Arts + Health - What's It All About?

About This Event

Creative Health, Arts and Wellbeing, Healthy Arts, you will have most likely heard these terms bandied about lately and perhaps you are keen to find out more!  

The Regional Galleries Association SA (RGASA) is pleased to present this online workshop which unpacks what is happening in Arts and Health. Find out what’s it all about and how you can get involved and deliver high quality programs that can support individual and community health and wellbeing.  

Our speakers will provide an overview of the breadth and diversity of arts and health practice and you will can discover why these projects are so important and the benefits they offer.  Participants will also hear from practitioners who have delivered successful arts and health initiatives.    

For more information contact Maz McGann on 0438 807 973 or maz@mazmcgann.com.au 

The workshop is free for RGASA Members and $15 for non-members.

Speakers 

Karen Revie - Rant Arts Tasmania 

Karen manages RANT’s Pathways Program which includes multiple award winning projects. Karen is passionate about mental health and wellbeing, fostering social connections and amplifying youth voices. Karen is committed to strengthening community resilience and capacity for recovery using art as a catalyst for change. Karen is  recognised for her work in disaster resilience including flood and drought events with a focus on community adaptability to climate variability. She is a member of the Northern Tasmania Regional Drought Resilience Plan panel advisory group for the Department of Premier and Cabinet as part of the national Future Drought Fund.

Scotia Monkivitch - Creative Recovery

Scotia is Executive Officer of the Creative Recovery Network, advocating and supporting the role of culture and the arts in disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

Scotia has a broad range of professional experiences in the community arts and cultural development sector, specialising in training, mentoring, strategic planning, project management, research and facilitation of community cultural development programs and strategies.

Scotia has a performance background spanning 25 years in theatre, devised performance, and coordination of projects and theatrical productions, installation performance, film, live-art and online exchanges. She established the Australian chapter of the Magdalena International Project which gives voice and recognition to women in theatre.