Category: Art Journal Project
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Thirty participants are currently on their creative journey with the 2024 Art Journal Project – a key aspect of OutPost Arts’ community-based work which creates opportunities for participants to connect with their ‘creative selves,’ enhancing wellbeing via creative expression, mindful practise, positive distraction, and the development of self-management tools. Art Journaling is a creative well-being tool, where…
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Thirty participants are now on their creative journey with the 2024 Art Journal Project. Liz McQueen, our our Adult Creative Wellbeing lead, provides an update on what’s been happening so far and what to expect in the next few months. Part 1 of the Art Journal Project is all about working mostly in black and white…
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The 2024 Art Journal Project and the new youth initiative Creative Toolbox launched in April with a joint event. Both programmes ignite creativity and foster wellbeing, catering to different age groups with unique approaches. Participants came together to start their creative wellbeing journeys with an in-person welcome session at The Bridge, Dumfries. Participants were able to…
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A new mural has been unveiled at The Willows Children Young People & Family Centre based on the Crichton Campus in Dumfries. The artwork was officially unveiled as part of a special event on Thursday 21 March 2024 The DG Creative Wellbeing project’s Community Creative Wellbeing and Art in Healthcare teams worked in partnership with…
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Guided by Liz McQueen (OutPost Arts’ Adult Creative Wellbeing Lead) and Peer Mentors – 30 adults take part in a 16-week programme of arts activities. It ends in a large-scale public exhibition sharing the participant’s creative wellbeing journeys. What’s involved? The project kicks off on Saturday April 20th with an in-person welcome session where you’ll…