Exploring creativity, wellbeing and human connection.
The Place
Community Wellness is a holistic health organisation in Wrexham supporting people experiencing loneliness, stress and trauma through community-centred wellbeing.
Beginning with Attention
Spending time within the organisation, I began by paying attention to how creativity was already present within its approach to wellbeing.
I became interested in creativity not simply as self-expression, but as a way of strengthening relationships, communicating values and understanding wellbeing more deeply.
Making
Making is how I explore my relationship with a place.
Through music, poetry, photography, film and sound, I processed my experience of the organisation, allowing the people, conversations and values I encountered to shape the work.
Rather than beginning with a fixed artistic outcome, I used different forms of making to explore what I was noticing and to understand the organisation more deeply.
What Emerged
The residency revealed creativity as something that could connect people, communicate the values of Community Wellness and open up different ways of thinking about wellbeing.
The work explored how creative activity can create space for expression, connection and reflection, both individually and collectively.
Moments of Capture
Different moments of the enquiry found their own form:
Original songs • Poems • Photography • Soundscapes • Community Connection Cards • Films • Joint fundraising live sharing evening • Social media marketing elements
Making & Noticing sessions
I also ran facilitation sessions, creating space for people to explore creativity as a way of processing experience and thinking differently.
What I’m Taking from This Place
This residency deepened my interest in creativity not simply as something we make, but as a way of connecting, communicating and understanding ourselves and one another.
It left me with a continuing curiosity about how creative spaces can support wellbeing, strengthen relationships and help people feel able to express something of themselves.
The Conversation Continues
Although the residency had a defined timeframe, the questions it raised continue to inform my practice. The songs, poems, images and other work remain part of an ongoing exploration of creativity, wellbeing and human connection.