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Big cheers to Liam Murphy (via HS) for this ikon of a resourceful robin's nest!

Recoverism as well as the Arts: Driving alter through collaborative research

What a day! The kickoff major Recoverist event took identify inward the Manchester School of Art concluding Tuesday amongst to a greater extent than or less 150 people attention from to a greater extent than or less the UK, Italy, Germany, French Republic as well as Lithuania. My personal cheers to Sarah G, Rob R, Lucy westward of SUAB as well as Mark P and to all those who contributed on the day. The final result was inward part, near sharing novel ideas as well as innovative exercise that bridges nub misuse as well as recovery, amongst the arts - moving away from cliched representations of addiction, as well as critically near exploring ways inward which fine art as well as artists mightiness accept a purpose inward the inquiry agenda. So the Recoverist campaign is growing as well as equally projects unfold, you lot tin read near them hither first. Thanks to the Arts & Health Research Group at the Manchester School of Art as well as for Alcohol Research UK for their generous funding.

Distant Voices - Coming Home

Professor Fergus McNeill - University of Glasgow

Alison Urie - Vox Liminis

Wednesday 24 May 2017 at the Media Factory, Innovation Studio, 3.00 to 5.30

‘Distant Voices – Coming Home’ is a projection that responds to pressing populace policy as well as political challenges created past times huge rises inward the numbers of people dependent plain to penal sanctions as well as past times high levels of reoffending. Turning conventional understandings of ‘offender rehabilitation’ on their head, the projection is concerned non amongst ‘correcting offenders’ simply rather amongst exploring as well as changing how they are received when ‘coming home’ later punishment. Distant Voices combines creative practices (principally vocal writing as well as sharing) inquiry as well as noesis central to enable dialogue as well as learning near re/integration - as well as to exercise as well as sense it. This is a Cross–Disciplinary Seminar Series organised past times the e'er brilliant Psychosocial Research Unit from the School of Social Work, Care as well as Community. More details as well as booking HERE.

BUPA Foundation - Healthy Futures: Empowering Young Adults 

The BUPA Foundation has launched a novel funding circular through its Healthy Futures funding programme. The Bupa Great Britain funds practical projects to tackle challenges inward wellness as well as social tending as well as brand a straight touching on on people's wellness as well as wellbeing. This funding circular is focused on immature adults aged eighteen to 25 as well as the Foundation is specifically interested inward projects that volition accept a positive touching on on the wellness as well as wellbeing of immature adults who confront ongoing wellness challenges. The closing appointment for applications is the 19th May 2017. Read to a greater extent than HERE. 

Celf o Gwmpas - Freelance Project Co-ordinator (Wales)

Deadline: Fri 28 Apr 2017 at 5pm

Celf o Gwmpas are looking for a novel individual to fill upwards an exciting role as well as bring together our busy squad at Centre Celf inward Llandrindod Wells. The post volition last a freelance seat for a menses of ix months, starting early on inward May 2017. Celf o Gwmpas wishes to engage an private amongst noesis as well as sense of Arts, Health as well as Wellbeing to co-ordinate our electrical flow projects ‘Reaching Out, Drawing In’ as well as 'In Residence' as well as to railroad train our 'Artist Network'. The charge per unit of measurement of pay for the operate is £11.45 per hour, working on average fourteen hours per week. For farther details as well as to download the Job Description as well as Application Form, delight see our website HERE.

Birth Rites Collection 2017 Biennial Competition for New Works inward Collaboration amongst The Whitworth
Submissions for our Birth Rites Collection Bi-annual abide by are straightaway open.
This is an chance for your operate to choke a permanent purpose of the Birth Rites Collection. Your operate volition last featured equally a constant on the Birth Rites website, volition tour amongst the collection where it volition last shown inward time to come exhibitions, last available for loan to external shows as well as volition last purpose of whatever publications released inward delineate of piece of employment amongst the collection. The plant submitted volition last considered past times our judges, Helen Knowles, Birth Rites Curator as well as Poppy Bowers, curator at the Whitworth Art Gallery. The chosen plant volition last featured for i calendar month on our website as well as showcased digitally at an final result inward September at the Whitworth Art Gallery for i black equally purpose of the Th Lates Programme. Songbirds: Music Making inward Hospital: Sat 24th June, 2017At the showcase, i winner of the contest volition last announced as well as their operate volition choke purpose of the Birth Rites Collection. The prize winner volition also last awarded a two-week residency at Birth Rites Collection. This chance volition last a jeopardy to embed yourself inside the Midwifery School to inquiry a novel slice of work. In add-on to securing a residency, Birth Rites Collection volition furnish accommodation as well as a stipend of £250 as well as the winning operate volition last included inward the Birth Rites Collection.
Please e-mail born@birthrites.org.uk with whatever queries.
Competition Brief link: http://docdro.id/EIkTmMq
Application Form link: http://docdro.id/9QedBug
More data on our website: http://www.birthritescollection.org.uk
Deadline: June 25th, 2017



Songbirds: Music Making inward Hospital: Sat 24th June, 2017
10am – 5pm
Music making inward infirmary provides opportunities for communication as well as interaction, placing patients at the ticker of an individualised creative experience. This workshop volition laissez passer on an overview of the clinical, acoustic as well as emotional environs of a infirmary as well as explore practical techniques used inward bedside music making. Through a serial of developmental exercises, you lot volition accept the chance to railroad train skills inward person-centred, nonverbal music making, musical communication as well as conversation. You volition also larn near the importance of observation skills inside this setting as well as accept the chance to seek out a hit of musical activities using voice, trunk as well as percussion. No musical noesis is assumed inward this workshop, simply convey your musical instrument if you lot accept one. With specialist practitioner Ros Hawley. Full Details HERE.



Critical Care
Over the concluding few years I've been working amongst Australian artist, Vic McEwan equally purpose of his arts as well as wellness residency inward the UK. This brusque celluloid (below) is a teaser of some operate I accept been preparing equally a participant observer amongst Vic, equally he has worked inward an to a greater extent than or less Alder Hey Children's Hospital as well as over some fourth dimension we've spent together inward Australia. Of course, none of this celluloid is from Alder Hey, simply is constitute footage that volition last purpose of a serial of presentations that he as well as I volition deliver together over June as well as September 2017, as well as although this pocket-size celluloid is wordless, it may offering some clue equally to my presentation as well as the essay Critical Care which I'm working on for publication inward September this year. You'll last able to grab Vic as well as I speaking near his operate as well as some of my reflections on art, artists as well as wellness tending at the Culture, Health as well as Wellbeing International Conference 2017, inward Bristol. More details HERE. 

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