Our Creative Collective
We are excited to introduce the BC Brain Wellness Program’s new initiative, The Creative Collective.
The Creative Collective initiative aims to spotlight art created by members of the BC BWP community. Art can be anything from pottery, paintings, photographs, poetry, recipes, gardening arrangements and so much more… we would love to see it all!
Art expression can offer a support system that honours feelings and emotions while letting us use our brains in new ways. This project highlights the importance of art in brain wellness and hopes to encourage more people to use art as a form of healthy expression, relaxation, coping and growth.
How to submit your art: Please fill out this form and we will get in contact with you.
We hope you are as excited about this new project as we are! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email brain.wellness@ubc.ca with the subject line “Creative Collective”.
In addition, check out our Creative Collective newsletter archive below.
February Creator of the Month: Sue Bayley
Art has always been important to Sue Bayley, “it’s my saviour!” she says. For as far as she can remember she has always been drawing or painting. As a child, she drew on walls, paper, tables, and whatever she could find. She also experimented with different forms of creative expression and was educated at ballet school. When she was diagnosed with cancer and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), art became even more important to her.