Amy Lloyd-Jones combines her 20 yr + multidisciplinary arts practice Tallulah Swirls Puppets with a role as a freelance creative health & wellbeing group facilitator for several organisations including Bristol’s leading Art-On-Referal initiative creativeshift.org.uk
Images are examples of Amy’s own work that have been used to inspire and demonstrate art activities for various creativeShift health programmes for adults age 18 plus.
Amy often weaves puppets & storytelling into her sessions.
You can see further examples of participants’ work in the webpage links below.
In 2024/25 Amy managed a project called creativeStories – This was a wonderful shadow puppet film collaboration between Amy, creativeShift and film maker Tot Foster, working with adult artists attending cShift art-on-referral groups across three locations in Bristol. You can watch all mini 18 films and learn about the project, the funders and creativeShift in the link above.
At the heart of creative health and wellbeing projects lies the knowledge and evidence that “making art and engaging with cultural activities reduces stress and anxiety and promotes relaxation, social connection and curiosity as well as building life skills and resilience” creativeshift.org.uk
A few lines from Wellbeing Arts Group Guidelines,devised by creativeShift, Southmead Hospital Charity, Fresh Arts & NHS North Bristol Trust:
“Be kind to yourself and others, everything you create is part of an on going process. We are experimenting & exploring our creative processes. There are no mistakes in art making, just discoveries...Just have a play & see what happens”
Amy’s other roles for creativeShift include:
Solo creative health & wellbeing group facilitator for:
Kingswood Group, BS15, Bristol April 2024- This once a week 2 hour session is currently on a funding pause but we hope it will open again in the near future.
Online Zoom creativeEXPLORE , January 2024 to March 2025, three x 6 week blocks of 2 hour sessions.
Roles includes planning, designing and delivering therapeutic support using a broad variety of expressive, mindful & relaxing art making activities including -clay, textiles, painting, printing, collage, puppetry, film & sound.
Co-Facilitator for:
creativeREACH, September 2024 to March 2025.
This was an arts based personal growth project, delivered over 18 weeks, for a group of young adults aged between 16 to 26, facing barriers to employment and education. It has provided access to learning, socialising, employment and voluntary opportunities in a community environment in the centre of Bristol – John Wesley’s New Room & Museum.
Reach In Reach Out/RIRO, October 2022 to May 2024.
Team member of the research and development of Bristol’s contribution to Arts & Health South Wests RIRO tool kit for co-creation, co-production & participatory evaluations. Pilots ran across four cultural sites in the South West. The Bristol Pilot provided the template for the creativeREACH project
Contact Amy for ideas, collaborations and further information about her role & responsibilities as a creative health and wellbeing practitioner. Full CV on request.
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