial care centers in the federal district through creative workshops in jewelry making, music, painting, gardening, and crochet. actions are territorially based, with shared planning among the executing team, managers, professionals, and users, aligned with psychosocial and community-based mental health care approaches (AMARANTE 2007). in the first edition, carried out between june and october 2025, activities took place in 18 CAPS across different health regions. for 2026, implementation is planned over 8 months, including alignment, execution, evaluation, and dissemination.
RESULTS:
in the first edition, the project reached more than 300 users of the mental health care network, promoting spaces for expression, learning, and protagonism. more than 400 pieces were produced, and an integration and exhibition event was held, increasing visibility of the productions and strengthening a sense of belonging. strengthening of bonds, expanded participation, and appreciation of singularities were observed.
CONCLUSIONS:
libertarte demonstrates that integrating art, culture, and popular education is a powerful strategy for mental health care. the experience reaffirms the centrality of territory, autonomy, and participation in consolidating practices aligned with psychiatric reform and in building humanized psychosocial care.
the libertarte project – creative workshops in CAPS in the federal district is based on the articulation between art, culture, popular education, and mental health care as strategies to promote care in freedom, strengthen autonomy, and build bonds in the territories. it is grounded in the principles of the brazilian psychiatric reform, which proposes overcoming the asylum-based model and guaranteeing rights to people experiencing psychological distress (BRAZIL 2001), and in the national policy of popular education in health, which guides dialogical and participatory practices and values popular knowledge (BRAZIL 2013). art is understood as a language of expression and creation capable of expanding horizons and fostering life re-signification.
METHODS:
this is a qualitative experience developed in psychosocial care centers in the federal district through creative workshops in jewelry making, music, painting, gardening, and crochet. actions are territorially based, with shared planning among the executing team, managers, professionals, and users, aligned with psychosocial and community-based mental health care approaches (AMARANTE 2007). in the first edition, carried out between june and october 2025, activities took place in 18 CAPS across different health regions. for 2026, implementation is planned over 8 months, including alignment, execution, evaluation, and dissemination.
RESULTS:
in the first edition, the project reached more than 300 users of the mental health care network, promoting spaces for expression, learning, and protagonism. more than 400 pieces were produced, and an integration and exhibition event was held, increasing visibility of the productions and strengthening a sense of belonging. strengthening of bonds, expanded participation, and appreciation of singularities were observed.
CONCLUSIONS:
libertarte demonstrates that integrating art, culture, and popular education is a powerful strategy for mental health care. the experience reaffirms the centrality of territory, autonomy, and participation in consolidating practices aligned with psychiatric reform and in building humanized psychosocial care.
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