examles of arts and culture with asylum seekers and refugees
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
The crow and the pitcher
Necessity is the mother of invention.
A member who has paraplegia and relies on a wheelchair, escaped across mountains strapped to the back of a mule travelling by night while the smugglers sent his wheelchair ahead by a conventional route.
The miser & the thief.
Is it worse to be a miser or a thief?
They all condemned the miser. Perhaps the miser's motive is fear of having no money to live on when he is old.
All except one member of the group said that that would not excuse being a miser because his children would look after him when he is an old man.
A PTSD horticultural group to provide service users
with a safe place where they can engage in phase 1 trauma therapy
and learn skills to cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
complex PTSD and associated difficulties.
Dr Gemma Eke, Clinical Psychologist and Myriam Sarens, horticultural therapist and art therapist, SLaM.
Before I cannot come out on my own, I’m very scared, I’m thinking someone is following me. I don’t like lot of noise around- I’m like paranoid. Then when I’m coming here first few weeks my son or daughter they have to come with me
then slowly a get confidence to come by myself, I stand at bus stop by myself- this is big change for me.
(Female 52 –war trauma in Eastern Europe)
Plantation is good. Plant tiny seed and it grows like that. Unbelievable. How it relaxes me this make me feel..... I can change my life or problem.
( Male 55, tortured in his country).
Drawing makes me feel happy and relaxed. I get stress out of me, on to paper. I am creator on an adventure, like driving car for first time…..
Going to gallery is like visiting new country, like going to America.”
(Male service user, from Sri Lanka, finds it difficult to talk about traumatic experiences, struggled to tolerate therapy)
Creative Families
a visual arts programme – early intervention to improve
mental wellbeing for parents and their children.
Creative Families at South London Gallery
Photo credit Lawrence Bradby, Artist
Crossing Borders 2015 at the Horniman Museum & Gardens
Publications by Domenico Sergi Article for the Museum Association. ‘Museums’ work with Refugees: an overview of UK practices’, (2013) Online Journal of Museum Practice. ‘Critical Objects: Museums, Refugees and Intercultural Dialogue’ in Migrating Heritage: Experiences of Cultural Networks and Cultural Dialogue in Europe edited by Perla Innocenti. Farham: Ashgate, Key words: refugees, integration and cross-cultural dialogue.
Art Therapy
http://www.artrefugeuk.org/
http://flourish-foundation.org/
Art Therapy in Museums & Galleries
http://www.atmag.org/
https://www.madinamerica.com/2016/11/combining-art-therapy-mindfulness-refugees/
Tree of Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep9H4xL7lPo
THE TREE OF LIFE Julie Fraser, Maggie Hayes and Ursula Joy.
https://vimeo.com/channels/178310/30505159 Tree of life film links
Narrative Therapy Life is multi-storied
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The Tree of Life
Roots
Ground Trunk
Leaves
Fruits
Branches
Flowers
The Forest of Life
Refugees crossing Tucked away in bus stops, on trains and at pedestrian crossings across UK cities and towns,
Bern O’Donoghue’s paper boat art project is challenging the use of derogatory language and misinformation about refugees, migrants and immigrants
Any Questions
Helen Shearn
Head of Arts Strategy
Specialist adviser, practioner & speaker on arts & culture for social inclusion, recovery, mental health & wellbeing
Twitter: @thesearts