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Category Inclusion through narrative

The ways in which individuals and societies make and communicate their stories influences identity, builds understanding and resilience, shares diversity and nurtures equality. This theme considers how storytelling can be used to extend cross-disciplinary communities of practice across health, the humanities and the arts. It operates a programme of symposiums that inform our Creative Writing with Wellbeing BA, and a book series with Intellect.

Decolonising the Creative Writing and Academia with Misha Stories and Diversity Lewes

“Home is where the Heart is.”[1] Dhanusha Ranapurwala is a student on the MA Creative Writing. In this blog post, she offers an insight into her work on a research project entitled Maisha Stories that was funded by the Impact… Continue Reading →

Decolonising Maternity – artists and academics in New Delhi and Brighton creating work on experiences of maternity

  By Ruchika Wason Singh (artist, New Delhi) and Jess Moriarty (UoB)   In the autumn of 2021, the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing funded a symposium led by myself (Jess) and Kate Aughterson, called, Performing Maternities, an event that… Continue Reading →

Maisha Stories Project Receives Follow on Funding from National Lottery

The Maisha Stories Project received National Lottery funding from National Lottery Community Fund to develop work on the initial Impact Acceleration Account funded initiative and the Policy Support Fund Project with Sussex Police, and connect Black, Asian and ethnically diverse… Continue Reading →

Report | Maisha Stories – Writing for Wellbeing, February 2024

Deborah Humphrey, an MA student on the Creative Writing Programme and former mental health nurse, reports on CAW’s Maisha Stories workshop series and shares her particular interest in how creative interventions such as writing and photography can improve wellbeing.  … Continue Reading →

Everyday Creativity: Celebrating Practice, Exploring Legacies, and Forging New Paths Forwards

Conference hosted by The AHRC Everyday Creativity Research Network & Creative Lives  Thursday 26th September 2024 Cecil Sharp House, London, England An opportunity to share understandings and ways of working with, and for, everyday creativity and to celebrate everyday creative… Continue Reading →

Call for Submissions for the 2024 Everyday Creativity Conference

The 2024 Everyday Creativity Conference: Celebrating Practice, Exploring Legacies, and Forging New Paths Forwards Hosted by The AHRC Everyday Creativity Research Network and Creative Lives   Thursday 26th September 2024 Cecil Sharp House, London   The 2024 Everyday Creativity Conference… Continue Reading →

Event | 5 May 2024 – Theatre for All & Marginalised Artists

You are invited to join us at this Brighton Fringe Theatre & Forum Event Sunday 5 May 2024, 6.30 pm Old Net Loft, Kings Road Arches, Brighton We would like to invite you to our Brighton Fringe Theatre & Forum… Continue Reading →

Writer in Residence | Sonny-Rhoey Liverod-Griffin | Gaming & Wellbeing: Video Games––Why Immersion and Escapism Are Crucial to Wellbeing

Hello, I’m Sonny-Rhoey a 23-year-old trans woman, doing my Master of Arts in Creative Writing. As part of my creative residency with the Centre of Arts and Wellbeing, I will be exploring how, through games and gaming, collaborative storytelling is… Continue Reading →

Writer in Residence | Rob Vanston | Mindfulness: Reverie–The Calm after the Storm

Rob Vanston is a student studying a Creative Writing MA at the University of Brighton, and has an unhealthy interest in cosmic horror. He is currently doing a writer’s residency for the Centre of Arts and Wellbeing where his aim… Continue Reading →

Writer in Residence | Rob Vanston | Mindfulness: The Problem of Men Asking for Help

Rob Vanston is a student studying a Creative Writing MA at the University of Brighton, and has an unhealthy interest in cosmic horror. He is currently doing a writer’s residency for the Centre of Arts and Wellbeing where his aim… Continue Reading →

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