We have an excellent track record of devising projects shown in high profile and accessible venues, working in partnership with cultural venues such as Arnolfini, Bristol City Museum Service, RWA, The Vestibules, Southmead Hospital, GWR trains, Knowle West Health Park, Central Children’s Centre, the Hub Lockleaze, and Greenway Centre Southmead.
We work with the Local Authority and members of NASP, to identify the areas of Bristol in greatest need, the gaps in our services and devise a plan to expand our offer citywide.
Rene was an outpatient who had attended the Pain Clinic at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.
The Pain Clinic referred her to the 6 week Fresh Arts on Referral programme held in the hospital community arts room.
As part of the pathway creativeShift visited the Fresh Arts group at week 5 to signpost participants on to groups based in the community.
Rene and a friend she had made, Deana, were not ready to leave the safe space in the community arts room at the hospital. So they attended a monthly follow on group creativeShift facilitated for Fresh Arts. Over the next 6 months they were reintroduced to the idea of going to a community based programme facilitated by creativeShift. By month four Rene and Deana decided they felt confident enough to go together and give it a try.
After completing the 18 week cS community based programme Rene and Deana moved on to the weekly peer led cS ,follow on group in the community, where they contributed to a city centre exhibition of work by cS groups from across the city.
Rene then felt ready to attend our city centre follow on group at Mshed hosted by the museum service. By this time she had developed her own arts practice working from home She has gone on to create artworks which were shown as a solo exhibition at Arnolfini as well as contributing to other cS collaborative projects.
In a lovely development Rene went on to train to be a volunteer with the Fresh Arts Creative Companions scheme visiting patients at their hospital bedside to share an art activity and supporting wellbeing.
Rene’s journey has been possible because of our joined up working across our partnerships.
creativeShift works with those who are experiencing or are vulnerable to isolation and mental health challenges, offering participants involvement in creative art activities which promote wellbeing.
We develop collaborations with relevant organisations in response to need. We offer an opportunity to further develop/progress an individual's recovery/progression plan through creative activity.
We bring together different communities through the arts, using arts to create bridges between people, their communities and culture.
We continue to advance the practice of arts for wellbeing.
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