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

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YMCA Sutton Coldfield’s 125th Anniversary Celebration is a community-focused event celebrating 125 years of supporting young people, families and individuals across Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield. The afternoon will feature live performances, storytelling, film, creative contributions from young people, and opportunities for connection and reflection.

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Ikon presents Agder Kunstakademi: TV Pain (2022–23), an installation by Zubair, a former student of an independent art school based within Agder Prison, a high-security facility in Froland, Norway, housing approximately 300 male prisoners. Zubair repurposes flat-screen monitors taken from prison cells, which are frequently smashed by inmates in moments of frustration.

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This hands-on, creative day celebrates the power of community through sketching, stitching and making. Open to all ages and skill levels, this event invites you to explore your creativity, connect with others and express yourself through art. Whether you're a seasoned maker or just curious to try something new, there's a space for you here.

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Join Art at the Heart CIC at Aston University during Healing Arts Birmingham week, to create art inspired by Aston University's cutting-edge research into the neuroscience behind social interaction.

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Join Dr Hardeep Dhindsa and Dr Bharti Parmar for a fascinating exploration of how nature shaped ideas of healing in Victorian society. Through the symbolic and medicinal meanings attached to flowers, plants, and stones, this talk will uncover the rich visual and cultural language through which Victorians understood health, emotion and restoration.

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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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Led by The National Centre for Creative Health, this symposium brought together people representing health and cultural practitioners and organisations with academics to explore how creative health can be an integral part of neighbourhood health services and support preventative and community-led solutions to health inequalities.

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Attendees joined an afternoon of talks and discussions exploring the relationships between research, creativity and culture, and public health and wellbeing.

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Join Niki Gandy, Ikon Artist in Residence at HMP Birmingham (2025-26), as they reflect on their recent collaboration with prisoners, exploring exposure to light and its impact on vitamin D and circadian rhythms.

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Organised by Ikon in partnership with Agder Kunstakademi and Culture Forward as part of Healing Arts Birmingham (HABrum), this symposium considered the impact of art on health in prisons. In showcasing initiatives from the UK and Norway, it highlighted 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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Join us at Birmingham School of Art for a dedicated Creative Health Exhibition showcasing local and regional Artists working at the intersection of Arts & Health

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