creativity for wellbeing
Thanks to a grant from Community Foundation Wales via the Health & Social Care Innovation Fund, we have been facilitating a creative wellbeing journey through the seasons over the last year for our vulnerable participants, by connecting with nature, making art from nature and bringing people together to grow and relax in a natural outdoors …
‘Growing Together’ is a Breathe Creative collaboration with Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach Service and Growing Green Community Allotment based on Bessemer Road, Cardiff. The aim is to connect people to nature through the arts, facilitating a creative wellbeing journey through the seasons to support therapeutic outcomes. Over the winter months, we have been making …
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“Doing this art helps me cope with life. It takes my mind off all the stuff inside.” (Participant) Growing Strong was a Creativity for Wellbeing project facilitated by Sarah Featherstone and Alex Bowen from Breathe Creative, with funding from The Arts Council of Wales and The National Lottery Community Fund and working in the Bridgend …
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This month (Feb 2023) we are exhibiting some of our work in progress at Llanover Hall Arts Centre in Cardiff. The artwork in this exhibition shows some of the art that was created by the Ty Canna Mural Group as part of our sessions. Drawn Together is an art group which designed a mural for …
UnLocking is a National Lottery funded project by Breathe Creative working in partnership with Ty Canna Mental Health Outreach Service in Cardiff. Participants met weekly in online sessions facilitated by Katja Stiller over a period of six months from July 2021 to January 2022. Using different art forms we explored and expressed our emotions during …