The London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2012 will take place from June 13-20 this summer and promises to be a great showcase for the huge variety of arts and health activity in the capital. There is still time to get involved and include your events or just to start planning what you want to see and do!
An exercise and nutrition programme aiming to teach parents how to cook and eat well on a budget and how to enjoy exercise, have fun and relax. Creche provided.
For more information, see flyer attached or contact Diana Saline at Archway Children’s Centre on 020 7527 4827
A new musical by Suzy Davies and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm for a 100-strong company of actors, vocalists and dancers selected through open auditions.
Old Vic New Voices commissioned writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and composer Suzy Davies to create a new musical inspired by thoughts and feelings of 250 Londoners who took part in a research stage last year. This will now be presented in the Old Vic Tunnels by a diverse volunteer company of 16 - 70 year olds made up of dancers, singers, backstagers and musicians.
Paintings in Hospitals has announced that its annual fundraising art auction will take place at Bonhams, Knightsbridge on Monday 28 May 2012, 6.30 - 8.00pm.
Among the artists who have lent their support this year are Ian Davenport, Maggi Hambling, Alexis Harding, Jonathan Huxley, Jarik Jongman, HaYoung Kim, Ben Rivers, Simon Roberts, Tim Shaw, Jonathan Trayte and Mary Webb.
ArtvsRehab is a series of focus groups on key themes affecting the relationship between art and rehabilitation which aims to stimulate knowledge exchange between artists, practitioners, therapists, academics, service users, service providers, funders and commissioners.
Each focus group will generate a series of recommendations, provocations, tools and exercises that can be used to strengthen the relationship between art and rehabilitation and improve arts provision for vulnerable groups.
‘Reaching Out’ is a one-day conference focusing on creative and imaginative ways to use music to engage young people, whatever the challenges they face. The day will offer a range of workshops, presentations and discussion opportunities to explore effective ways to connect with children and young people through music-making in both mainstream and special schools.
This national child protection and safeguarding conference is being delivered in partnership with Artswork, the Safe Network and Voluntary Arts. It is aimed at voluntary and community arts and cultural organisations that work with young people.
The programme includes legislation updates, a range of key-note speeches from sector experts, consultation and networking opportunities as well as breakout workshops including safe social media, child protection policy writing, and understanding volunteers’ roles in the safeguarding process.
Studio Upstairs is an arts and heath charity based in Bristol and London.
On Friday 20th July 2012 the charity is holding an evening of celebration and a silent auction at the Royal Academy of Arts, to raise awareness that one in four adults in the UK will suffer mental health problems at some time in their life. All proceeds raised will go towards supporting the work of the charity.
Studio Upstairs is also seeking artworks to be donated to the auction to join pieces by Bristol based artist Anthony Garratt, Rob Ryan and Dan Badwin.
A dawn to dusk walk through Tooting celebrating the many places and things that contribute to happiness. Following on from the Tooting Earth Talk Walk in 2009, the walk will visit favourite 12 different places across Tooting at each of which an aspect of our happiness and wellbeing will be experienced and celebrated.
A free guided cultural walk around Southwark, promoting mental health and physical wellbeing, using art, humour and history and de-stigmatising mental distress. This walk will explore the history of May Day traditions and stories in the area and celebrates the return of spring.
Taking part is free for everyone, but voluntary donations will be much appreciated.
The London Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2012 will take place from June 13-20 this summer and promises to be a great showcase for the huge variety of arts and health activity in the capital.
