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Own the Arena: Birmingham Speaks is a free, one-day spoken word poetry/ public speaking workshop for young people aged 18–24, taking place during Healing Arts Week 2026. You'll write your own spoken word piece, develop your voice and performance skills with support from experienced facilitators, and perform at a closing peer showcase.

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Join us for a morning practice set within the beautiful surroundings of Genevieve Robertson's exhibition Under the Orange Sticks of the Sun. With stunning floor to ceiling artworks, all created with natural materials, this unique setting will encourage us to connect with nature, breath and body in a supportive, nourishing environment.

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Letters, Promises and Belonging: The Children of Windrush is a powerful and intimate stage production blending dance and spoken word to bring untold stories to life. Through the voices of a generation shaped by migration, it explores the letters sent across oceans — messages of hope, longing, and separation.

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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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Join Ikon for a relaxed daytime conversation with Vanley Burke and Professor Pat Noxolo.

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Join Ikon for a workshop that explores what artistic practice can tell us about care, community, identity and how creative traditions can connect across generations. This Workshop is hosted by Gloria Adichie, PhD researcher at the University of Leeds, and Dr Juliet Gilbert, Associate Professor in African Studies & Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. The workshop is part of the Beyond the Fattening Room project and its current Embodied Care display.

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Gain an insight into the practice with this taser session where you will learn Yang Tai Chi, a smooth, gentle exercise coordinating calm breathing movements and inner concentration.

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The morning will begin with a gallery tour by artist Clare Hewitt of her exhibition ‘Everything in the forest is the forest’. Responding to a government report suggesting that loneliness and isolation were increasing in rural areas of the UK, acclaimed photographer Clare’s exhibition celebrates trees and their remarkable ability to nurture and communicate.

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Spend ten minutes or so in a shared act of making with Tina Francis. Using her stitching tool, Connect More, add to the artwork with your own stitches as we share our thoughts on health, craft or what we are going to cook for tea. After adding to the artwork you will leave with a small stitch kit to complete when you next have ten minutes free.

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Join us for an evening of live music in the Outdoor Theatre as part of Healing Arts Birmingham, celebrating emerging talent from across the city. This special edition of MAC’s Brum Rising series brings together some of the most exciting emerging artists from Birmingham’s music scene.

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A chance for students, patients and medical professionals to take part in an empathy-building exercise known as the ‘story exchange’. Devised by the global empathy-building charity Narrative 4, the ‘story exchange’ methodology breaks down barriers by inviting diverse participants to step into one another’s shoes.

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A community research project led by the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) at the University of Birmingham and the Community Interest Research Centre (CIRC-CIC) explores maternity care in diverse healthcare settings, highlighting how women in the city of Birmingham, UK, often face barriers during pregnancy and childbirth, including language challenges, unfamiliarity with the healthcare system, and social isolation.

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