Lastly, Carnegie Hall has announced its Well-Being Concerts for the 2025–2026 season, featuring artists like the Grammy Award-winning Esperanza Spalding.
It’s set to deliver tangible health benefits along with entertainment! #ArtsAndHealth #WellBeing
I enjoyed co-authoring this paper with an amazing group of experts in #artsandhealth - how can you work with policy makers to embed research findings in meaningful ways? This paper pulls together our collective wisdom #policy #publichealth https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1392146/full
Introducing Better Making, a new social prescribing hub for CSM, which Alex Schady, Elizabeth Wright and I have been developing for a while now. Link to this article is below, with an email to contact if you want to be added to our mailing list. There’ll be more information with a UAL and later a public launch coming later - so watch this space 👀👀
Happy Christmas Eve! A textile Christmas wreath I made last year in an arts and crafts group. #ArtsAndHealth
It honestly feels weird to be celebrating Christmas this year given what's happening in the world. Nevertheless, this #community #choir I direct will be doing our best to spread some love and cheer in their hometown of #Celbridge tomorrow at noon. We'll be joined by two wonderful special guests too.
Voices of Spring is an #artsandhealth project for older people, with a special welcome for those living with or effected by #dementia and other age-related illnesses.
Myself and my pal @sivemusic feature on this episode of the Souls in Harmony #Podcast.
It's a lighthearted 45-min listen taking in #Creativity, #Inspiration, #Songwriting, #CommunityMusic and more.
Host Aaron TBone Murphy is an excellent guide, and has kindly included links to all of the references made during the conversation.
It was a really fun experience!
#Musodon #FediMusicians #MusiciansOfMastodon #ArtsandHealth #SelfCare #WritingCommunity
https://soulsinharmonypodcast.buzzsprout.com/2213746/14000471
On that dreary day,
when the loudest thoughts return,
reach for The Beatles!
#MastoPrompt - Dreary. Thank you @tanweerdar
#Haiku #TinyPoem #WritingCommunity #MusicAsMedicine #ArtsAndHealth
#MusicIsLife #TheBeatles
Today I've been prepping for my first session back with a community #choir I direct called Voices of Spring, after a 5-week hiatus due to other work commitments. It's a #dementia friendly group who've been together since 2017 and are funded through #Kildare County Council's Arts & Health programme. Here we are performing with our sister project Past Times Community Choir and the wonderful local artist Ross Breen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdgFOLw03s
My bio lists #GriefandLoss as one of my interests, but I have yet to post on the subject.
I lost my beloved sister in 1999 when she was 15 & I was 24, & lost my father (69) quite suddenly to #PancreaticCancer in 2016.
As an #ArtsAndHealth practitioner I have encountered loss in all its forms, working with those living with #dementia & other age-related illnesses, & also with the #Bereaved.
Here, I wrote about the #loss of my father through the lens of #MusicAndGrief.
https://medium.com/@sharmurphy/listening-on-when-it-hurts-to-listen-b778c78c3779
This day last week, we (Embrace Music) were styled for a photoshoot, and had just finished a full week of singing, playing, dancing and devising for The Big Reel, an ongoing project lead by choreographer & dance artist Philippa Donnellan.
The faces of happy musicians! 😃
#dance #ArtsAndHealth #CommunityMusic
We can't really ignore this any longer - a creative life is good for you
https://twitter.com/Creativepsyche/status/1640647103767511041?t=UUZAwykifKGkeid5lgcE8w&s=19
@CreativeHealth #ArtsAndHealth #Art #AmWriting #Music #Singing #photography #dance @HeraPartnership
It's official - participation in #arts & #culture leads to longer, healthier lives
#ArtsAndHealth #NHS #health #wellbeing #HealthInequalities #Healthcare #DaisyFancourt #UCL @CreativeHealth @HeraPartnership
Today in the UK is National #SocialPrescribing Day - have a good one
@HeraPartnership @CreativeHealth #ArtsAndHealth #SocialDeterminants #NHS
2022 was tough. But it ends on a high - UK policy makers, commissioners & funders are waking up to understand that #creativity & #culture are essential components of a decent life for EVERYONE. And a life without creativity is likely to be #unhealthy
One of the best tools we have to address #exclusion #ChronicIllness & #HealthInequalities is #art
Happy New Year to all - warm wishes for a fabulous, cheerful & safe 2023
#ArtsAndHealth @HeraPartnership @CreativeHealth
#PrimaryCare #NHS
@eloquence
That's a great thing. Thanks.
Is it possible to add our small but mighty charity? @HeraPartnership ?
Not yet very active on here but that's only because we're very stretched right now. We support people with #ChronicIllness both physical & mental, using creative #ArtsAndHealth groups & #SocialPrescribing
#PrimaryCare #NHS
I'm leading an #ArtsAndHealth project about #ChronicPain at Trinity Laban, London
We're looking for people living with chronic pain to take part in a consultation about their #LivedExperience and the potential role of the #arts and #creativity in #painmanagement
There will be an online (16 Jan) and in-person consultation (22 Jan)
If you would like to share your thoughts and insights register here: shorturl.at/biyOU or email Jasmine Wilson for more information: J.Wilson@trinitylaban.ac.uk
Morning all… if you’re interested in art and wellbeing for older people, maybe take a look at this post I’ve just added to the Noticing Nature site, with information on how to get involved including links to download our free resource park and film with creative activity ideas to try at home.
#NoticingNatureWilts #CelebratingAgeWiltshire
#ArtAndWellbeing
#ArtsAndHealth
#OlderPeople
#Wiltshire
#ArtAndEcology
@janetfolland @ahps Good luck, hope it works. I'm very interested in #ArtsAndHealth and #SocialPrescribing
A taste of this morning’s #NoticingNatureWilts workshop with local older people and #CelebratingAgeWiltshire at #PoundArts in #Corshsm.
Lovely group, lovely setting, everyone responding to my hoard of natural treasures!
Back for more next week…
#artwitholderpeople #artsandhealth #artandwellbeing #artinlibraries #artandecology
