Category: Finnish approaches to wellbeing

by Communikatt June 25, 2017 0

Finnish approaches to wellbeing mental health

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

by Communikatt June 5, 2017 0

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

by Communikatt June 1, 2017 0

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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

by Communikatt May 31, 2017 0

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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

by Communikatt May 26, 2017 1

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‘Culture Club’ “Diagnosis Free Zone” in Jyvaskyla

On May 23rd, Following Baby Dance Hour in a residential home, I visited the innovative ‘Trombi’, (Culture Club), located under trees aroundContinue Reading

by Communikatt May 23, 2017 2

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Why Finland Features in the Fellowship: Day 1 from Helsinki

Over the next few weeks I will visit colleagues in the field of arts and health across Finland, in Helsinki, Turku,Continue Reading

Utopia Fair at Somerset House, London July 2016. Connected Communities Arts & Humanities Research Council public engagement event

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

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

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Dementia and Imagination exhibition in conjunction with Chesterfield's famous Crooked Spire

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The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Public talk alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit by Margaret Edson, ‘Making Great Art Out Of Illness’.

Workshop space at Nottingham Contemporary

Research Artist Carol Hanson installation at Einstein’s Garden, Green Man festival