Led by Fiona Hamiliton and Nigel Gibbons for the Orchard Foundation.
An opportunity to enjoy the countryside, and take part in creative writing in peaceful surroundings. Also suitable for professionals seeking to develop reflective practice and ways of working with others.
The National Institute for Creative Ageing is presenting a day-long introduction to the role the creative arts can play in improving quality of life for people living with dementia.
The day will be an introduction to learning about the dramatic impact the arts can have on people living with dementia, through a series of workshops introduced by creative arts practitioners.
For more information e: nica@lahf.org.uk or click here
The aims of the conference are to show how cultural activities can benefit health and wellbeing; to help shape the planning for a major 2012 Culture, Health and Wellbeing Festival and encourage engagement with it; to share ideas of best practice across a range of health related cultural activities; to help the process of networking between cultural practitioners and health professionals; to offer strategic direction to this evolving area of work.
e: David.Moore@leics.gov.uk t: 0116 305 7331.
Early booking is advised as places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
9 February 2012
28 Portland Place, London, W1B 1LY
Throughout the UK, health professionals and creative artists have worked together for over 25 years in using the arts to support healthcare and health promotion. Given the current uncertainties over reforms to the NHS and public health, and the Big Society agenda, it is timely to examine the achievements of arts and health collaborations to date and look forward to new challenges and opportunities. Speakers will look at the growing evidence-base for the value of involvement in creative activity for wellbeing and health – both in the UK and internationally. Workshops will provide opportunities for participants to learn about current arts for wellbeing projects from leading arts for health practitioners.
The Society For Arts in Dementia Care (Canada) are hosting their annual Creative Expression, Communication and Dementia conference in Canada in October this year.
This will the be 6th international conference they’ve convened on the theme, and there will be a diverse mix of artists, dementia specialists, health care professionals, educators and people specialising in the field of arts and older people.
A balance of workshops, presentations, discussions and events at the conference will offer an opportunity to discover diverse models of practice, as well as the chance to meet with others working in the field across the world.
An exhibition from the 2009-2011 MA in Art Therapy.
Free entrance and refreshments provided:
Visual journeys through the personal world of Art Therapy
8th July 6-9pm
Markeaton street site
2nd Floor
DE22 3AW
Arts and Dementia: Promoting quality of life of people with dementia and their carers through the creative arts – June 22 2011, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, St Hilda’s College, Oxford
The conference is being organised for ARTZ UK by Eminence Grise. ARTZ UK is set to develop a collaborative creative programme that brings together people with dementia, families and communities; health and social care services with creative artists, arts organisations and cultural institutions. The conference includes local, national and international work taking place using museum collections, poetry, visual arts, theatre, dance and music with people with dementia. The day long programme includes Dr John Zeisel who pioneered guided museum tours at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and set up Artists for Alzheimers. Further details and booking form http://www.eminence-grise.co.uk/
Arts and Older People Seminar
Friday 10th June 10am – 4pm
Kelham Hall, Newark, Notts, NG23 5QX
A Seminar to discuss, celebrate, network and learn about Arts and Older People. Inspired by Visible, an arts programme for the over 50s in Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire, we hope to bring people together from across the UK who are delivering innovative arts projects for older generations – to share experiences and explore common issues. See http://visibleseminar.com/ for more information.
Price: £20 per person (early bird discount is booked by 6 May 2011) £25 per person thereafter (includes delicious lunch).
Aims of the conference:
To share new research findings on the power of social networks in supporting everyone’s inclusion, and how this knowledge is being applied to thinking about the inclusion and citizenship of people with mental health conditions.
To explore the rich potential and the many dilemmas inherent in developing community engagement between mental health services and local people.
To showcase emerging or transitional forms of service, which enhance social inclusion and community cohesion at the same time.
To share developing frameworks and principles for effective practice, and to reflect on these in the context of “the Big Society” debate in a public arena.
WELL-BEING 2011: international conference exploring the multi-dimensions of well-being
Birmingham City University is pleased to announce that they will be hosting their first international Well-Being Conference, supported by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in July 2011.
DATE AND TIME: Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July 2011, 9am-5.30pm
VENUE: Birmingham City University, Faculty of Health, Seacole Building, City South Campus, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3TN.
