Arc invites Stockport to explore the benefits of the arts for mental health

Arc is shining a light on arts and health in Stockport through opportunities for groups, creatives and mental health services to connect, share and learn.

The fourth annual #StockportArtsandHealthWeek, takes place from October 10th–18^th 2024, held at Arc at Hat Works and other venues. Events will explore how being creative can help us all, whether we recognise ourselves as having poor mental health or not, and how we can work together to provide experiences of real impact for people in Stockport and wider Greater Manchester. The organisation will also running and signposting free and low-cost arts workshops, tasters and walks, to allow anyone to try creating to boost their wellbeing. 

Alongside Stockport Arts and Health Week, Arc has also launched its 2023 micro-commission project legacy exhibition ‘Making Art Happen’, showing the transformative impact of the arts on health.

Events taking place throughout Stockport Arts and Health Week include:

• Thu 10th Arc in the Park: Photography for Wellbeing 
• Thu 10th Workshop: Wellbeing Vision Boards with Self Care Creatives 
• Fri 11th Social: Art Cafe
• Sat 12th Family Workshop: Top Hats!
• Sat 12th Arc in the Park: Creative Wellbeing Walk
• Mon 14th Showcase: Adult Arts and Health Services
• Wed 16th Workshop: Positive Arts’ Card Making
• Wed 16th Workshop: Painted Patterns with Goyt Mill Wellbeing Project
• Wed 16th Showcase: Youth Arts and Health Services
• Thu 17th Social: Knit & Crochet Cafe
• Thu 17th Networking: Arts & Health meets Digital Arts Practice with Future Everything
• Thu 17th Workshop: Fun with Watercolours
• Fri 18th Social: Art Cafe
• Fri 18th Taster: NK Theatre’s Script Reading Club
• Thu-Sat Hat Works Cafe, Book Nook and Creativity Corner
• Thu-Sat Exhibition: Making Art Happen – a collective exhibition showing the impact of Stockport’s Art and Health Micro-Commissions
• Thu-Sat Exhibition: Arts for Wellbeing Programmes

All events can be found on the Stockport Arts and Health Week Eventbrite page. Most events are free, but donations to support Arc’s charity work are welcome via Eventbrite, JustGiving or by cash or card in the centre. This project has also been funded by UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.