Can art play a part in well-being? In this talk Marilyn walks us through how art can impact people's day to day lives and how the medical profession are starting to pay attention.

(From The WWF-UK Living Planet Centre, Woking for TEDxWoking, guest-curated by Sam Marshall and Kate Mair.)

Marilyn is currently the Director of the award-winning UK Gallery The Lightbox, which opened in a new architect designed building in September 2007.
Marilyn has managed the project from concept design through to opening and now operates the gallery with an exciting exhibition and events programme.

Marilyn has spent all her career in museums, galleries and heritage organisations. She also works in the independent and not-for-profit sector and has been a consultant on a number of new museum developments.

She is a member of the UK Heritage Lottery Fund panel and a Council member of AIM and a Trustee of Bethlem Museum of The Mind and The Geffrye Museum.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx