Artists in Healthcare Manitoba

Healing through the Arts

Volunteer Week

It’s Volunteer Week and Artists in Healthcare have more than a few to celebrate. We are very fortunate to have four volunteer musicians at Health Sciences Centre bringing accordions, guitars and voices to patients every week. The Art at the Bedside Program at St Boniface Hospital, a program begun through a Winnipeg Foundation grant, is
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Manitobans for the Arts

Arts and culture are essential to Manitoba’s Prosperity and Quality of Life. Find out more about this vibrant new organization! http://manitobaartsandculturalalliance.com

Buy the NEW CD!

The new CD is available at: McNally in Grant Park Folk Fest music store in the Exchange The Music Cellar Studio 561 B St. Annes Road

Photos from the Party!

Photos from the CD release Party on Nov 28 2013 at the Park Theatre can be seen here! http://www.leifnorman.net/artists-in-healthcare-manitoba-cd-release-party-nov-28-2013/

From me to you

A poem written by a patient in Brandon about guitarist Matt and fiddler Maria – to thank them for what their music did. From Me to You I hope you know The emptiness consumes you Being hollow makes you cry A dismal wall surrounds you You only want to die The words don’t make you
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AIHM CD Release Concert, Nov 28 2013

Join us at the Park Theatre for the CD release of our first foray into recorded music. Nov 28 2013 8pm Many of the thirteen musicians on the album will be performing live!

Remembering Painter John Smith

John Edward Smith (1922-2013) was a patient of St Boniface Hospital periodically from 2011 to 2013. John was a keen painter, having produced great many oil paintings after he retired, and was an enthusiastic supporter of Artists in Healthcare. We include some of his paintings here in his memory and wish to thank his family
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ehospice is a valuable tool. Here’s how you can use it!

ehospice, an international news app and website, for which the CHPCA is the editor of the Canadian editions, has been live since October. In this time thousands, and yes, we mean thousands, of articles and event listings have been posted to the Canadian editions. ehospice web link

Dance Movement Therapy

Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) is an innovative form of art therapy which works with the whole person integrating movement, creative process, and verbal communication. The connection of body and mind is the basis of DMT, which aims to further self-expression and personal growth.