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Alison McIntyre
Jun 9, 20241 min read
Artist and Creatives Play Day - Bradford Producing Hub
We were asked to deliver a visual art Play Day, so we brought along all our materials and created temporary sculptures.
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Alison McIntyre
Jan 8, 20242 min read
Hear Us Oh Lord From Heaven Thy Dwelling Place
Since September 2021 we have been involved with this Leeds Beckett University research project.
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Alison McIntyre
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Art Doctors in Libraries
We've been working with librarians in Leeds, Wakefield and Kirklees to create bespoke creative activities for local libraries.
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Alison McIntyre
Jul 25, 20221 min read
Celebrating Seacroft's creativity with ChapelFM and BBC Radio Leeds
Gayle Lofthouse's BBC Radio Leeds show was a live on location Art Doctor special at ChapelFM on 21st July!
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Alison McIntyre
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Left Coast Community Consultation
Left Coast in Blackpool asked us to bring some creative fun to a community meeting.
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Alison McIntyre
Apr 24, 20221 min read
Art Trails for Adults
Wouldn't it be great if art galleries designed Art Trails for adults? Playful ways to engage with and make your own sense of the work...
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Alison McIntyre
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Art Doctor slot on BBC Radio Leeds
Fun on the radio! We do silly creative things with Gayle Lofthouse on BBC Radio Leeds on the last Thursday of every month at around 12.15pm.
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Alison McIntyre
Nov 29, 20211 min read
Everyday Creativity Has Transformative Power!
The Art Doctors social prescribing film that we've been working on over the past six months is now live and out there on the internet!
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Alison McIntyre
Sep 12, 20211 min read
Wellbeing at Thackray Museum of Medicine
We were fascinated by the connection between our gut and our mental health, so we built a SUPER GUT of microbes.
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Alison McIntyre
Jul 6, 20211 min read
Films of the Toolkit For Gallery Visits activities
We've been wearing Art Specs and Slippers, finding places to sleep, writing stories, making mini-sculptures and listening to music.
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Alison McIntyre
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Thriving Communities Arts Partner
We're excited to announce that we're the arts partner on a successful bid to the Thriving Communities Fund, for a project led by Space 2.
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Alison McIntyre
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Art Brunch
Lockdown Two! We decided to get together on Zoom for Art Brunch – toast, coffee, chit-chat and a bit of drawing, painting or making.
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Alison McIntyre
Nov 24, 20201 min read
Beyond Measure - The Art Doctors Prescribe Creativity
A creative prescription project with healthcare professionals exploring the impact of creativity on their mental health and wellbeing.
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Alison McIntyre
Jul 7, 20201 min read
Lockdown Special Films
During COVID lockdown we met online to be silly together, creating 15 short films along the way.
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Alison McIntyre
Mar 29, 20201 min read
The Emergency Museum with Thackray Museum of Medicine
We teamed up with Thackray's Emergency Museum to prescribe creative activities at Kirkstall Festival.
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Alison McIntyre
Jan 5, 20192 min read
Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?
Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art? explored what contemporary art meant to people what barriers they might experience in engaging with it.
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Alison McIntyre
Sep 4, 20181 min read
Art Doctor Clinic at Chapel Allerton Arts Festival
We set up an Art Doctor Clinic at Chapel Allerton Arts Festival and prescribed creative activities for people to take part in.
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Alison McIntyre
Aug 29, 20171 min read
Park Here and Play
Art Doctors prescribe 2 minutes of focussed looking at art!
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Alison McIntyre
Mar 9, 201611 min read
British Art Show 8 - The Genesis of the Art Doctors
This blog was originally published in Engage magazine
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