By Melinda Schwakhofer – The Quarantine Quilt Project artist I am one of four artists on the Quarantine Quilt Project. We have each been commissioned to make individual pieces of artwork in response to COVID-19, which is wonderful. I have been furloughed from my ‘day job’ and so many people […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
48 posts
Project eARTh: ‘The Ugly Bug Ball’ Embroidery Project A project for participants in Project eARTh, and arts and health programme for adults across the High Peak, experiencing mental distress or other long -term conditions. This lockdown embroidery project is led by artist Amanda Whewell. It has been done by post […]
The House of Lords COVID-19 Committee has been established to look at the long-term implications of the pandemic for our economy and our society. During the recent All-Party Parliamentary Group on Culture and Wellbeing parliamentarians encouraged the creative sector to contribute, and highlighted creative evidence would be welcome. They are […]
The National Culture, Health, and Wellbeing Alliance have produced a report and a series of case studies of the role of the arts in supporting the most vulnerable. Multiple of the projects in our network are included, either explicitly (Necklace of Stars) or implicitly as commissioners and partners are profiled […]
By Naomi Wright (The Quarantine Quilt Project Artist, Devon) @naomioutdoors (Twitter) I’m a person who likes to be social, learn with peers, teach face to face, breathe the same air, experience the same light, energy, spirit (call it what you will) in a space or room. My ideal (I think) […]
CULTURE RESET is a practical rapid response programme to inspire more relevant and impactful cultural organisations and practices. Born out of the devastating impact of Covid-19 and inspired by the urgent need to accelerate change and respond to the experiences of a broader diversity of people, it is providing expert support and dynamic […]
CHanging Lives Laura McIntyre, Head of Women’s Services at Changing Lives, and Dr Angelika Strohmeyer, University of Northumbria, advocate for the role of sewing and textile craft for wellbeing outcomes. They have collaborated on several projects, the 2018 Partnership Quilt, and currently ‘Sewing Through the Pandemic.’ They have co-written a […]
This project is not a textile quilt – but an idea, connection and virtual gallery. Art Refuge uses art and art therapy to support the mental health and well-being of people displaced due to conflict, persecution and poverty, both in the UK and internationally. In mid-March 2020 they launched this project – […]
How do you reconcile an ongoing community project with social distancing? For a number of practitioners and community workers, this question is currently very important. After all, it is far from self-evident for people in a vulnerable situation to participate in digital communities. Certainly if meeting physically with others and […]