Artists in Healthcare Manitoba

Healing through the Arts

Category: Events

Puppet therapy exhibition spotlights patient agency

Excerpt from: https://www.classic107.com/articles/puppet-therapy-exhibition-spotlights-patient-agency by Nolan Kehler “Bright, whimsical creations will greet visitors to the Galerie Buhler Gallery at St. Boniface Hospital over the next couple of months. Pieces of puppetry ranging from marionettes to flowers are the central focus in Show Me Where It Hurts, an exhibition inspired by artist Hannah Doucet’s personal experience with puppet therapy as a pediatric cancer patient.  ‘Puppetry
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Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Videos

Please find a link to our newest project, another wonderful collaboration with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.  Thanks to grants from Dave Johnston of the Johnston Group and The Winnipeg Foundation, musicians are recording live/virtually from their homes to create a concert series free to all patients and staffs. Currently posted are three videos of holiday music
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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
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Arts and Global Health Conference, April 2015

Arts and Global Health Conference 6th annual Arts in Healthcare Conference at Lesley University Friday & Saturday, April 17-18, 2015  ~  9:00am – 5:00pm Washburn Commons, Brattle Campus (10 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA) **12 LMHC CEUs available (six each day)**   VISIT OUR CONFERENCE WEBSITE   In the global society in which we live, the arts open pathways
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CKX Summit, November 20, 2014

Toronto, Ontario. From; http://ckxsummit2014.sched.org/event/902453a2215de9b03c2d00cf99390d24#.VFk5oIdmNSX #CultureShock Debate: Hard Facts VS. Proverbial Truths – The Impact of Arts and Culture on Canadian Citizens and Communities  How can we assess and understand the value and consequent impact of arts and cultural participation on citizens and communities of all sizes across Canada? Are the intrinsic and intangible benefits and impacts
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Lois, Vanessa and Stacey

Today at St. Boniface Hospital local AIHM artists Lois Gillespie, Vanessa Kuzina and Stacey Kemmesies sing for the folks on E4 during the afternoon tea. It was like the Andrews Sisters came for tea- time.

Aaron Shorr’s guitar has a healing effect

“Artists in Healthcare, I would like to thank all of you for your hard work. I can imagine sometimes your work can seem like it goes unnoticed, or unappreciated but it contributes to many success stories of people surviving cancer, or having a better quality of life. My father is a cancer survivor, so directly
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A book about art and healthcare

Mary Louise Chown has recently published a book based on her six years experience working as a visiting artist for AIHM. Mary Louise’s book is a narrative interweaving of conversations, reflections, folktales and stories, told by patients in hospice and palliative care settings.