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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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Create and Connect

26 June
11:00am - 2:30pm

St Thomas Church, 239 Garretts Green Ln. Birmingham, Garretts Green, B26 2SA

This session brought people together through art, poetry, storytelling and conversation, with no previous writing or art experience needed. Attendees' advice and experiences helped create a book to support others living with a visual impairment.

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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 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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SHE: Through The Wild

16:30-17:00, 26-27 June 2026

Birmingham Settlement Nature & Wellbeing Centre, Edgbaston Reservoir 79 Selwyn Road, Birmingham, B16OSL

Keneish Dance presents SHE: Through the Wild - a contemporary African-Jamaican music and dance experience celebrating women as nurturers, providers and life-force. A reclaiming of freedom, connection and resilience.

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Healing Arts: Brum Rising Special

18:00-20:00, 26 June 2026

Midlands Arts Centre, Canon Hil Park, Birmingham, West Midlands, B129QH

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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Addressing Health Inequalities in UK Maternity Care in Superdiverse Settings

10:45-12:00, 26 June 2026

Lecture Theatre, Welcome Centre (Level 5), Midland, Metropolitan University Hospital, Grove Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 2QT

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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Agder Kunstakademi: TV Pain

11:00-17:00 25/26 June 2026

Ikon Gallery , 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham , West Midlands, B1 2HS

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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