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Explore a selection of inspiring projects created and managed by Art Branches.
Space to Breathe
This multifaceted creative and educational wellbeing project includes drawing, watercolour painting, photography, collage and poetry.
Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund
Creative Reflections
A compelling and valuable collection of visual art and the written word from contributors in Suffolk on the theme of mental health and wellbeing.
Abbey Tales
This fascinating and educational 4-5 week creative project is located in the historic Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds. It explores engaging features of the site's nature and history and inspires participants to work with a wide range of creative techniques.
Branches Abound
A valuable collection of poetry open to anyone in Suffolk aged 16 and over with three themes: The Environment; Mental Health Recovery & Wellbeing; and Covid Reflections.
Chronicles of Greyfriars
Engaging people with the rich heritage and wonderful geological and biological diversity of the site of 13th-century Greyfriars Friary and Leper Chapel, Dunwich, using a combination of creative and fun techniques.
Sketchbook Strolls
Walk, talk and sketch events aimed at improving health and wellbeing through art, social connection and movement in the outdoors.
Supported by Norfolk Rivers Trust, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Get Suffolk Moving fund, administered by Suffolk Community Foundation
Creative Recoveries
For young people aged 16-25 in recovery from mental health challenges. Activities centre on the creation of a personal journal incorporating photography, drawing, poetry, scribbles, collage and thoughts.
Trees in Town
A community project exploring how people can reconnect with trees through art. Around 200 drawings, artworks and poems were submitted to a booklet and exhibition.
Tree Tales, Suffolk
A creative project set in nature involving over 50 children. Creative output included a short film and a booklet with illustrations, poems and stories created by the children.
Funded as part of the Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Plan
In partnership with:
Deep In The Woods
Varied workshops learning the social, industrial and natural history Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Bradfield Woods – one of the finest coppiced ancient woodlands in Britain.
Myths of Moyse’s
Harnessing the vast array of artefacts at Moyse’s Hall museum in Bury St Edmunds as a rich source of inspiration for studies, drawings, poetry – and social connection.
Initially funded by the government's Cultural Recovery Fund then by West Suffolk Council's Community Chest
Rooted In History
Exploring the wealth of history at Hardwick Heath in Bury St Edmunds and creating art inspired by the rich archival material at Suffolk Archives.
In collaboration with:
Geological Layers
Exploration of the fascinating stories contained within the rocks and fossils of the Suffolk coast, highlighting the fragility of the North Sea coastline – both used as sources of artistic inspiration.
Funded by Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths NL's 'Sustainable Development' and 'Amenity and Accessibility' funds
Shingle, Sand and Sea
Fascinating, educational and inspirational Suffolk-coast public engagement days in Dunwich, Old Felixstowe and at Landguard Point.
Parkland Trees, Norfolk
A creative project of tree studies and nature walks inspiring photographic and artwork displays, journals, a mood board mural, a community-created artwork and a permanent outdoor exhibition.
Dementia Hub Work
A valuable series of creative workshops run for Gatehouse in Bury St Edmunds for dementia sufferers, helping develop new skills and connect with others.
Schools Workshops & Clubs
Specialised cross-curricular, creative thinking and design workshops and clubs – encouraging children to try a range of experimental techniques to develop curiosity and imagination.
Shifting Sands, Etched in Time
Creative inspiration from the flint-rich Westleton beds of the Norwich Crag formation at Dunwich. Ideas were translated onto canvas, through pebbles, textiles, song, voice, photography, paintings and film.
Tree Tales, Cambridgeshire
Engaging young people with the environment and creative activities through walking safaris, photography, watercolours and the identification of wildflowers, butterflies and dragonflies.
Funded by Comic Relief
Green Spaces
Helping patients improve the environment around the Wedgewood House mental health unit through planting and artwork creation – leading to an exhibition together with paintings from local artists and school children.
Portraits of the Heath
A photographic project where residential patients from Wedgwood House mental health unit explored neighbouring Hardwick Heath. Images were made into creative journals and exhibited.
In collaboration with NHS NSFT, funded by local councillors, West Suffolk Council and The Tudwick Foundation
Through the Garden Door
A range of workshops for adult carers experimenting with watercolours, textiles, printmaking, sculpture, fused glass and photography.
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