Keeping happy, healthy and creative at homeThursday 30 April, 6-8pm

In these strange and unprecedented times, we are all are having to find new ways to stay healthy, happy and productive (or learning that it is okay not to be).

Join this informal session to discuss how, as artists and creatives, you’re tackling creativity during isolation, where you’re finding inspiration, and to explore how we can better support one another to overcome the barriers each of us may be facing.

We’ll be joined by guests (listed below) who will be sharing their top tips on how to safely stay optimistic, connected and of course, creative.

Dawn Mitchell - We Do Wellbeing

Dawn Mitchell is the founder of We Do Wellbeing, a consultancy and training company focused on helping people to live healthier, happier lives. They offer a range of services that help develop resilience, build wellbeing and support people to adopt approaches to happier living.

Helen Stratford – Artist

Helen Stratford is a socially engaged artist with a background in architecture. Her practice spans performative workshops, site-specific interventions, video, speculative writing and discursive platforms. Her work, including Play Anywhere Now or Never with Idit Nathan, often encourages audiences to rediscover locations or places and to re-evaluate routines that are familiar to them by exploring them in new, critically creative ways.

Idit Nathan - Artist

Idit Nathan is an artist whose work draws on a wide variety of traditions and methods; it is participatory, collaborative and theatrical. She collaborates with artists, curators and diverse communities to develop site-specific interventions and artworks. Idit often uses play as a productive and provocative space in which the participant is challenged to confront their accepted understandings.

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At Absolutely Cultured, we are committed to supporting creative practitioners through our talent development programmes such as the Hull Independent Producer Initiative (HIPI) and Fruit Factory Network (FFN). Throughout the current crisis, access to this support and opportunities for us to come together digitally are now more important than ever.

How will this session work?

This session will take place on Zoom which is a free, online video calling application. To take part, you’ll need a laptop, computer, tablet or smart phone with a stable WiFi connection, a webcam and microphone (most laptops/phones etc. come with these as standard now).

You can download Zoom and learn more about how to use it here. You do not need to create an account.

All sessions are free but have limited places, so booking is essential. To book your free spot, please click on the relevant link below. If you’ve booked a place, you’ll receive an email with a Zoom link, meeting ID and password closer to the time of the session.

Who is this session for?

This session are for anybody who might find them useful. It's designed to be multi-disciplinary and being online means they’re available to creatives in Hull, across the UK and even globally.

Accessibility

Regretfully, we are unable to offer live captioning for these sessions. However, recorded sessions with full subtitles will be available upon request.

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Please note: These sessions will be recorded and available online for people to re-watch/download at a later date. If you register a place, this means you are giving permission to be recorded.