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The Benefits of Creativity in Lockdown
“Creativity keeps us connected – it is something to look forward to” Due to the pandemic we had to take this year’s creative health festival online. People Like Us was Coventry’s first week long virtual festival that brought local, national and international creatives together to share their passions and skills. At a time when we […]
People Like Us – Rachel Doughty
Rachel Doughty led one of the sessions at our online People Like Us Creative Health Festival. Rachel is a Coventry based artist who has a passion for mindful stitching. Rachel was joined on zoom by 20 people who were keen to learn the practice of slow stitching. We had attendees from Coventry, Leamington Spa, Rugby, […]
People Like Us – Jasmine Smith
The lockdown has certainly put us through lots of different challenges. Jasmine Smith turned to creativity for a release and to give her something to do Jasmine created a beautiful painting of her friend which was shared on social media – the image created lots of attention and Jasmine has been busy ever since creating […]
People Like Us – Helen Kilby Nelson
Thanks to Curating Coventry’s #ArtChatCov I have met many of Coventry’s artists. Including Helen Kilby Nelson – artist and writerHere is a little insight into how Helen became an artist and how it has enriched her life…in helen’s words…How do I write about the impact art has had on my life when the journey has […]
People Like Us – Hayley Harman
Hayley Harman is a Coventry based artist that hosted a session at the People Like Us Festival. Everyone who joined us on zoom loved the session and it proved a perfect way to start a Saturday morning! Hayley’s idea was to co-create a tree of hope for Coventry Hayley has a strong passion for community […]
Q & A with Curating Coventry
I met Chloe Morgan around the time I started putting on Feel Good events. We connected over our passions for Coventry’s creative scene. We regularly bumped into each other at different cultural events. We spoke about doing a collab for a looking time but thankfully we managed to pull it out the bag! People Like […]