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Art You Can Eat ART YOU CAN EAT! Workshops for those with a creative hunger.

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Attendees joined the Mental Wellbeing Team at Birmingham City Council to explore how creative arts can promote good mental health, and play a vital role in early intervention, prevention and recovery.

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The session included an exercise class to music, chair based with some mobility if able, followed by a speaker from Age Concern, then various activities aimed at cognition, perception and overall wellbeing, with a buffet including hot drinks and snacks. Gift bags were given to participants at the end of the session.

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The Sewing Project involved designing and creating individual fabric petals that expressed wellbeing, health, identity, experiences, strengths and personal stories.

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Attendees joined Women & Theatre, one of the city's most established and recognised theatre companies, as they revived a small number of monologue pieces from the wealth of work in their back catalogue, showing how the purpose of HABrum – demonstrating how art builds a healthier, fairer and more resilient community – had been at their heart all along.

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Presented by the Qadiri-Boutchichi Order and directed by Abbas Wahbi, this captivating production blended traditional storytelling and spiritual heritage to bring a classic Moroccan morality tale to life. Centered around the mysterious Bouhali's Box, the story followed a journey of temptation, wisdom, and self-discovery, revealing how personal choices shape destiny.

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Attendees learned more about The Healing Arts Birmingham Neighbourhood programme, which provided grants to support a diverse range of community-led projects taking place across the city during Healing Arts Birmingham.

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Attendees joined to make a beautiful scented candle, pressed flower jewellery and enjoy a sound relaxation workshop. No experience was needed, and guests came and enjoyed a calm and uplifting afternoon. Light refreshments were also available.

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This Art, Prisons and Health Symposium is organised by Ikon in partnership with Agder Kunstakademi and the University of Birmingham’s Culture Forward initiative as part of Healing Arts Birmingham (HABrum). In showcasing initiatives from the UK and Norway – Art at HMP Birmingham, Agder Kunstakademi and Project Phoenix & Project Athena – 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 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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Health In Rhythm is a dynamic creative health activity rooted in African arts, culture, and heritage, through the use of West African drumming as a powerful tool to improve well-being, strengthen identity, and foster meaningful community connection.

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