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The Man Behind the Curtain is a photographic exploration of male mental health — the emotions and struggles that men are so often conditioned to conceal from the world around them.

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Form of Clouds Celebration Day is a celebration of our long-standing arts-based social prescribing program, the Form of Clouds. Form of Clouds works with local people referred through the NHS Social Prescribing Program, Adult Social Care and Community Referrals using art as a vehicle to improve mental health and wellbeing, as well as combating social isolation and loneliness.

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Keneish Dance presents SHE: Through the Wild - a contemporary African-Jamaican music and dance experience celebrating women as nurturers, providers and life-force. A reclaiming of freedom, connection and resilience.

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An open gathering to discuss the exciting potentials and important risk factors when developing new technologies across creative, clinical, and community settings. How do we navigate the needs, commitments, and concerns of these different groups when designing new software and media?

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Sarah Ticho will be discussing the research and creative development behind Soul Paint and the wider role of immersive technologies in enhancing health and wellbeing.

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MotherVoice is a day-long creative workshop for mothers, combining reflective journalling and music-making to support maternal mental health and wellbeing.

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Led by Public Health Research Officer, Sophie Beckett at Birmingham Museums Trust this webinar will examine how to bridge the sector gap between arts and health through a creative, Cluedo inspired knowledge-sharing intervention.

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Led by the West Midlands Combined Authority, Culture and Creative Industries Team, this event will explore Creative Health practice at a regional level

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This new body of work has been created by Birmingham based photographer, Maria Reaney. To create the project she worked with six young people from across the city and wider West Midlands region to explore the impact of the cost of living crisis, government policy and living with a disability.

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Join us for an afternoon of talks and discussions exploring the relationships between research, creativity and culture, and public health and wellbeing.

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Organised by Ikon in partnership with Agder Kunstakademi and Culture Forward as part of Healing Arts Birmingham (HABrum), this symposium considers the impact of art on health in prisons. In showcasing initiatives from the UK and Norway, it highlights contrasting philosophies of criminal justice and criminal care whilst reflecting on the role of creative practice within the prison and probation systems.

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The Opening Ceremony for Healing Arts Birmingham is curated and hosted by B:Music on behalf Birmingham City Council Public Health, the Jameel Arts and Health Lab and supported by Healing Arts Birmingham Partners.

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