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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Clarity and focus of work, Arts health and well being.


In the last few years I've worked in a milieu of creative and enterprise projects under what I have termed Creativity in Context. My clients have ranged from multinationals, local government, business owner managers, community groups, enterprise networks, groups of interest and individuals. The age range has been from two years old upwards. Ability has also been a constant working with people who have intellectual and physical disabilities.
Recently reading Art and Culture for Well-being – proposal for an action programme 2010–2014 by the Finnish Governement written in 2007 and presented in 2010 to the International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Institutes (http://www.ifacca.org). I recognised a lot of my work in their description of Arts health and well being.
"The aim of the Art and culture for well-being program is to promote well-being and health by means of art and culture and to enhance inclusion at the individual, community and societal levels. The three priority areas in it are: 
1) culture in promoting social inclusion, capacity building, networking and participation in daily life and living environments,
2) art and culture as part of social welfare and health promotion, and
3) art and culture in support of well-being and health at work.
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So the work continues...

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