TUESDAY 25th JUNE 2024
11:30-1:00pm
KEDLESTON ROAD CAMPUS, DERBY, DE22 1GB

'Imagination in a Time of Crisis' is an arts-based workshop that provides a safe environment in which to communicate personal and collective emotional responses to the experience of living with the climate crisis.

Detailed Description

The following points guide the structure of the workshop:

• The workshop aims to hold emotions expressed about the climate crisis using creative methods
• The focus will primarily be upon the present moment in time, but we may move towards considering the future where this is appropriate
• The focus will move from the individual to the group
• This is not a form of therapy, but it might be therapeutic and transformative.

Easy-to-use art materials will be available to help those who attend to respond to the topic. No previous experience of using art in this way is required to take part. The emphasis is on using art as an aid to creative expression rather than creating something that is aesthetically pleasing to look at.  

The workshop will be delivered by Dr Jamie Bird, who has a great deal of experience of using art within the context of research and art therapy practice to explore challenging questions.