LifewithArt understand that art and the creative process play an important role in enriching lives, reducing isolation, nurturing self-esteem and encouraging inclusion. Group workshops can provide opportunities to develop social connections and a greater sense of meaning in life (Wilson, Secker, Kent and Keay, 2017). The workshops we provide to local community groups and smaller […]
CONTINUE READINGLifewithArt is pleased to announce the opening of a brand new Charity Arts Centre in Kentish Town, North-West London. The centre opened at the end of September and in just 2 short months we have made significant connections within the local community. LifewithArt administrator, Ria Hickman, has made contact with 24 groups ranging from mental […]
CONTINUE READINGCreative Forces is a showcase of artwork produced by a Ukrainian displaced community group living in Edinburgh. The group met in Dean House, LifewithArt’s Charity Arts Centre in Edinburgh, every Friday between April and September 2023. LwA tutors Alena Rogozhkina and Jenny Ward led the group through different forms of creative expression, experimenting with various […]
CONTINUE READINGCreative Forces is an art showcase supported by LifeWithArt that includes artwork developed by the Ukrainian displaced community group over the last 6 months. The group got together every Friday between April and September 2023 to explore different ways of creative expression and experimenting with various mediums. The show consists of selected work from 5 […]
CONTINUE READINGThis summer may not have brought the glorious weather we were hoping for but LifewithArt workshops in both The Picture House, Bristol and Monarch Court, Emersons Green certainly didn’t disappoint! Monarch Court’s workshops with Yate Buddies, an adult day service, included lots of craft including decoupaging vases, and decorating notebooks, boxes and cards. The Buddies […]
CONTINUE READINGAmy Grimsby joined the LifewithArt team in September 2022 running workshops at our Charity Arts Centre in Emersons Green, Bristol. Arts and crafts have always played a part in Amy’s life; coming from an artistic family, she started off with A-Level Art and foundation arts. She worked as a pottery painter for 10 years before […]
CONTINUE READINGWell done to all the competitors at this year’s RDA National Championships held at Hartpury College. The RDA National Championships is RDA’s flagship event, bringing together hundreds of competitors of all abilities in events including Carriage Driving, Countryside Challenge, Dressage, Showjumping, Vaulting and Showing. This year’s 3 day event involved 85 groups from all over […]
CONTINUE READINGAt LifewithArt we like nothing more than to open a new Charity Arts Centre. It gives us the opportunity to connect with new clients, show our photographic displays to a wider audience and generally bring our support to the local community. We are very pleased to have recently opened two new Charity Arts Centres in […]
CONTINUE READINGOpening in September 2022, LifewithArt’s Charity Arts Centre at Gwent House in Cwmbran has been buzzing with energy ever since. Photographic exhibitions on multiple floors are open several times a week to the general public free of charge. Our creative space on the 5th floor is where most of the magic happens. Clients from Evolve […]
CONTINUE READINGIt’s been a dramatic couple of months in LifewithArt’s Charity Arts Centre in Peterborough, as children from a local Home Education social group staged their own Titanic themed drama production. First the children made self portrait spoon puppets and then a papier-mâché titanic for the spoon puppet passengers to embark on their ill-fated adventure. The […]
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