Art Thou Well

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by Katherine Taylor March 31, 2017 2

Introducing Art Thou Well

Hello and welcome to Art Thou Well. This site is about the roles of culture and the arts in healthContinue Reading

by Katherine Taylor August 31, 2021 2

Free resource for arts in health

The new Arts, Culture and Mental Health module introduces learners to the value of arts and culture for mental health.Continue Reading

by Katherine Taylor July 29, 2021 0

Arts and Mental Health Health & Wellbeing music pandemic research Social Prescribing

Beyond the pandemic: music, maladies and mending

Starting with a major study on music behaviours and coping during the pandemic, this month’s blog is a music-themed explorationContinue Reading

by Katherine Taylor February 24, 2021 1

Arts and Mental Health CAMHS Dance research Theatre trauma-informed

Building resilience and overcoming adversity through dance & drama

This blog brings together Odd Arts and Company Chameleon to reflect on their own learning from one another, and onContinue Reading

by Katherine Taylor February 17, 2021 2

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Tailored Treatments: graphic novels to communicate health stories

Graphic novels are long-form comics, where words and images are used together to tell a story. Ziggy’s Wish use specialisedContinue Reading

by Katherine Taylor January 19, 2021 0

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Arts for Health Austria launches with ‘Dance: New Moves in Healthcare’

This article is a first-hand account of the launch and background of this new national organisation. Includes link to the event recording and references to EU policy development.

by Katherine Taylor January 5, 2021 0

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Culture at a distance: arts for health in isolation

One positive of the pandemic for me is seeing the increasing recognition of the far-reaching and vital roles of culture and the arts, in particular around health and well-being.

by Katherine Taylor November 24, 2020 0

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5 ways we can support you to link arts, culture and healthcare

With the GM i-THRIVE Arts, Culture and Mental Health Ambassadors programme, we aim to support anyone to embed creativity, cultureContinue Reading

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front page of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Creative Care Kit

Creative Care Kits, a number of Greater Manchester organisations led by GMCA worked together to create and distribute 22,000 Kit to young people without access to the internet during lockdown.A second Kity was also delivered in October 2020.

Three Minute Heroes launch

Image fro IG Kultur publication, Austria https://www.igkultur.at/artikel/arts-prescription-new-kind-medicine

Culture Politic International, Dec 2019 Keynote at EU policy workshop in Vienna

GM Arts, Culture and Mental Health feature month

The Winston Churchill Trust's Travelling Fellowship

Exhibition and talks from by Will Self and Profesor Jphn Read John Baldessari – Matthew Buckingham – Sophie Calle – Marc Camille Chaimowicz – Moyra Davey – Luke Fowler – Gillian Wearing – Catherine Yass The modern city has frequently been identified through its intensity – a busy and bustling environment of potentially creative and productive activity. For the spectator, this intensity can also tip over into a state in which reality is temporarily obscured. It is this finely balanced state which the exhibition explores, the condition of urban psychosis is presented as a recurring theme, a shadow which continues to haunt the city. July 2014

http://www.greenman.net/explore/areas/einsteins-garden/

Research Artist Carol Hanson's installation at Green Man: Doris and Ivor's Carry On Cartoon Camping

The Human Library is an international equalities movement that challenges prejudice and discrimination through social contact. It uses the language and mechanism of a library to facilitate respectful conversations that can positively change people’s attitudes and behaviours towards members of our communities who are at risk of exclusion and marginalisation. http://humanlibraryuk.org/