Staffordshire Creative Health and Wellbeing Network

Writing a Case Study event notes

Staffordshire Creative Health and Wellbeing Network’s events programme’s latest event was a practical guide on to how to write a case study about an arts and health project. Case studies are an excellent way of recording examples of your work and effectively communicating its benefits to potential employers.

The event was a mainly practical, hands on workshop where attendees began to write their own case studies.

Practical exercise  Read more... (460 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

praXis and Creative Remedies are pleased to announce the winning and highly commended projects for the Arts and Health Awards 2011.

We had a fantastic response to the Awards and were really impressed and inspired by the innovation, energy and dedication shown in so many of the projects that entered.

All the winning, highly commended and long-listed projects will be featured in full on the new West Midlands Arts, Health and Wellbeing being website when it launches in February.

The Arts and Health Awards have been a real success and they will run again in 2012, details will be announced in Summer 2012.  Read more... (109 words, 1 image, estimated 26 secs reading time)

Writing a Case Study

Wednesday 1st February, 6pm, Mitchell Arts Centre, Stoke-on-Trent

The first event in this year’s programme is a practical, hands on workshop on how to write a case study that effectively communicates your work and its benefits to potential employers. You will need to bring a laptop to write and upload your completed case study to the Praxis website.

To book a place or for more information on this event and the rest of the programme for 2012, contact Sarah-Jane Watkinson on sarah-jane@praxisartsandhealth.org.uk

Friday 27^th January 2012, 9.30am – 1pm

Birmingham City University, School of Art, Margaret Street, Birmingham

praXis is one of ten regional organisations that are working together to establish a new, National Alliance for arts and health. As part of this process, a series of events are taking place across England to develop a Charter that will set out the mutual values for those working in arts, health and wellbeing and embody the founding principles for a National Alliance.  Read more... (441 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

The latest in the series of professional development events took place in Stafford on Tuesday 8th November. The session was led by Kate Gant of Creative Health CIC.

Notes from the session are available to download here.

At the end of the session, attendees identified ten top tips:  Read more... (139 words, estimated 33 secs reading time)

1. Think about the type of work you want to do.
2. Read the brief thoroughly at least twice
3. Ask relevant intelligent questions of the contact on the brief.
4. Include lots of evidence of all of the submission criteria.
5. Include your relevant past experience.

praXis Creative Remedies Arts and Health Awards is a new awards scheme for artists, organisations, students or groups providing a great opportunity for your work to recognised, promoted and shared with others. Winners will be awarded a place on a professional development programme and support for the development of a practical project.

There are four award categories for innovative work in research and evaluation, public health, social care and healthy spaces.

Projects must have taken place within the last two years in the West Midlands.

For more information and details on how to apply  click here.  Read more... (106 words, 1 image, estimated 25 secs reading time)

Staffordshire County Council in partnership with Stafford College of Further Education Faculty of Art is seeking a recent (within the last 2 years) Crafts or Design Graduate based in the West Midlands with an interest to support and work alongside an artist in residence (a mid-career maker) at Eagle House, Midland Heart Organisation, Stafford, as part of the Making Moves project.  Read more... (287 words, 1 image, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

praXis Creative Remedies Arts and Health Awards is a new awards scheme for artists, organisations, students or groups providing a great opportunity for your work to recognised, promoted and shared with others. Winners will be awarded a place on a professional development programme and support for the development of a practical project.

There are four award categories for innovative work in research and evaluation, public health, social care and healthy spaces.

Projects must have taken place within the last two years in the West Midlands.

For more information and details on how to apply visit the praXis website or click here.  Read more... (121 words, 1 image, estimated 29 secs reading time)

Free development and networking events for artists working in Staffordshire

Each event includes themed, practical workshops led by experienced professionals followed by networking opportunities to meet new people and share ideas.

Marketing – Explore how to market yourself as an artist in health and wellbeing contexts and how to use social networking to promote you and your work.

Tuesday 27 September, 10am – 12.30pm, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent

Tender Writing- Changes in the NHS mean that artists will be invited to tender for health based work. Find out how to go about this process, who to contact and how to write a tender that helps you get an interview.  Read more... (218 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

Staffordshire Creative Health and Wellbeing Network Fundraising event

The first event in a series to launch a new artists’ network for Staffordshire took place on Friday 8th July at the Museum of Cannock Chase. The event included a workshop session on fundraising by Praxis Events Co-ordinator Sarah-Jane Watkinson and a presentation by Jenny Peevers of Arts Council England on ACE’s funding programmes.

Handouts from the session and the ten top tips highlighted at the end of the session are available here.