Hatsumi and Monobanda’s innovative extended reality project, Soul Paint, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 SXSW XR Experience Competition Special Jury Award. This groundbreaking project, narrated by Rosario Dawson, transcends traditional artistic boundaries by merging immersive technology with the exploration of human emotions and wellness. Soul Paint represents a convergence of art, technology, and wellbeing, […]

FMNC has brought the power of shared song to staff and residents of six Cornish care homes since 2021 and we’re now very excited to bring our first community chorus outside Wales to St Austell, Cornwall. Led by a team of highly-trained, professional musicians, community sessions will energise, engage, and empower those with dementia, and […]

I am Minoti Parikh, a classical Indian Dancer and a creative producer, developing creative wellbeing programmes that help reduce social isolation and increase public participation in diverse arts.   Born and raised in India and now based in Leeds, I am passionate about building equitable, healthy and inclusive cultures and communities and often introduce arts […]

We have been running Clay and Cuppa sessions for the last 5 years at the London School of Mosaic, providing a much needed respite for elderly carers who look after a family member at home. As we know, being an unpaid carer for a loved one can be a gruelling task and we are pleased […]

How would you complete the sentence “Creativity is…”? I would say “life-enhancing”, but there are so many possibilities. Participants in my events talk about creativity being fulfilling, freeing, cheering. I couldn’t agree more.   Year upon year, I feel Creativity & Wellbeing Week has become such an important event in the calendar – to highlight […]

Sofie Layton is an artist with a significant and professionally acknowledged experience in participatory and public engagement practices. In this short blog post, she reflects on how AI might be utilised to care for patients or even, affect the empathy of healthcare professionals. Sofie will be sharing more about this work on Friday 24th May […]