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In celebration of Black History Month, London Arts and Health and The Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance are commissioning five artists to write a blog exploring their creative practice, showcasing an existing body of work that engages with this year’s theme of ‘Hono
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Akademi Dance Well at Nottingham University Hospital, photo by Lucy Knight.jpg
The case for this kind of work is no longer in question. It is a well proven fact that dance offers an evidence-based, joyful route into experiencing art and movement that provides real relief from the mundane and often stressful, clinical environment.
Perspectives on Arts in Health (PAH), an interdisciplinary, open-access journal, is looking for Initial Reviewers and Editorial Board Members.
Blog
We know we live in an unjust society. Systemic racism, ableism, sexism, ageism, class discrimination, transphobia, discrimination on the basis of religion… it’s all (arguably) more visible than it’s ever been.
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Lung
As we said back in January with our colleagues at London Arts and Health, we are organisations devoted to health, wellbeing and equity; and we’re watching these concepts devastated e
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Funded by Youth Music and BBC Children in Need, the Sonic Minds programme supports young people at elevated risk of experiencing a mental health issue.
Stories of lived experience
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‘Untitled’ By Casey Francis (Mad Truth)
...through creativity we can transform adversity to beauty and in the process transform ourselves. We can create our own lives as if we are creating a work of art. Instilled within all of our experience are layers of meaning, understanding and connection. Art is empathy, it is communication. Art allows us to step outside of ourselves, and see something inside that we could not recognise because of our external circumstances, our pain, our fear, our doubt.
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Illustrations by MJ Barker
What would it mean to ‘queer’ creative health? Why might we need to, and, if so, how? I was given the opportunity to first delve into these questions through a PhD scholarship I completed in 2019. My literature review explored longer histories of the field of Arts in Health as part of exploring its relationship to people and place.
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Tina Blaber
Our existence is embedded in culture – it’s all around us – and I think the need for this, as social creatures, is an inherent part of our make-up, as human beings.
A Day in the Life
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Joachim Keke
Joachim “Jojo” Keke is a Bradford-based dance artist, choreographer and theatre-maker whose practice explores memory, migration, identity and belonging through Afro-contemporary movement, theatre and participatory work. He will be facilitating a workshop at the upcoming Common Ground conference about home, care and belonging.
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Elnaz Yazdani is an embroidery artist, gardener and educator based in Yorkshire, dedicated to sharing her textile skills and promoting the importance of embroidery as an art form for the future and for community wellbeing.
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Odeth Richardson. Photo by Natasha Powell. Taken at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy Conference, Thailand
Odeth Richardson is an Occupational Therapist, healthcare leader, writer, and community advocate based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Throughout her career, she has championed the role of meaningful occupation, creativity, inclusion, and community connection in supporting health and wellbeing. Odeth will be joining the first panel of the Common Ground conference on the 7th October, discussing, 'Where are the edges of creative health?'
International
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Hear and Now 2019 in Bedford, co-produced by Orchestras Live and the Philharmonia Orchestra © Beth Walsh
An invitation on behalf of the international Music for Social Impact research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to participate in a survey of musicians in all pa
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Crocker Museum, Sacramento, California
Seeking participants for new online study to find out.
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Creative Aging International (CAI) was started with the ideas of “making with” and “making for” at its core.