Community Arts and Health in Ukraine Training Programme

Introduction

ELIA’s UAx Platform is proud to announce an online Community Arts and Health in Ukraine Training Programme, administered by ELIA. This training will be led by Rachel Chainey, an art therapist and the coordinator of the Art Hives Headquarters at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada - as well as some guest presenters from the international Art Hives Network.

This is an experiential short training programme, which will be teaching the theories, methods and materials needed to create inclusive public homeplaces. This programme aims to bring multiple opportunities for community building, healing through art making, dialogue and skill sharing into neighbourhoods and institutions.

The programme is open to higher art education professionals in Ukraine who are interested in public practice arts for community, health, wellbeing and art therapy.

You will take away from these 12 hours of intensive training:

• An overview of the theories that underpin public practice creative arts for community health and well-being
• Practical tools and methods to facilitate and sustain successful arts-based third spaces, as well as an understanding of their impact
• Direct experience of the Art Hive community art making process
• Opportunities to receive personalized feedback to adapt the proposed methods to your particular context
• An expanded local and international network of fellow passionate practitioners and an ongoing exchange of knowledge and experience

Course Overview

The online course spans two months from 29 February - 2 May 2024. The programme is divided into two parts, each designed to ensure a better understanding of Art Hives and their impact on public practice arts for community health and well-being.