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CREATIVITY WORKS Upcoming creative wellbeing courses Join
Creativity Works for a series of creative wellbeing courses this April & May marking Mental Health Awareness Week. These workshops are for adults living in B&NES who would like to support their wellbeing through creativity. If you would like more information about these workshops, please contact philippa@creativityworks.org.uk or phone 07715 382877. To enrol on any of these courses please visit www.creativityworks.org.uk and complete the online enrolment forms. Intention Sticks Join us for an outdoor workshop in Sydney Gardens, Bath, to experience the benefits of working with and within nature. Facilitated by Artist and Art Therapist, Samantha Hickman. We’ll explore grounding in the present moment and go on a creative journey to connect with the environment to create ‘Intention Sticks’ to embody our thoughts and feelings from the experience. No artistic ability required. Open to all adult residents in B&NES. Free. Booking Essential! Places offered on a first come first serve basis. Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week. Dates: Thursday 13th May & 10th June Time: 2-4pm Location: Sydney Gardens, Bath Creative Pandemic Postcards Join us for a two-hour online workshop, to create a creative postcard using found images and text to creatively express our experiences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Facilitated by Samantha Hickman, Artist and Art Therapist. No previous experience necessary. Open to all adult residents in B&NES. Free.
Image credit Samantha Hickman
Dates: Wednesday 28 April & 5 May Time: 2.30–4.30pm Location: Online via zoom Writing outside the Walls – greenspaces and creative writing. Four-week course Would you like to inspire your creativity, connect with your senses and create a deeper understanding of place? Facilitated by Christina Sanders and Greg Atkin of Writing Space, one of our peer-led groups, this four-week outdoor creative writing walkshop is an opportunity to experiment with ways of walking which combine observation, memory and imagination. Drawing on our surroundings, it provides an opportunity to unlock your creativity, and find ways to write about it creatively. No previous experience necessary. All abilities welcome. Open to all adult residents in B&NES. Free. Dates: Starts: 11th May – for Mental Health Awareness Week. Following sessions: 18th, 25th May, 1st Jun Times: Tuesdays 2 – 4pm Location: Sydney Gardens, Bath
