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Create.Connect.Unwind Festival – LIVE MUSIC – Drop -in concert with Martin Bickerton
Live Music
Martin is a classical guitarist who has performed at many prestigious venues across the UK including Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall and the Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall in London. Martin has extensive experience of performing in hospitals having worked to bring live music to both A&E and ICU settings. As part of Creativity & Wellbeing Week...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival- LIVE MUSIC – Drop-in concert with Holly Marland
Live Music
Holly Marland is internationally acclaimed as a unique and exciting Kora player, combining the authentic rhythms and songs of West Africa with her own compositions and collaborating with a culturally diverse range of outstanding instrumentalists and artists. She is also a qualified music therapist and music for health practitioner/trainer working for a range of organisations...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival Closing Event – Music for the Mind+ Soul PLUS Pop-Up Gallery + Exhibition
Live Music
Join us on the final evening of the Create.Connect.Unwind festival to celebrate and come together. Our Pavilion Stage will feature: 4:30-5:30pm Live music – Milap presents... Music for the Mind + Soul Featuring Akash Parekar (sitar) and Harkiran Singh Sahota (tabla) Milap presents the classic combination of sitar and tabla with rising star on the...
Take 30 Minutes ‘Time Out’ – Lime Arts Guided Gallery Tour
GALLERY TOUR
Join us for a 30 minute guided tour of MFT staff artwork currently on display as part of the Create.Connect.Unwind exhibition. Take 30 minutes 'time out' to switch off, refresh, relax and enjoy this unique showcase of selected artworks created by MFT staff during the pandemic. Staff worked alongside Lime's artists during creative workshops to...
‘Finding the right words’- a creative writing workshop to celebrate Black History Month
Creative Writing
Because there is too much to say Because I have nothing to say Because I don’t know what to say Because everything has been said Because it hurts too much to say What can I say what can I say Why I don’t write about George Floyd- Toi Derricotte This October the UK celebrates Black...
Take 30 Minutes ‘Time Out’ – Lime Arts Guided Gallery Tour
GALLERY TOUR
Join us for a 30 minute guided tour of MFT staff artwork currently on display as part of the Create.Connect.Unwind exhibition. Take 30 minutes 'time out' to switch off, refresh, relax and enjoy this unique showcase of selected artworks created by MFT staff during the pandemic. Staff worked alongside Lime's artists during creative workshops to...
Take 30 Minutes ‘Time Out’ – Lime Arts Guided Gallery Tour
GALLERY TOUR
Join us for a 30 minute guided tour of MFT staff artwork currently on display as part of the Create.Connect.Unwind exhibition. Take 30 minutes 'time out' to switch off, refresh, relax and enjoy this unique showcase of selected artworks created by MFT staff during the pandemic. Staff worked alongside Lime's artists during creative workshops to...
Lime Arts Gallery – Current Exhibitions
GALLERY TOUR
Join us for a 30 minute guided tour of MFT staff artwork currently on display as part of the Create.Connect.Unwind exhibition. Take 30 minutes 'time out' to switch off, refresh, relax and enjoy this unique showcase of selected artworks created by MFT staff during the pandemic. Staff worked alongside Lime's artists during creative workshops to...
Team Building: Creative Wellbeing Workshops for MFT Staff
CREATIVE WELLBEING WORKSHOP
"Thanks for the session with the team – I have had such great feedback, they have said it is the best team building exercise they have done. As we are a Trust-wide service and we do so much remotely these days, it was the first time some of the team had met face to face....
Create. Connect. Unwind Festival + Halle Orchestra presents BRING YOUR BRASS! Music workshop
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival 2023
Calling all MFT staff brass players, this is a unique opportunity to join a 2-hour workshop to refresh your musical knowledge and join other staff players to learn some easy to play repertoire, guided by Ewan Easton MBE Principal Tuba and Rosalind (Roz) Davies, Tenor Trombone No2 from the world-renowned Manchester Halle Orchestra! This workshop...
Artist led team-building workshops
CREATIVE WELLBEING WORKSHOP
Lime’s popular teambuilding workshops led by professional artists are designed to be accessible and fun, no prior arts experience is necessary. Workshops take place at the unique Lime Arts Studio located at the Peter Mount Building (ORC) and are for staff groups/teams of up to 12 people. These free 2-hour sessions aim to improve productivity...
Artist led team-building workshops
CREATIVE WELLBEING WORKSHOP
Lime’s popular teambuilding workshops led by professional artists are designed to be accessible and fun, no prior arts experience is necessary. Workshops take place at the unique Lime Arts Studio located at the Peter Mount Building (ORC) and are for staff groups/teams of up to 12 people. These free 2-hour sessions aim to improve productivity...