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Dates For The Diary 2018

Welcome to the North West Arts & Health Network weblog where your regular blogger is on research travel out in addition to thus, at that spot are fewer regular postings than normal!


Two exciting things for the New Year so opened upward your diaries in addition to pencil them inwards if you're interested!

Vic McEwan presents The Harmonic Oscillator
Many of yous volition cause got seen the Australian contemporary creative individual Vic McEwan, when he final gave a presentation at Manchester School of Art inwards 2016. Over the final few years, Vic has spent fourth dimension at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey every bit invitee of its arts coordinator Vicky Charnock in addition to Consultant inwards Paediatric Intensive Care Dr Jane Ratcliffe - to whom my warmest thanks.

During his fourth dimension at that spot he has been given unprecedented access to much of the infirmary inwards an exploration of the sonic surroundings - non to resolve audio problems - but to response every bit an creative individual to the acoustic environment, in addition to create a trunk of function informed yesteryear his experiences. For my part, I cause got taken fourth dimension out to hold out amongst him on his numerous visits in addition to to quietly notice his encounters in addition to practice. The function has been deeply moving, in addition to I cause got been privileged to hold out business office of a procedure that has enabled me to reverberate deeply in addition to write a mass virtually his work, the nature of artists working inwards places of trauma, in addition to part a storey of to a greater extent than or less of the profound moments inwards arts in addition to health. My function is called Critical Care in addition to was published inwards Commonwealth of Australia in addition to launched at the Big Anxiety Festival inwards Sydney inwards September in addition to for those reading inwards Commonwealth of Australia it's available at the Museum of Contemporary Art bookshop, Gleebooks, Abbey's Bookshop in addition to the UNSW.

So Vic in addition to I volition hold out giving a world presentation of our shared function at Manchester's flagship cultural centre HOME, and launching the mass in addition to the Harmonic Oscillator EP amongst 4 compositions created from sounds recorded at Alder Hey.

When: 23 January

Time: 10:15 - 12:30
Where: HOME
It's a gratuitous event, but you'll request to register for a ticket HERE.

(please note, at that spot are express numbers in addition to priority is given to North West Arts & Health Network members) 


Creative Health Revisited
I tin confirm that on the 6th February at Manchester School of Art, I volition hold out facilitating a follow-up lawsuit to the launch of Creative Health which nosotros held hither inwards June this year. This volition hold out a gratuitous ticketed event, in addition to yous volition hold out able to register your involvement inwards attention later on this month. The lawsuit volition hold out betwixt 10:30 in addition to 15:30, volition hold out participatory in addition to volition explore to a greater extent than or less of the recommendations inwards relation to the North West, Greater Manchester in addition to Merseyside. We volition cause got a specific focus on the social determinants of health, in addition to I'll hold out pleased to welcome the reports author, Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbit who volition introduce on the study in addition to focus downwardly specifically on the social determinants. We volition cause got to a greater extent than or less special guests, in addition to I real much promise that a number of yous reading this weblog powerfulness desire to part your work, peculiarly if yous believe your function inwards to a greater extent than or less way, powerfulness influence wellness in addition to wellbeing across the life course. So pencil it in, in addition to I'll post to a greater extent than earlier the calendar month is through.



Sky Arts launches novel Art fifty funding circular (UK)
Sky Arts has announced the launch of a novel Art fifty funding round. Art fifty is seeking applications from artists from all walks of life in addition to from all genres to do a slice of function which says something of import in addition to passionate virtually what it volition hateful to hold out British when nosotros travel out the EU. Artists tin hold out fearful, excited, angry or happy on the subject. Applications tin hold out submitted yesteryear anyone including schools, colleges in addition to arts institutions. Applicants tin apply for upward to £50,000 but the bulk of awards volition hold out made betwixt £5,000 in addition to £20,000. The closing appointment for applications is midday on the twelfth Jan 2018. Read to a greater extent than HERE.




Thinking of all the pompous, jumped upward narcissists inwards the philanthropic globe of arts in addition to wellness correct at nowadays (ok, they come upward in addition to go, but how like shooting fish in a barrel are they when they're inwards the spotlight), here's a rapid edit of an quondam presentation called Fiction, Non-Fiction from 2013.

#Fourteen
Disabled Artist Residency Opportunity
Bursary: £12,000 for half dozen months starting Jan 2018
Application Deadline: Midnight thirty Nov 2017; Interviews: xix Dec 2017
This is an creative individual residency chance for disabled artists (who seat every bit disabled people or cause got long term wellness conditions) who currently function or would similar to railroad train their do inwards Earth realm. We are inviting applications from contemporary UK-based disabled artists amongst a collaborative, participatory approach to create a contemporary fine art projection that addresses in addition to challenges perceptions of disability inwards Mid Rhondda.  The Equalities Act defines disability as: “A physical or mental impairment that has a substantial in addition to long-term adverse consequence on a person’s powerfulness to behave out normal day-to-day activities".

Taking seat betwixt Jan in addition to July 2018, the projection volition hold out led yesteryear the appointed artist’s do but must seek to critically engage amongst the specific context of Mid Rhondda in addition to amongst individuals / communities / groups inwards the expanse inwards seeking to address in addition to challenge perceptions of disability. The details of this engagement are opened upward to evolution in addition to may make from conversations / dialogue to making, functioning or other forms of production.  The creative individual volition railroad train the format in addition to outputs of the residency over an initial Research & Development Phase inwards Jan – March 2018.

It is expected that the residency volition culminate inwards an lawsuit / exhibition / production to part the content in addition to outcomes of the residency, the format of which volition hold out developed through the residency in addition to inwards collaboration amongst the projection participants in addition to partners.  The residency action must accept seat inside the Mid Rhondda area, which includes the areas of Tonypandy, Trealaw, Penygraig, Clydach in addition to Llwynypia. The creative individual volition hold out supported in addition to mentored yesteryear Addo in addition to Disability Arts Cymru. For a amount brief in addition to details of how to apply, delight click HERE.


Drawing On Strengths
Creating a paradigm of an arts-based property audit tool for people inwards receipt of a dementia diagnosis
London Arts inwards Health Forum is collaborating amongst Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust to explore the purpose the arts tin play for people at nowadays after a diagnosis of dementia. The aim is to committee a visual creative individual to do a novel tool (using anything from drawing to digital applications) which volition assist people to map the positive aspects of their lives in addition to to record, using visual means, the positive aspects of their lives. At the same time, nosotros are researching what arts activities are already existence employed for people inwards the flow at nowadays next a dementia diagnosis.

Call out for artists in addition to designers 
An creative individual is needed to assist do an imaginative mapping tool that allows people to response to the intelligence of a dementia diagnosis yesteryear focusing on the electrical flow strengths in addition to resources available to them inwards their lives every bit they human face upward an uncertain future. Though a shared exam of what they experience best supports them to alive well, the tool volition let people to experience to a greater extent than prepared, aware in addition to reassured next what is usually experienced every bit a debilitating in addition to frightening diagnosis.

This is a partnership projection betwixt Mersey Care in addition to London Arts inwards Health Forum that volition explore the ways inwards which the arts tin assist people inwards the flow at nowadays next a diagnosis of dementia. The successful candidate volition hold out able to pass fourth dimension shadowing Mersey Care’s existing post diagnostic back upward sessions in addition to to so devise a tool for utilization inwards these sessions to assist people to admit in addition to choke to a greater extent than aware of the social in addition to community assets inwards their lives.

A fee of £2400 volition hold out awarded for function carried out betwixt Dec 2017 in addition to Feb 2018. This projection is funded yesteryear The Creative Health in addition to Wellbeing Hub, (AHRC). The closing appointment for applications is Dec 4th. For to a greater extent than information on this brief, click HERE.

+ Research telephone telephone out
Alongside the creative individual intervention, a researcher is looking to a greater extent than widely at existing applications of arts based interventions inwards the flow at nowadays post diagnosis. Little is known virtually the make in addition to scale of arts interventions at this stage. We are looking for whatsoever organisations or individuals working inwards this expanse to choke far impact if they cause got information virtually how they function creatively amongst people inwards this immediate post-diagnosis phase. Please contact damian@lahf.org.uk



Arts in addition to Cultural Practice inwards Green in addition to Blue Spaces
This survey is trying to capture arts do that is specifically engaging amongst issues of ecology, biodiversity, geographies in addition to uses of light-green in addition to bluish spaces.
The survey is business office of the research projection “Green Infrastructure in addition to the Health in addition to wellbeing Influences on an Ageing population (GHIA)”. This is funded yesteryear the Natural Environment Research Council, the Arts in addition to Humanities Research Council in addition to the Economic in addition to Social Research Council nether the “Valuing Nature Programme”You tin read virtually the projection HERE. The projection aims to meliorate empathise the benefits in addition to values of urban light-green spaces to older people in addition to how these spaces tin hold out an of import business office of good for yous ageing inwards urban areas. We are working closely amongst older people every bit co-researchers to railroad train this programme in addition to wishing to engage amongst artists, organisations in addition to facilitators every bit co-designers. Findings from this survey volition shape business office of the written outputs of the projection in addition to volition hold out used to inform futurity research inwards this field. All information volition hold out anonymised prior to publication. Take business office inwards the survey HERE.

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