Inspiring the artists in health settings

Pedagogy

believes that:-

• People should have the opportunity to develop their potential for great creative and artistic expression
• Inspiring professional artists should play an integral part in the creative and artistic lives of people and the carers who work with them
• Professionals working with clients in healthcare settings should have the important responsibility of nurturing creativity and artistic expression
• Clients and their carers should engage in ongoing creative and artistic learning journeys, which need thoughtful and creative interventions and professional development
• Healthcare settings should be creative and inspiring environments for everyone to explore

Experience

’s team of professional artists have extensive experience working in a variety of healthcare settings. As both artists and arts educators, they have initiated, co-ordinated, delivered and evaluated a range of exciting artistic interventions from one-off workshops, extended pieces of work and action research projects to long term developmental programmes.

What's on offer

• One - off workshops (in music, dance, drama and visual art)
• Collaborative arts workshops
• A series of workshops
• Special projects
• Intergenerational workshops, events and projects
• Disabled people's arts groups and events
• Carer training

Please contact us for current rates.

Previous Creative Arts Interventions

has worked in partnership with healthcare organisations and funding bodies to create a number of innovative and creative opportunities for clients:

• Awards For All “Rolling Back The Years” Trengrouse Care Home and Parc Eglos Primary School 1997
• Royal Cornwall Hospital Stroke Rehabilitation Unit 1998
• Age Concern “MADD Arts” Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske Children’s Ward 2001 – 2002
• Awards For All “Artscare” Redannick Care Home and Bosvigo Primary School 2002
• Kerrier Healthy Living Centre “Hear ME!” 2003 – 2005
• Big Lottery Reaching Communities Intergenerational Programme “Hear Me Too!” 2007 – 2009
• Cornwall Community Foundation “Side By Side” Older People’s Performance Group 2010
• DCATCH / Youth Services Cornwall Weekend and Holiday Courses eg “Starstrukk!” 2010 -2011
• Awards for All “Keep Young and Beautiful” 2011
• Awards for All, Keep Young and Beautiful, an intergenerational project involving Swallowcourt Care Homes and local Primary and Secondary Schools in Penzance and Mullion 2010-2012
• Cornwall Rural Community Council, Side by Side, a countywide creative arts programme in Memory Cafes 2015-2018
• Duchy Health Charity, Made in the Moment, a creative arts programme in Penzance and Falmouth for people living with memory challenges and their carers 2016-2017