Centre for Arts and Wellbeing

Through the act of making – our choices and uses of materials, and the ways we make our world from those materials – we are involved in critical decisions that impact upon wellbeing throughout society. This theme brings academic and creative attention to making, materials and craft techniques, with research that is applied to a diverse range of fields, from health to climate change, the impact on education, sustainability and innovation. Expert understanding comes from a range of scholarly and practice disciplines including fashion, textiles, craft, material sciences and architecture. Research has investigated issues such as the relationship between textiles, repetitive processes and mental health, particularly in relation to the rites of bereavement, creative research into materials to enhance sustainability dialogues in order to bring about change.