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Here you can find events that took place such as celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programmes, workshops and dialogues.

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Mothership Exhibition: Contemporary Art, Children's Activities & Wellbeing Space

Wednesday 24th - Saturday 27th June 2026

Stryx Play Gallery Cafe, 90 Vyse Street. Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter, B186JZ

Mothership was a residency and exhibition programme supporting mother-artists through creative development, peer support and family-inclusive approaches to artistic practice.

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Stitching Minds - Together

Monday 22nd - Friday 26th June 2026

49, Bevington Road. Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 6H

Attendees joined Saathi House for a range of community-focused performances, exhibitions, and celebrations, highlighting Birmingham's extraordinarily talented art sector, alongside research symposiums and workshops focused on demonstrating the robust evidence base and methodologies behind creative health in Birmingham.

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Healing Arts - Public Mental Health

Wednesday 24th June 2026

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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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Healing Arts Birmingham: Neighbourhood programme

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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Soul Paint Birmingham: Where are You Feeling?

11:00-16:30, 24 June 2026

BOM, 12 Dudley Street, Southside, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4EA

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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Soul Paint: Where are You Feeling? Artist Talk

17:30-19:00, 24 June 2026

BOM, 12 Dudley Street, Southside, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4EA

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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Story exchange: a new approach to fostering empathy

10:00-12:00, 24 June 2026

Room WF19, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT

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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