Exploring health and well-being as a UK Black creative

Sobers, Shawn

Authors

Shawn Sobers

Abstract

In an arts career spanning 30 years, Shawn has focussed on health and wellbeing in a range of his creative works in various mediums including film, photography, fiction and non-fiction writing, and also as a workshop and events facilitator. Although health was not a specific specialist focus of his career direction, he has found the topic recur throughout his career, making work on conditions including Parkinson's disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Sickle Cell Anaemia, and mental health. In this session Shawn will share some of the learnings and thoughts from these projects, and discuss how health narratives have become more of a focused interest in recent years. In the second part of the session, Shawn will facilitate a practical workshop supporting participants to engage in some creative practice wellbeing activities.

Citation

Sobers, S. (2022, June). Exploring health and well-being as a UK Black creative. Presented at Black Health and the Humanities, MShed and Bristol University

Presentation Conference Type	Lecture
Conference Name	Black Health and the Humanities
Conference Location	MShed and Bristol University
Start Date	Jun 15, 2022
End Date	Jun 17, 2022
Deposit Date	Jul 8, 2022
Keywords	black health, wellbeing, research, practice, methodologies
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9681658
Publisher URL	https://www.blackhealthandhumanities.org/workshops/
Related Public URLs	https://www.blackhealthandhumanities.org/workshops/