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Slow down, reconnect, and experience the power of creativity and conversation through art. ‘Arts at Home’ invites you into a welcoming, relaxed space where art becomes a starting point for connection, reflection, and shared experience. Led by Art Explora, this gently guided taster session in the Pre-Raphaelite galleries offer an accessible introduction to mindful looking at art - no prior knowledge or experience required.

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Join us to make a beautiful scented candle, pressed flower jewellery and enjoy a sound relaxation workshop. No experience needed, come and enjoy a calm and uplifting afternoon. Light refreshments also available.

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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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Journey into a uniquely interactive virtual reality experience that asks the question, Where are you feeling? Soul Paint is an immersive world that blends art and science to inspire personal introspection and universal connection. The experience has been co-created with behavioral scientists, patients and health care researchers.

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Ampe Alive is a participatory creative health activity that draws on a traditional African recreational practice, to deliver a general wellbeing experience through movement, rhythm, and cultural expression.

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An interactive session introducing the work of Music in Hospitals & Care. Explore the challenges in evaluating the impact of our music on diverse populations including babies and parents in neonatal settings, patients in ICU, young people in an inpatient CAHMs unit and care home residents living with dementia.

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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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One of the greatest joys of a good book is sharing it! As part of Healing Arts Birmingham, we’re inviting everyone to take part in a shared Book Exchange. A simple and enjoyable way to connect through stories and recommendations.

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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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'What are the odds?' Ikon Creative Health is an off-site exhibition, at the Library of Birmingham, which explores the role of art in supporting health and care systems.

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This interactive symposium brings together experts from a range of art-related fields all working at the intersection with health. Featuring panellists from diverse backgrounds able to offer varied perspectives will make for a lively discussion with critical corners. Opening remarks are followed by a panel discussion and audience questions. A guided tour of the School of Arts’ Creative Health Exhibition is also on offer.

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