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What Do Viewers Say About Contemporary Art Made By People With Dementia?
On August 14th The Dukes theatre, Lancaster, hosted the preview of Dementia and Imagination: Making Connections Through Contemporary Art. Members of the publicContinue Reading
Dementia and Imagination: Making More Connections at The Dukes, Lancaster
Join us at The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster for the preview of this exhibition, a result of Dementia and Imagination. This large-scale nationalContinue Reading
The International Arts Health Early Career Researcher Network, led by BBC New Generation Thinker Daisy Fancourt
Last week I was thrilled to be accepted to act as the North-West Representative for the International Arts Health EarlyContinue Reading
Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing Report Launched
The Creative Health report launched this week from Westminster, forming a comprehensive platform for the field of arts and health.Continue Reading
Bristol’s Health, Culture & Wellbeing Conference 2017: Some Highlights
Bristol’s Health, Culture & Wellbeing 3-day conference provided a strong sense of action and hope for the broad field ofContinue Reading
The Arts & Culture in Healthcare: Where Next? Creative Health Report Launches July 19th
Between June 19th and 21st, Bristol’s Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference 2017 saw 400 people from 22 countries present, debateContinue Reading
Nimble Finland: Slot Machine Fund Supports Mental Health
At the beginning of 2017, the Finnish gambling system was reformed and merged into a single gaming company owned byContinue Reading
You Don’t Have Hospital Clowns? You Can’t Be Serious!
On my research Fellowship to Finland, during an interview at TAIKE, I asked what is the public perception of the arts inContinue Reading
Functional Finland! See My Arts & Health Programme + Be Part of the Well Wishes Collection
My Travelling Fellowship is turning out to be a tornado tour of Finland’s best examples of arts, culture and wellbeing initiatives, includingContinue Reading
Modelling Social Change: Arts Promotion Centre, Finland
At TAIKE in Jvaskyla, Arts Development Manager Pauliina Lapio and I held a 3 hour open meeting for people working in theContinue Reading
