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May 06
Telus Future Friendly Foundation
Artists in Healthcare are delighted that the Telus Future Friendly Foundation awarded $10,000 to fund a very successful songwriting program at the Manitoba Adolescent Youth Treatment Centre. Songwriting has provided incredible outcomes with youth, allowing them to express feelings and have meaningful and healing conversations safely. Here are some comments from young songwriters: “Thank you …
May 01
Thank you to the Aspers
Our deepest gratitude to The Gail Asper Family Foundation and The Asper Foundation for their continued support of Artists in Healthcare. While some of our programs are suspended until is it safe to be back inside healthcare, we’re working on virtual music programming and our Art at the Bedside program continues to make art kit …
Feb 22
MCO and AIHM to promote quality of life for thousands more Manitoban healthcare patients
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain,” sang Bob Marley. Songwriters may take poetic licence, especially where descriptions of their own powers are concerned, but there’s more than a little truth to Marley’s statement. Contemporary studies demonstrate music’s potential to ward off depression and lower stress-related hormones such as …
Sep 12
2018 Annual Report
Jan 09
Annual Report: April 2016 – March 2017
A message from the Board Chair “On behalf of Artists in Healthcare Manitoba, I am pleased to provide you with our Annual Report for 2016/2017 In the past year, we were delighted to see the work we have done at Selkirk Mental Health Centre culminate in a Sarasvati production held at the Asper Centre for …
Nov 12
Art Donation Program
ARTISTS IN HEALTHCARE MANITOBA LAUNCHES ART DONATION PROGRAM Please join us on November 28 at 10:30 am in the Grace Hospital Cafeteria for a launch event and refreshments. Artists in Healthcare Manitoba today announced the launch of a program that will see artwork collected for display in various health care facilities across the province. “The …