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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · 27d

If you're in/near Manchester, go and see the Joan Brossa exhibition at Manchester Uni. It's a delight! @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · 28d

❤️ Text this number Mohamad: WhatsApp: +972 59 382 0207, or fill out request form here: forms.gle/5Vq7TSz9RPzM...

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Sep 8

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Sep 8

Arrived today. I wish I was Johnny 5!

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Aug 25

The fruits of foraging...connecting through beautiful inks

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Aug 15

I was introduced to this film last night by Len Lye. It's a cameraless animation, painted and scratched directly onto the film. I found it so playful and joyous. It really made me smile. Take a break for 4 mins and see for yourself 😊 youtu.be/2DboSrBmFYE?...

Swinging The Lambeth Walk - Len Lye (1939)

YouTube video by optimisticwombatninja08

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · Aug 2

Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains original pigments!

Looks similar to a modern-day set!

An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II.

📷 Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680

#Archaeology

Cleveland Museum photo showing an ancient Egyptian paint box carved from boxwood with five oval wells containing original paint pigments. From top to bottom the preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal). Dimensions 2.2 cm x 21 cm x 3.6 cm.

On the front of the box there’s an inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue with the name Amenemope who was Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II, Dynasty 18. It translates as ‘The overseer of the city and vizier Amenemope. Master of secrets of the west bank [of Thebes]’. A red inscription on the back reads ‘Amen-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’. Dated c. 1427-1401 BC.

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Aug 4

Wow!

Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 28

And hopeful...

A sign which reads " if I was going to the edge of the world I would bring a teleporter. And: * an extra big cockroach to ride like a horse *a companion (whether they want to be there or not) * a hoverboard * some gravity in a bag * a repurposed Victorian diving suit so I can breathe * Trump, so I can leave him there

Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 28

Today I entered the magical world of DreamStates, where the Ministry of Stories brought the imaginations of children to life...wonderful!

A cardboard cloud with luggage tags hanging from it. The tags have dreams written on them. One says "my dream is to knit the longest scarf in the whole world". In the background are lots more tags and fairy lights

A plate of pretend food. A tag on the egg reads "Happiness is an egg that doesn't know it's been scrambled"

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 27

Herbie Hancock giving a Vocoder Sermon about ethics, our one human family, and teaching kindness to AI will be a highlight of my life. Bouncing around the stage with childlike energy at age 85. What an inspiration!

Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 20

Such an inspiration 💗 🥲

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · Jul 7

The wonderful Joanna Macy is coming to the end of her life here, but she has sown seeds of awakening everywhere. 🙏May these forests bloom!
From the book Active Hope:

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 16

Pictured next to the first pot I ever made, which I broke, then repaired.

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 16

This is a fascinating read...

"to mould a fistfull of clay is to encounter a fission and a fusion of deep time and the human present"

Creative therapists will know the temporal properties of clay; often primitive and regressive. When someone chooses to work with clay, we'd better be ready...

An orange book cover with images of clay objects. The book is titled Clay: a human history, by Jennifer Lucy Allen. The book is next to a green ceramic pot containing a string-of-hearts plant.

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 15

One of the most beautiful 💕

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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · Jul 8

All children, regardless of their background, should have the opportunity to study a rich creative curriculum.

Curious Minds is proud to support @theartsandmindscampaign

Sign the open letter to the Secretary of State for Education at tinyurl.com/MakeSpaceFor...

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 8

#MIF25

Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jul 8

An Inheritance (Manchester International Festival) is a time capsule artwork. It's wonderful! It made me laugh and cry. Hundreds of messages from hundreds of children will be stored and rediscovered in 2125. I wonder what the kids of the future will make of it? What would you like to say to them?

A slightly transparent enveloped addressed to Manchester Art Gallery (UK). At the top it reads (to be returned to Manchester Art Gallery UK in 2125). Where a stamp would normally be there is a box with the words "do stamps still exist?"

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jun 18

Ah, from what I can see it really varies from state to state. I think, in general, it's a growing field...

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National Centre for Creative Health @ncch.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you to Daisy Fancourt, who set out the challenges but also the quantified impact of arts & culture as a solution to supporting the crisis of young people's mental health, at this month's APPG Roundtable!

Read more on Daisy's call to action! sbbresearch.org/professor-da...

Social Biobehavioural Research Group @ucl-sbb.bsky.social · Jun 16

"It’s no exaggeration to say that young people’s mental health is in crisis."

So what can we do? Check out Prof Daisy Fancourt's recent speech at Westminster, sharing evidence on how creative health activities can support young people 💭

sbbresearch.org/professor-da...

Thanks to @ncch.bsky.social

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · Jun 14

If someone says they offer a "safe space" I am immediately put off. How can we promise safety before we know what people need in order to feel safe?

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · May 24

When I first started working in MH, I was one of those suggesting "everyone should learn this in school" but I also now agree with Dr Foulkes; we need to listen to young people and offer responsive, tailored, relational support to those in need...ensuring everyone knows how to ask for help.

Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · May 21

I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools

I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling.

(cont 🧵)

tinyurl.com/vun92cz7

Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work | Lucy Foulkes

All-class therapy sessions don’t help, and may even make matters worse. The evidence shows we need different solutions, says Dr Lucy Foulkes, an academic psychologist at Oxford University

www.theguardian.com

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · May 15

I'd love that. Thank you!

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Gemma Wrigley @gemmawrigley.com · May 13

Ever wondered what art therapy is like? Here are some voices of people who have experienced it...

What's it like to experience Art Therapy?

YouTube video by Discover Arts Therapies

www.youtube.com

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