Leominster exhibition highlighting impact creativity can have on people's wellbeing
The Our Place Leominster Creative Health Showcase was officially launched towards the start of March and has been created by people from the area
An exhibition in a Herefordshire town has been showing how art and creativity can help play a key part in people's health and wellbeing while also allowing them to build-up things such as their confidence.
The Creative Health Showcase in Leominster launched earlier this month at the Old Stables gallery and has been labelled as a "month-long celebration of creativity and community wellbeing".
Developed by people and artists from the area, it presents the likes of community photography and digital storytelling to river-inspired weaving, along with collaborative songwriting and outdoor artworks, to show how art can grow people's confidence and connections.
It's been delivered as part of the Our Place Leominster three-year programme set-up in 2024 to explore how creativity can support wellbeing and strengthen people's sense of place and is being led by the Leominster Cultural Consortium, also known as Leominster Roars.
Project officer for the Our Place programme in the area Nicola Murray-Fagan, who also works for the consortium, said: "The project itself is fantastic because it gives us the opportunity to test different creative activities, different collaborations between artists and the community, to find out what really makes a difference to health and wellbeing, what really affects people on a day-to-day basis.
"It's such a good collaboration between artists and the local community because it's not just about the artwork itself, it's about that experience of taking part and building those relationships and the process.
"It shows how creativity can really bring people together, so it builds confidence and supports the wellbeing of all of those involved and it's really quite fantastic actually to see that relationship sort of nurture and develop between our local artists and our local community."
The final day on show for the exhibition is the 30 March.