Step Up Case Studies
Project
name: Step
Up – Artist Development Programme
Participant: E
E was undergoing cancer treatment. Before starting the Step Up programme she did not feel confident about her creative abilities and future prospects.
At Arts for Health we created a supportive atmosphere through small group sizes, an experienced artist and friendly volunteer. We worked to raise E’s confidence through encouragement, positive reinforcement, and a final exhibition and celebration event.
E has exhibited work in an exhibition and continues to paint at home. She went on to volunteer in various roles at Arts for Health including helping people with dementia enjoy making art and acting as a tour guide for the hospital art collection.
E reported that she was feeling positive about her future possibilities and planned to combine her new creative skills with her existing training in guiding – possibly to become an art guide in a gallery.
Participant: E
E was undergoing cancer treatment. Before starting the Step Up programme she did not feel confident about her creative abilities and future prospects.
At Arts for Health we created a supportive atmosphere through small group sizes, an experienced artist and friendly volunteer. We worked to raise E’s confidence through encouragement, positive reinforcement, and a final exhibition and celebration event.
“It felt like it was a soft place to fall in the madness that was going on in my life, it was like a little haven, a port in the storm!”
E has exhibited work in an exhibition and continues to paint at home. She went on to volunteer in various roles at Arts for Health including helping people with dementia enjoy making art and acting as a tour guide for the hospital art collection.
E reported that she was feeling positive about her future possibilities and planned to combine her new creative skills with her existing training in guiding – possibly to become an art guide in a gallery.
Office
Arts for Health Milton Keynes
Facilities Directorate
Milton Keynes Hospital
Standing Way
Eaglestone
Milton Keynes
MK6 5LD
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Arts for Health Milton Keynes
Facilities Directorate
Milton Keynes Hospital
Standing Way
Eaglestone
Milton Keynes
MK6 5LD
Privacy Policy
Arts for Health Milton Keynes is the working name of MK Arts for Health charity number 1107625 company number 05137693