Part of the seminar series, 'The Spaces Between: Equity, Voice, Agency and Care Practices Involving the Arts and Arts Therapies' The seminar will focus on the emerging leadership of the Arts in Medicine Fellowship in Nigeria and its impact across the world. The Fellowship facilitates interdisciplinary and collaborative learning opportunities for students and professionals in Africa, Asia, Latin America, South America, the United Kingdom and Europe. The Arts in Medicine Fellowship has over 800 members across 43 countries across the globe. Beneficiaries include Medical Doctors, health workers, Patients, Carers, Researchers, Educators, Artists, Entrepreneurs and Policymakers, among many others. Kunle Adewale Founder/Executive Director, Global Arts in Medicine Fellowship

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8/7/2023

This session draws on two research studies: First, a systematic review that has been funded by the Wellcome Trust and gathered relevant evidence on different uses of the arts as a way of supporting the wellbeing of helping professionals. Second, the results from an exploration of the uses of the arts in hospitals in the UK, in which a multi-tiered approach has been adopted to support the wellbeing of clinical staff. Ways in which the arts have been used to impact on multiple levels will be presented and discussed including an organisational, teams and individual level. Professor Vicky Karkou Director of the Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge Hill University UK. Supritha Aithal (PhD) Lecturer and researcher, Edge Hill University Shaun Liverpool (PhD) Lecturer, Edge Hill University. Emma Perris PhD student and research assistant, Edge Hill University. Part of the seminar series, The Spaces Between: Equity, Voice, Agency and Care Practices Involving the Arts and Arts Therapies

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6/13/2023

Part of the seminar series, The Spaces Between: Equity, Voice, Agency and Care Practices Involving the Arts and Arts Therapies Following the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increased interest in exploring the role of online arts activities as a form of mental health support. As young people and individuals with existing mental health conditions have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the aim of the Dance/Connect study was to explore if and how eight weeks of group online dance classes may support young people (aged 16-24) living with anxiety. The study was mixed-methods (qualitative, quantitative, participatory, arts-based) and was delivered in partnership with a youth advisory of young people aged 16-24. In this presentation, we explore our coproduction processes of collaborating with young people to deliver this research, as well as reflect on and share the arts-based methods we used to explore experiences of dance and coproduction.

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2/16/2023

The Spaces Between: Equity, Voice, Agency and Care Practices Involving the Arts and Arts Therapies Museums, as neutral, non-judgmental spaces, play an important role in enhancing mental, social and physical aspects of a community. This talk explores how museums build and grow in collaboration with their community partners. To drive creativity and agency, participants can benefit from such social spaces for experiential and experimental opportunities that provide access to artsbased wellness & art therapy content and programming. This is achieved through engagement and empowerment by offering multimodal therapeutic opportunities from moments of calm, reflection and self-expression in connection with the museum’s collection and the architecture. Maral Jul Bedoyan MA in Museums and Gallery practice from UCL Qatar. Leading the Department of Education and the Wellbeing initiative at Louvre Abu Dhabi Richa Mehta Art Therapy, Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. MA in Education with focus on So

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2/6/2023

An international series of fourteen seminars starting November 2022: Australia, Chile, Finland, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, UAE, UK, USA Following a successful Grand Challenges bid by Professor Phil Jones from the IOE, Professor Ama De-Graft Aikins, Institute of Advanced Studies and Dr Deborah Padfield, Slade School of Fine Art, and a collaboration with Arts + Health @ New York University led by Associate Professor Nisha Sajnani, a new seminar series starts in November 2022 and runs until October 2023. What are ‘agency’ and ‘voice’? What is equity? What constitutes care? How do these relate to those participating in the arts in health or wellbeing contexts and in therapy? What are different discoveries and practices in different countries?

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11/9/2022