10-16 June 2019
Images from Left: top row, Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Portugal Prints (BWW Mind), ‘Connection I’ (detail) by Norie Hatakeyama. Part of the Paintings in Hospitals collection. © the artist, middle row, Art4Space, Joy of Sound (JOS), CSM students visiting Kings College NHS Health Centre as part of Paintings in Hospitals ‘Art in Large Doses’ project - Photo by Glenn Michael Harper, bottom row, Emma Nutland, Resonate Arts, Chris Miller, artist from Submit to Love studios, Akademi, dancer: Showmi Das
Welcome! Going National! Welcome to Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2019, my first, and the biggest and best so far! Now in its eighth year, we are partnering with the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance to take the festival national. We believe in the power of creativity to change people’s lives for the better - and we are seeing more opportunities for everyone to experience the benefits. From a Health Secretary championing social prescribing to documentaries on primetime television. We are pleased to be at the forefront of this movement, bringing activities to a mainstream audience through this week. This year we are proud that the launch event Creative Health Conference is being presented by Southbank Centre. This conference will mark two years since the APPG released Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing. We are focused on supporting artists this year. Working with Paintings in Hospitals to host another Connect event to network and share ideas. Then Artists Practising Well brings together cultural leaders to explore frameworks of support for creative practitioners working in health and wellbeing. And we are tapping into other cultural highlights, hosting events in Walthamstow, the Borough of Culture 2019 in partnership with the E17 Arts Trail. This brochure is not exhaustive, and we will continue to add events, so keep an eye out on our website. We will also have an event app this year and will keep you updated through our social media channels. We hope you all really enjoy the festival and that you make the most of the opportunities to make connections, share ideas and try out new activities.
Jenni Regan LAHF Director
Neil Parker Festival Co-ordinator
3 10 JUNE - Launch Event Southbank Centre Presents Creative Health Conference Time: 13:00 - 18:00 Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX The conference will bring together artists, practitioners, funders and policy makers in the arts and health sectors and will aim to take stock of progress since the Creative Health report, exploring the benefits the arts can bring to health and wellbeing with a particular focus on innovation, social isolation and loneliness. In association with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Arts Council England, and the Centre for Performance Science (Royal College of Music and Imperial College London) Free (tickets can be booked through Southbank Centre website www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on from 1 May 2019)
11 JUNE - Connect 2019 Network Event Connect 2019: with Paintings in Hospitals & LAHF Time: 18:00 - 20:30 Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, SE1 1RU Following four fantastic sold-out years, Paintings in Hospitals and London Arts in Health Forum return with more networking goodness. Join us and a roomful of forward-thinking arts and health professionals at Connect 2019. Whether you’re looking for information or inspiration, head to the Menier Gallery for an evening of drinks and networking amid a new exhibition from Paintings in Hospitals and the Culture, Criticism and Curation course at Central Saint Martins. We’ll be inviting leading thinkers, researchers, commissioners, artists and more. All you need to do is turn up, take part, and see what we can do when we collaborate. www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/Event/connect-2019 Cost: £5.00/£4.00
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4 12 JUNE - Artist Support Event Artists Practising Well; support for creative practitioners working in health and wellbeing Time: 14:00 - 17:00 Type of event: Conference Venue: One Hoe St, Walthamstow, London E17 4SD The Artists Practising well brings together cultural leaders to explore frameworks of support for creative practitioners working in health and wellbeing contexts. Nicola Naismith, author of the Artists Practising Well will highlight the key findings from her research and together with the panel and audience expertise, will explore current provision and future ambitions. Nicola Naismith is a visual artist based in Norwich. In 2017/18 she was the Visual Artist fellow on the Clore Leadership programme supported by a-n, The Artists Information Company. She will be joined by Phillipa Reive, Director of Creative Campus at Snape Maltings, Gail Babb, Theatre Maker and Producer and Jess Plant, Director will explore current provision and future ambitions. This event is aimed at creative practitioners, commissioners, arts and health organisations, organisations with health and wellbeing strands of work, trustees and funders. London Arts in Health Forum are working with Artillery to bring this event to the London Borough of Culture during the E17 Arts Trail, a festival that mobilises the talents and enthusiasm of artists, residents, businesses and communities. You can find out more about the Arts Trail here. http://e17arttrail.co.uk Cost ÂŁ10
Portugal Prints
5 Other ways to get involved in the week. We want you to feel connected to the week and the activities on offer even if you can’t attend. We will be keeping you all up to date using our social media channels where you can expect reports, behind the scenes footage some live streaming and lots of sharing of content and ideas. Here are some other ways you can get involved online. Get Social with us Please share your highlights with us during the week using #CreativityandWellbeing We are also asking you to share your #5minscreativity with us. We are encouraging everyone to take 5 minutes out of their day each day during the week to do something creative that may benefit wellbeing. This could be taking part in an activity during the week or just doing something by yourself or with friends or family. Take a look at our page to get some inspiration. http://www.creativityandwellbeing.org.uk/get-creative Tag us and use the hashtags above on our social media platforms: Instagram: @londonartsinhealth www.instagram.com/londonartsinhealth/ Twitter: @LAHFArtsHealth and @CHWAlliance twitter.com/LAHFArtsHealth Facebook: @LAHFArtsHealth www.facebook.com/LAHFArtsHealth
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For more details about all the events visit the website
London Arts in Health Forum curates the annual festival Creativity and Wellbeing Week to showcase the best of arts in health practice, supporting professionals within the field, strengthening relationships and raising awareness of the advantages of collaborative, closely connected working. Whether you come along to everything or just enjoy taking part online, we welcome feedback and engagement. So for any queries about Creativity and Wellbeing Week or if you want to find out more - just email us - info@lahf.org.uk
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Time to Create: a digital celebration of creativity
Is there something creative in your life that supports your wellbeing? The Arts Health ECRN and MARCH Network want to hear from you! This Creativity and Wellbeing week, we ask you to create a short video (under a minute) of something creative that supports your health and share with us using #TimeToCreate. This could be a video of you creating something - such as a drawing or a poem - or it could simply be footage of some nature that inspires you. Anything and everything is welcome! We will then bring together all of your ideas at the end of the week to celebrate. @ArtsHealthECRN @NetworkMARCH The Arts Health ECRN is a free network bringing together early career researchers working on projects that lie at the intersection of the arts, humanities, health and medicine. For more information, visit www.artshealthecrn.com The MARCH Network seeks to transform our understanding of how social, cultural & community assets can support mental health. For more information, visit www.marchnetwork.org
LONDON’S LIGHT AND DARK - art exhibition and creative workshops with Portugal Prints The exhibition explores both the tangible architectural contrasts of the city along with the social problems linked to London’s rich canvas of life; both day and night. If you are not able to attend the exhibition then you can see the works on social media (below) You can also take part by creating images that capture London’s Light and Dark and sharing with the group via Instagram or Facebook. www.instagram.com/explore/tags/londonslightanddark/ www.facebook.com/groups/2225413491043503/
Portugal Prints
Discussion Free Space Project
CW+ Charity
Arts and Health Hub Peer Group 10 June Time: 18.30 - 20.30 Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road NW5 2BX Artist Daniel Regan runs a free peer group for artists wishing to discuss and further their artistic practice. The group is open to emerging and established artists and is a place to share thoughts, ideas, contacts and works in a non-judgemental and open environment.
The Future Hospital, Digital Arts 13 June Time: 15:00 - 15:30 Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Medicinema, Fulham Road, SW10 9NH CW+ is pioneering in the integration of digital art within a hospital environment. Exploring media such as moving image, virtual reality and cinema; come along and participate in a showcase of the future-thinking and interactive artwork.
A New Direction
Headway East London
Teachmeet: Pupil Wellbeing Through Creativity and Cultural Education 12 June Event date: 12 June 2019 Target audience and any restrictions: This event is suitable for teachers and teaching assistants working in London schools Paddington Central, 4 Kingdom Street, W2 6AE An inspiring twilight event, bringing together experts from across the fields of student wellbeing and cultural engagement to share experiences and offer new opportunities. A teacher-led event exploring how creative learning and cultural education can support pupil wellbeing in all school phases.
Discovery through art 13 June Time: 18:30 - 19:30 This talk is given by one of the members of Headway’s Submit to Love studio who has been left with walking and speech difficulties after a stroke. The artist will discuss the role of art as a key part of reconstructing their life and how it has allowed self-expression and acceptance.
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8 Exhibitions Royal College of Physicians
Bethlem Gallery
Catch your breath 10 June - 14 June Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, NW1 4LE From a baby’s first cries to a dying gasp, breath is an ever-present companion on the journey through life. This exhibition draws on art, philosophy, anthropology, medical history and literature, combining research from the Life of Breath project with artist commissions and objects from the RCP collections.
Daniel Regan: I Want to Live 10 June - 16 June Time: 08:00 - 19:00 The Maudsley Long Gallery, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ Photographer Daniel Regan’s work focuses on wellbeing and the processing of life’s experiences. I Want to Live is his collaboration with suicide respite centre Maytree. The exhibition comprises of interviews and portraits of the centre’s volunteers.
Hospital and Home Teaching Service
Bethlem Gallery
B Positive 10 June - 16 June Time: Exhibition open 24 hours a day Link Bridge, junction 10, Whipps Cross Hospital, E11 1NR Young people attending lessons in the Acorn Ward Schoolroom have created artworks inspired by the incredible world of blood. Expect cells, germs, arteries, veins and a range of fascinating facts as well as a general sense of wonder that our bodies just get on with doing such amazing work.
Our Future Likes 10 June - 14 June Time: 8:00 – 17:00 ORTUS, 82-96 Grove Lane Camberwell, SE5 8SN Our Future Likes explores the complexities of the lives we live on and offline and ways it may be damaging to our mental health. The exhibition explores how art may make the internet a more positive and contemplative space, allowing us to take charge of our futures within it. Free Space Project A Constant Companion 10 June - 14 June Time: 8:30 - 18:30 Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Rd, NW5 2BX One of Zara Carpenter’s earliest childhood memories is lying in bed at night rubbing her legs to soothe them. Pain has walked beside her for most of her life, a constant companion. Zara’s artistic practice investigates the hidden aspects of living with a chronic invisible illness. The Arts Project London’s Light and Dark 10 June - 14 June Time: 09:00 - 17:00 St Pancras Conference Centre Gallery, 4 St Pancras Way, NW1 0PE A mixed media exhibition showcasing artwork from Portugal Prints. Artists share their unique personal perspective on London. The exhibition explores both the tangible architectural contrasts of the city along with the social problems linked to London’s rich canvas of life; both day and night.
‘Neuroplasticity’ by Sarah Carpenter www.SarahCarpenterCreative.co.uk
Exhibitions Shooting Stars Gallery
On the mend
Earth, Sea and the Stars 10 June - 16 June The Queens Arms, 42 Orford Road, Walthamstow, E17 9NJ Spend time among the stars through astrophotography or in total awe of the UK’s most amazing landscapes through photography. This event is bound to ignite your passion for travel.
Demistify: The Hospital Art Collection as Perfume 11 June Time: 13.00 - 20:00 Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Rd, Hammersmith, W6 8RF Smell is one of our most developed yet least understood senses and is known to be beneficial to the health of those with dementia and brain injuries. Demistify re-imagines a hospital art collection as a series of perfumes. Offering an inclusive way to enjoy the hospital’s art.
Various locations E17 Art Trail: Wonder! of Art & Science 10-16 June Various locations, Walthamstow, E17 The E17 Art Trail is a biennial festival that makes visible the exceptional and the everyday creativity happening in Walthamstow. 8,500 people are creating the festival’s 400 exhibitions and events this year. Mobilising creativity in neighbourhoods mobilises wellbeing in neighbourhoods. Walthamstow Wetlands Archipelago 10 June - 16 June Time: 9.30 - 16:00 Walthamstow Wetlands, 2 Forest Road, N17 9NH Archipelago is an ongoing project bringing together artists working in different geographical locations, to collaborate in synchronised events. Initially, artists will focus on nine connected islands at the Wetlands which will feed into a final exhibition.
Bethlem Gallery Art & Value 12 - 14 June Time: 10:00 - 17:00 Bethlem Gallery, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3BX What do we measure and why? What does art help us to value? In a world where different methods are used to measure illness, wellness and recovery, artists investigate how researchers identify and communicate value, adding their own, individual perspectives on what deserves to be counted and why.
Fruit Fly Collective Shifting Self Identities| Cancer Stories 11- 13 June Time: 12:00 – 17:00/ 20:00 Baring Room at The Manor House, 34 Old Road, SE13 5SY An exhibition of work from two organisations, Fruit Fly Collective and The Breast Cancer Art Project, around the shift in self-identity after a cancer diagnosis. The loss of identity after a cancer diagnosis is a common experience, and the pathway to a new identity is often complex.
Mountain by Emma Swinhoe - Interpretation of the struggle to overcome the challenges faced living with cancer
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10 Exhibitions Bethlem Museum of the Mind
On the Mend
Brilliant Visions: Mescaline, Art, Psychiatry 12 – 14 June Time: 10:00 - 17:00 Brilliant Visions presents drawings and paintings by Surrealist artists who took part in the Guttman-Maclay mescaline experiments of the 1930s. This exhibition provides an insight into the first era of of research into psychedelics and mental states.
Fonts with Feeling 12 June - 16 June Time: 12:00 - 18:00 The Bomb Factory, 9-15 Elthorne Rd, N19 4AJ In collaboration with the Bomb Factory and the RNIC, this interactive exhibition imagines how people would experience stylised braille. The exhibition challenges the assumption that art can only be visual, looking at ways in which those who are visually impaired can experience art.
CW+ Charity The Art of Conversation 12 June Time: 11:00 - 13:00 West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road, TW7 6AF CW+ will be curating a new art exhibition in West Middlesex Hospital, continuing their already prominent art collection and patient environment programme. Join CW+ for a viewing of the collective exhibition, featuring talks from the artists.
The Creative Space
Paintings in Hospitals
Purple Pots
Art in Largest Doses: Proposals Showcase 12 June - 15 June Time: Weekday opening times: 11am - 6pm. Saturday opening times: 11am-3pm. Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, SE1 1RU Paintings in Hospitals is back for the final year of their student mental health project with Central Saint Martins, nurturing emergent curating talent to shape the future of arts in health. As part of Art in Largest Doses this exhibition will support the mental wellbeing of student patients at King’s College London NHS Health Centre.
Blood & Mud - Malaria bites the dirt! 14 June - 16 June Time: 11.00 - 19:00 Purple Pots, 69 Wellesley Road, E17 8QX Malaria is one of the major causes of death and morbidity worldwide, an estimated 3.4 billion, nearly half of the world’s population in 91 countries are at risk. Come and see a Purple Pots story of malaria prevention, transmission and life cycle in clay. Building bridges towards eradication.
The Creative Space - Open Studios 12 June Time: 13:00 - 18:00 Arlington House, 220 Arlington Road, NW1 7HE An Open studio exhibition featuring the work created during workshops for the residents of Arlington and other homeless schemes in Camden. As well as social and therapeutic benefits, these workshops offer an opportunity to progress onto further education and work in the arts.
Furry Tales Connecting Animals, Nature and Each Other - A Showcase Of Animal Assisted Activity in Tower Hamlets 14 June Time: 14:45 - 19:00 Stepney Way, Stepney Green, London E1 3DG This event showcases an exhibition of photography and visual images, which portray a community partnership between Furry Tales, based at Stepney City Farm and Gateway Housing Association. Meet the animals and participate in animal related therapeutic activities at the farm.
Merlin Strangeway
Exhibitions BASTARD TURPIN
Christopher Kelly Design
MOVEMENT OF COLOUR 15 June, 16 June Time: 11:00 - 21:00 The Blitz Factory, Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Ravenswood Rd, E17 9HQ This photography exhibition focuses on spiritual power in the human body exploring mindfulness and self-reflection. The images use neon light, with each image focusing on a specific chakra and mindset. The exhibition also incorporates specially devised breathing techniques to focus the mind and enhance the experience.
Travelling Jackie (the explorer) 15 June, 16 June Time: 11:00 – 12:00 Studio 14 Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Shernhall Street, E17 9HQ Travelling Jackie is an art project that brings together the diverse community that we all live in today. The intention of this project is to look through the eyes of children to see how they view disability and diversity. The exhibition will consist of sculptures embodying characters.
Society for Existential Analysis (SEA) Art and Psychology Encounter - David Cotterrell Studio Visit 16 June Time: 15:00 - 17:00 David Cotterrell Studio, 1 Borthwick Street, SE8 3GH David Cotterrell is an installation artist working across media and technologies to explore the social and political tendencies of a world at once shared and divided. Cotterrell’s works explore the human condition. His recent works will be discussed in open conversation with the artist.
Young Patients taking part in a Paintings in Hospitals art workshop at Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Spotlight on Walthamstow From international names like Grayson Perry to legions of locally known artists, printmakers, designers and craftspeople, Walthamstow has nurtured a lively arts scene for decades. This year Waltham Forest became the first London Borough of Culture. The year-long festival is exploring the theme Radicals, Makers and Fellowship. It feels appropriate that we are holding one of our core events, Artists Practicing Well in the area, and we are pleased to see several other events popping up. If you are coming to events in the area, then why not make the most of it? Please see listings for full information. Here are some other suggestions.
E17 Art Trail: Wonder! of Art & Science 1-16 June, various locations The E17 Art Trail is a biennial festival that makes visible the exceptional and the everyday creativity happening in Walthamstow. 8,500 people are creating the festival’s 400 exhibitions and events this year. Devising, planning, creating and hosting together builds trust and connections between neighbours. Mobilising creativity in neighbourhoods mobilises wellbeing in neighbourhoods. http://e17arttrail.co.uk/ Blood & Mud - Malaria bites the dirt! Come and see a Purple Pots story of malaria prevention, transmission and life cycle in clay. Building bridges towards eradication. If you are inspired by clay then cafÊ Craftworks gives you a chance to have a go yourself. They have pottery and plenty of other craft workshops for adults and kids. You can also grab a toastie and a craft beer while you take part. Be on my right side Be on my right side is a short play, based on a Self-identity theme and revolves around one main female character with two different sides to her. Location, Ye Olde Rose and Crown hosts exhibitions during the Arts Trail so grab a drink (and a bite to eat from the pop-up food stall outside). Or Walthamstow has a LOT of pizza on offer. Movement of Colour This yoga class, with a difference will submerse you into this photography exhibition which focuses on spiritual power in the human body exploring mindfulness and self-reflection. This is being held on the Ravenswood Industrial Estate, which now has two breweries, a gin palace and Gods Own Junkyard; a paradise of neon lights and vintage signs. http://www.godsownjunkyard.co.uk/
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Make and Create E17 - Creative Workshop Make and Create project boxes contain art materials and hand illustrated instructions, which allow attendees to complete a creative project of their choosing. The projects are designed to invoke a feeling of calmness and joy and encourage creativity to help mental health projects. This venue is a short walk away from the William Morris Gallery displaying the life and work of the radical Victorian designer, craftsman and campaigner. If it’s warm, picnic in Lloyds park or head to local vegetarian restaurant Buhler and Co. https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/ Walthamstow Wetlands Archipelago Archipelago brings together artists working in different geographical locations, to collaborate in synchronised events. This project will focus on nine connected islands at the Wetlands which will feed into a final exhibition. The Wetlands is Europe’s largest urban wetland nature reserve and is a total haven in the middle of the city. Nearby is Blackhorse Lane, a semi-industrial stretch now home to lots of small workshops and studios, making anything from kitchen units to jeans. http://www.blackhorseworkshop.co.uk/
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14 Performance The Old Church
CW+ Charity
A Room With A Chair In It (And Other People) 11 June Time: 18:30 - 22:30 The Old Church, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 9ES Join the Mental Health Foundation in a free fundraising event. Showcasing music, poetry and performance art in a creative space at the heart of the community. Enjoy live entertainment and talks, addressing social isolation, emotional health and well-being.
Akademi 40th Anniversary Lunchtime Performance 13 June Time: 13:00 -14:00 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Rd SW10 9NH Watch award-winning London based South Asian Dance company Akademi performing. Join and celebrate their 40th birthday with an extended lunchtime performance in the atrium of the hospital.
Age UK K&C and Opera Holland Park
Resonate Arts
Tea, Cake & Classics 12 June Time: 14:00 – 16:00 Mary Smith Court, 17 - 21 Trebovir Road, SW5 9NF Celebrating 5 years of partnership, this event aims to bring people together to share memories of favourite songs, listen to some wonderful performances and encourage everyone to sing together. Group singing is known to be beneficial to all, either just by listening or actively taking part.
Music for the Moment concert 14 June Time: 14:30 – 16:00 St Marylebone Parish Church, 17 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LT Music for the Moment concerts offer people living with dementia a more relaxed alternative to the usual concert atmosphere, with tea and cake included.
Women Over 50 Film Festival CIC Celebrating Women Over 50 in Film 12 June, 13 June, 16 June Time: 15:00 - 18:00 71 Barrett Rd, E17 9ES In a Walthamstow sitting room watch a programme of short films celebrating older women on both sides of the camera. Come for 1 or 2 films or stay for them all. The films are between 1 and 20 minutes long. This screening is dementiafriendly. The lights will be up and chatting is encouraged!
Jacksons Lane Jacksons’ Five Screening 15 June Time: 12:00 - 13:05 ArtHouse Crouch End, 159A Tottenham Lane, N8 9BT A screening of a documentary made with five older Londoners who set themselves challenges to realise forgotten dreams to prove anything is possible, at any age. Henglong Wushu Club Tai Chi and Harmonious Minds 15 June Time: 13:00 – 15:00 Walthamstow Academy, Billet Rd, E17 5DP Master Lin Cunguo is passionate about getting the nation fit and promoting positive energy through Martial Arts. CreatenCollaborate Be on my right side 16 June Time: 19:30 - 22:00 Rose and Crown, 53 Hoe Street, E17 4SA A short play by Linda Lee based on a Self-identity theme revolving around one main female character with two different sides to her. Cost: £7.00
Emma Nutland, Resonate Arts
Participation The Reader
ACAVA
Shared Reading at Kensington Palace 10 June Time: 10:30 - 13:00 Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, W8 4PX Join us for a wonderful shared reading experience set at the historic Kensington Palace. Participants will listen to and discuss readings from the time of Queen Victoria, followed by a guided tour. This free event is open to the public but with limited spaces, please RSVP to erincarlstrom@thereader.org.uk.
Art for Wellbeing: Everyday 10 June Time: 11:00 - 16:00 ACAVA, Studio 1, 54 Blechynden St, W10 6RJ Join us for a filled with arts where we will be running a range of drop in activities, including drawing, print-making and sculpting, meet new people and learn new creative skills. Everyone is welcome to join us for a community lunch between 1 - 2pm.
Magpie Dance Magpie Dance at Oxleas NHS Trust 10 June Time: 11:00 - 12:00 Goldie Leigh Hospital, 136 Lodge Hill, Welling, DA16 1BL We are an inclusive dance company for children and adults with learning disabilities. Through dance, our participants gain life, social and communication skills with added health and wellbeing benefits. This is an open workshop with limited spaces to celebrate Creativity and Wellbeing Week.
Vital Arts ‘What’s the Best Piece of Advice You’ve Been Given?’ 10 June Time: 12:00 - 15:00 Royal London Hospital - Stepney Way Entrance, Whitechapel Rd, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB ‘What kind of person do you want to be in the future?’ ‘What was your first job?’ ‘What was the proudest moment in your life so far?’ Artist Educator Sam Ayre has been leading an intergenerational project. Bringing stories and advice, gathered from conversations with elderly patients, to the children at the hospital school. Young patients are then encouraged to imagine their future selves.
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16 Participation Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
Holborn Community Association
Knitting Club 10 June Time: 13:00 - 15:00 Ormord Court, 71-117 Kensington Park Road, W11 1NP Join us to celebrate Creativity and Wellbeing Week with Age UK K&C Knitting Club - No previous experience needed.
Young studio 11 June Time: 10:00 - 15:00 Young Studio is a free co-working space for young Camden based artists aged 18-30. Come along, bring whatever your working on and spend the day in a studio with other young artists in your area. A chance to network and share ideas.
Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
The Joy of Sound
Computer Lessons 10 June Time: 10:30 - 13:00 Evelyn Fox Court, 2 Kingsbridge Road, W10 6QF Do you want to learn how to use laptops, tablets or smartphones? Join this open session and you will be navigated through the technology.
Inclusive Participatory Community Music Workshop - St Barnabas 11 June Time: 11:00 - 12:00 Saint Barnabas at Homerton, High Street, E9 6DL Joy of Sound encourages participant led approaches allowing everyone to enter into co-creative music making as equal contributors. This upbeat session will include group improvisations using voice and multiple instruments, many of which are designed to be accessible. Cost: donation of £5.00
Open Age Jewellery and Craft Fayre 11 June Time: 10:00 - 14:00 Open Age New Horizons Café, Cadogan Street, SW3 2PF A free Jewellery and Craft Fayre held in the cafe. Items will based on the themes of ‘Time’.
Art4Space
Participation Art4Space
rb&Arts
Mindful mosaic 11 June Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Art4Space Community Art Centre, 31 Jeffreys Road SW4 6QU Visit the creative and inspiring Art4Space studio and make your own mosaic to take home. All ages welcome. Cost: £5 contribution. No need to book - just turn up!
Crafternoon - Botanical Clay with Emily Hall 12 June Time: 12:00 - 14:00 Harefield Hospital (12 June) , Hill End Rd, Harefield UB9 6JH Crafternoons offer free monthly art workshops from professional artists to patients, staff and any visitors at Royal Brompton & Harefield Foundation Trust. During these sessions you will rolling plants into drying clay.
AgeUK Relax and Create 11 June Time: 14.00 - 16.00 Cherry Tree – Wanstead, 25 Woodbine Place, E11 2RH Join this friendly group for an afternoon of meditative art with artist Brenda Coyle. Express your creativity by using paints, charcoal, pencils, crayons and pastels and discover ways to use colour and painting techniques to develop mindfulness and well-being. Cost: £3.00 Powerhouse for Women Dance and Art Workshop 12 June Time: 10:30 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 14:30 St Lukes Community Centre, 85 Tarling Road, Canning Town, E16 1HN Powerhouse is an organisation that works with women with learning difficulties. The activities running during the day will be dance, music and art. Join them to celebrate Creativity and Well being week.
Stephens House & Gardens Art and Wellbeing 12 June Time: 12:00 - 15:00 Stephens House & Gardens, 17 East End Road, N3 3QE Join artist Rebekah Dean in an art and wellbeing workshop. This will explore the creative process and challenge expression through painting and walking. During the workshop participants will be sharing stories and ideas that navigate and map experiences of wellbeing and selfcare. Free Space Project Intuitive Collage 12 June Time: 14:00 - 16.30 Kentish Town Health Centre, 2 Bartholomew Road NW5 2BX This workshop will teach you how to create beautiful compositions, meaningful scenes and expressions of self through photographic collage. Participants will be guided through the and you will come away with your own paper collage.
To confirm all dates and times of events visit the website: www.creativityandwellbeing.org.uk
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18 Participation Open Age
The Freud Museum
Photo Footsteps: A Mindful Photo Walk in the Park 12 June Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Italian Gardens at Lancaster Gate meet at entrance to gardens opposite Lancaster Gate Underground Station, Kensington Gardens, W2 2UD A mindful photo walk at the beautiful Italian Gardens in The Royal Parks. The workshop theme is ‘A Tale as Old as Time’ in which you will learn mindfulness, technical and creative photography techniques including: focus, composition, rule of thirds, and photographing nature and reflections.
“From the unconscious to the conscious mind” Workshop 12 June Time: 15:00 - 17:00 The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX Join art therapists for an experiential session of art-making, exploring the fascinating art therapy process and offering a deeper understanding of how it can bring the unconscious to the conscious mind. Art Therapy is a non-verbal approach to psychotherapy and does not require any artistic skills.
Portugal Prints LONDON’S LIGHT AND DARK - art exhibition and creative workshops with Portugal Prints 12 June Time: 14:00 - 17:00 St Pancras Hospital, Conference Centre, St Pancras Way, NW1 OPE Visit the exhibition and join in with the drop-in creative workshops where you can share your thoughts and feelings about London. Including; ‘A post card from London’, creative writing and an informal tour. Royal College of Physicians Singing for lung health: balancing the biomedical with the musical 12 June Time: 15:00 - 16:30 Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regents Park, NW1 4LE A participatory workshop to coincide with the Royal College of Physicians Museum exhibition exploring breathing and breathlessness, ‘Catch your Breath’. This workshop will provide an overview of the history of Singing for Breathing as well as a practical, participatory element.
Updates for all events via @LAHFArtsHealth
Headway East London Discovery through print 12 June Time: 15:30 - 17:30 Headway East London, 238-240 Timber Wharf, Kingsland Road, E2 8AX A collaborative printing workshop devised with and led by the members of Submit to Love Studios - a collective of self-taught artists based at brain injury charity Headway East London. Mind & Soul Choir Come and Sing 12 June Time: 18:00 - 19:00 Maudsley Gym, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ Come and Join us for an hour of singing fun and friendship! The Mind and Soul Choir are holding a Come and Sing event. All welcome no experience required. Age UK Kensington & Chelsea Painting & Drawing 12 June Time: 11:00 - 14:00 Mary Smith Court, 17-21 Trebovir Road, SW5 9NF Our painting and drawing session is suitable for all levels. Explore all kinds of techniques.
Participation Magpie Dance
The Joy of Sound
Magpie Dance at Oxleas NHS Trust 12 June Time: 10:45 - 11:30 Goldie Leigh Hospital, 136 Lodge Hill, Welling, DA16 1BL We are an inclusive dance company for children and adults with learning disabilities. Through dance, our participants gain life, social and communication skills with added health and wellbeing benefits. This is an open workshop with limited spaces to celebrate Creativity and Wellbeing Week.
Inclusive Participatory Music Workshop - Portobello Road 13 June Time: 10:30 - 11:30 Salvation Army, 205 Portobello Road, W11 1LU JOS volunteers devise, develop and produce specially designed music instruments, access equipment and participant-led approaches that allow all participants to enter into co-creative music making as equal contributors. Sessions include group improvisations using voice and multiple instruments.
Magpie Dance Magpie Dance at Oxleas NHS Trust 12 June Time: 11:00 - 11:45 Goldie Leigh Hospital, 136 Lodge Hill, Welling, DA16 1BL Through dance, our participants gain life, social and communication skills with added health and wellbeing benefits. This class has some limited spaces to celebrate Creativity and Wellbeing week. Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
The ClementJames Centre This is me: My Journey 13 June Time: 13:00 - 16:30 The ClementJames Centre, 95 Sirdar Road, W11 4EQ People across the community will come together to share their work and creativity. Featuring work by adults and children from across the ClementJames community. There will also be the opportunity to get involved with some collaborative activities throughout the exhibition.
Painting & Drawing 12 June 11:00 - 14:00 Mary Smith Court, 17-21 Trebovir Road, SW5 9NF Our painting and drawing session is suitable for all levels. Explore all kinds of techniques. Moving Pieces Arts in Health Theatre Stories from the Body 13 June Time: 10:00 - 13:00 The Artworks London Bridge, 60A Weston St, SE1 3QJ Moving Pieces is a unique arts in health theatre company which combines performing arts with psycho-therapeutic practices and emergent ideas relating to neuroscience. This workshop will offer a taster of a range of techniques from movement, mask work, storytelling and improvisation. Cost: ÂŁ20.00/ÂŁ15.00
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Arts Network
Creative Showcase 13 June Time: 13:30 - 17:00 105 Nightingale Ln, London SW12 8NB Come and see examples of residents work from the activity hub in ceramics, silk painting, screen printing, textiles, drawing and painting and more. Meet the Nightingale pets including Guinea pigs Marigold and Daisy and maybe take part.
Free workshop, one-stroke flowers 14 June Time: 10:00 - 15:00 Arts Network, 8 - 12 Eltham Rd, Lee, SE22 0DS Join Arts Network and learn how to transform paint into beautiful flowers using simple strokes. Have a cup of tea, create something, make new friends and have fun in a safe space. Take a look at an exhibition by members of Arts Network in The Gallery space.
Moving Pieces Arts in Health Theatre
The Joy of Sound
Stories from the Body 13 June Time: 15:00 - 18:00 The Artworks London Bridge, 60A Weston St, SE1 3QJ Moving Pieces is a unique arts in health theatre company which combines performing arts with psycho-therapeutic practices and emergent ideas relating to neuroscience. This workshop will offer a taster of a range of techniques from movement, mask work, storytelling and improvisation Cost: £20.00/£15.00
Joy of Sound Showcase Event 14 June Time: 09:00 - 16:00 St Peter’s Heritage Centre, 310 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HS A full day of Inclusive Participatory Music and Arts Activities For people of all ages and ability. Including music, combined arts activities, movement, painting and theatre to demonstrate the beauty and benefits of inclusive culture. Cost: donation of £5.00 Vital Arts
rb&Arts Crafternoon - Botanical Clay with Emily Hall 13 June Time: 12:00 - 14:00 Royal Brompton Hospital (13 June), Sydney Street, Chelsea, SW3 6NP Crafternoons offer free monthly art workshops from professional artists to patients, staff and any visitors at Royal Brompton & Harefield Foundation Trust. Sessions will include rolling plants into clay.
Exploring Identity and Culture at the Royal London Hospital 14 June Time: 12:00 – 15:00 Royal London Hospital - Stepney Way Entrance, Whitechapel Rd, Whitechapel, E1 1BB Artist Shiraz Bayjoo will be running a special drop-in workshop for Creativity and Wellbeing Week. Working with painting, photography and video, the workshop explores notions of nationhood, personal and collective identities and porous borders. Dao Lu CIC White crane spreads wings: Tai Chi and nature 14 June Time: 10:00 - 11:30 Lloyd Park (Community Bowls Pavilion), Forest Road E17 4PP Tai Chi workshops to explore the connection of our body and mind with nature. Tai Chi has great health benefits in improving our balance, coordination and mindfulness.
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Participation Bethlem Gallery
Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
Written Language vs Visual Grammar 14 June Time: 12:00 - 14:00 In today’s world of visual stimulation and sensory overload, how do we decipher what information might be of value to us? Take part in this collage/ mixed media workshop deconstructing, manipulating, and reconstructing visual data in order to change its intended meaning and values. Free entrance all welcome
Digital Clinic 14 June Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Kensington Library, Philmore Walk, W8 7RX Have you been having problems using laptop, mobile phone, digital camera or tablet? One to one volunteers will help show you how to use your digital device.
Bethlem Museum of the Mind
Embodied Life Art Practice - Celebrating 40 years of Creativity and Change 14 June Time: 18:30 - 20:30 Participatory workshop exploring the Tamalpa Life Art Process and how it is being applied in a number of diverse settings, from navigating mental, emotional and physical challenges, reducing social isolation and loneliness, to supporting an aging body, recovering from addiction and social justice.
Crochet for Wellbeing 14 June Time: 11:00 - 13:00 Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3BX Want to learn how to crochet, or keen to meet other crocheters? Join in over tea and cake to pick up some new skills or practice some old ones. Crochet has been shown to have many benefits on both physical and mental health. The gentle, repetitive motion calms the body and mind, producing a similar effect to meditation or yoga. It is recommended that you book ahead of coming. Please e-mail amy.moffat@motm.org.uk if you will need materials provided.
Tamalpa UK
Open Age A Tale as Old as Time... 14 June Time: 12:00 - 16:00 The Second Half Centre, St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Exmoor Street, W10 6DZ Uncover the art of the narrative and revel in tales of time and memory, in a wondrous land of creativity, where you can dare to dream. The Second Half Centre will be filled to the brim with art, performances and workshops to take part in. This is a FREE event, but donations welcome! **Deadlines for members submitting artwork, no later than Friday 7th June** Cubitt Artists Peel Art Group 14 June Time: 13:30 - 15:30 The Peel, Three Corners Centre, Northampton Road EC1R 0HU A friendly group of local people working with visual artist Hayley Harrison. Join in and learn about new processes and materials including drawing, painting and photography
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BASTARD TURPIN
Resonate Arts Creative and Cultural Befrienders Training Day 15 June Time: 10:30 - 17:30 Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH A training day for volunteer artists of any discipline who wish to explore their art with someone living with dementia. Artists will be collaborating in one-to-one creative sessions. The course includes dementia awareness, health and safety, communication skills and how to use your creative skills with someone in their own home.
Yoga Class - MOVEMENT OF COLOUR 15 June, 16 June Time: 14:00 – 15:00 The Blitz Factory, Ravenswood Industrial Estate, Ravenswood Rd, E17 9HQ This yoga class will be like no other. Submerse yourself into the Movement of Colour exhibition. The class will be led by one of the models in the final artwork, strengthening your connection and experience with the artwork.
The Freud Museum
Make and Create E17 - Creative Workshop 15 June Time: 14:00 - 18:00 One Hoe Street, 1 Hoe street, E17 4SD Make & Create E17 is led by a creative GP with a special interest in mental health. The project aims to remove barriers to creativity, encourage human connection and seeks to help people with mental health issues use creativity as a way of improving their mental well being.
DreamsID Workshop 15 June Time: 12:30 - 17:00 The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX Explore a recent or intriguing dream and discuss how it is related to your waking life. While you recount the dream, artist Julia Lockheart will paint her visual interpretation of it onto pages taken from Freud’s famous book The Interpretation of Dreams. Or simply sit in the audience to watch artworks being created and dreams explored. See previous works DreamsID.com. Chinar Abdulaziz Flowers Within - A Creative Workshop With Art Materials 15 June Time: 15:00 - 17:00 Old Diorama Arts Centre, 201 Drummond Street, NW1 3FEA Workshop giving you the opportunity to explore any issues concerning you and create artwork in a safe and confidential space. The aim is for you to increase your selfawareness, gain new insights and find clarity in your life. The workshop incorporates a Flowers Within™ Meditation for relaxing the mind and grounding. £47- £67 including all materials, refreshments and an audio file of meditation.
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Dao Lu CIC White crane spreads wings: Tai Chi and nature 16 June Time: 11:30 - 12:30 Lloyd Park (Community Bowls Pavilion), Forest Road E17 4PP In this workshop, we will try some basic Tai Chi movements, understand its principle and finish with a mini demonstration by Tai Chi practitioners. British Association of Art Therapists Radical Dialogues; Experiential Workshops for Art Therapists 16 June Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Claremont Project, 24-27 White Lion Street Islington N1 9PD In these experiential arts-based workshops Kris Black facilitates an exploration of similarity and difference within the therapeutic space and art making. Can we work explicitly and empathically with the politics of difference, diversity and discrimination in our interactions with clients, with each other, within the profession and within the world?
Tours CW+ Art Collection Tour 11 June Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Fulham Road, SW10 9NH Join Chelsea & Westminster Hospital on a tour of their prestigious art collection of over a thousand pieces. Including a mixture of commissioned and digital artworks. This tour will provide you with an insider’s knowledge of into the integration of art and design in healthcare environments. The Freud Museum Freud, Creativity and Wellbeing Tour 12 June Time: 14:00 - 15:00 The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX Join a member of the Freud Museum’s Education Team to explore Freud’s far-reaching views on creativity and wellbeing, and learn about the great man’s own passions, joys and sorrows, as you tour his final home and its magnificent collections. Bethlem Gallery
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Our Art Collection Exhibition Tour 14 June Time: 12:30 – 13:00 UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH This tour will explore ‘Our Art Collection’. The exhibition celebrates the Hospital’s history of collecting and championing the role of art in hospitals for well over a century. It brings together a small selection of artworks to highlight the diversity and quality of the art and looks at the way the collection has been shaped by the Hospital’s communities. The Freud Museum Freud, Creativity and Wellbeing Tour 15 June Time: 14:00 - 15:00 The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, NW3 5SX Join a member of the Freud Museum’s Education Team to explore Freud’s far-reaching views on creativity and wellbeing, and learn about the great man’s own passions, joys and sorrows, as you tour his final home and its magnificent collections.
Bethlem Meadow Walk and Survey 13 June Time: 13:00 - 15:00 Bethlem Gallery, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, Kent , BR3 3BX Accompany Bethlem Wood Library to the beautiful Bethlem meadows to take part in a meadow vegetation survey. Make use of the lenses, identification books and the knowledge of local amateur botanist, Peter Robinson, to record the incredibly diverse grasses and flowers growing on the hospital site. Age UK Kensington & Chelsea Walking Group - Highgate Wood 14 June Time: 10:30 - 15:30 Pret a Manger, 140 Ladbroke Grove, W10 5NE Whether you are walking to improve your health or simply for the pleasure of exploring new places, our walking group makes new friends and enjoying the great outdoors easy. It is low impact exercises, it is easy for you to get involved even if you are not feeling your best. In fact, walking could you feel great again.
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The Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance is a sector support organisation for the cultural sector, funded by Arts Council England. It is here to connect everyone who believes that creative and cultural engagement can transform our health and wellbeing, and to provide support, information and networking opportunities for its membership, the wider sector, and anyone interested in the relationship between the arts, heritage, creativity and health and wellbeing. It works in partnership with organisations across both the cultural and health sectors – as well as education, criminal justice and many other. The Alliance is currently governed by Arts and Health South West – an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. It aims to become an independent entity in 2020. The Alliance’s Steering Group is made up of regional champions from each of the nine English regions. Each region has a champion for the museums sector, and for the arts sector. www.culturehealthandwellbeing.org.uk
About us Creativity and Wellbeing has been organised by London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF). LAHF is a charity which creates more opportunities for the arts to reach everyone in society – regardless of their health or personal circumstances. As well as Creativity and Wellbeing, LAHF produces a newsletter with information about arts and health and we provide advice and support to anyone looking to develop arts activity connected to health and wellbeing. www.lahf.org.uk
London Arts in Health Forum is a registered charity in England (no. 1135543). London Arts in Health Forum is a company limited by guarantee in England (no. 06939695) whose registered office is at: 75 Maygrove Road, London, NW6 2EG