Helen Shearn Consultancy Arts, Culture, Health & Wellbeing
Location
London
Specialism
Interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise
Practice in mental health and dementia
Qualified Occupational Therapist
Activity design, production and facilitation
Reports, evaluation and literature review
Network, consultation, partnership experience
About
Specialist consultant with over 30 years combined experience in arts and museums, education, health and wellbeing, and an occupational therapist.
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With both specialist and broad experience, I readily and creatively use my interdisciplinary and co-production skills, knowledge and networks to develop and deliver effective and successful museum and wellbeing projects. Informed by my substantial roles in the NHS: Head of Arts Strategy, Arts Development Manager, Occupational Therapist and acting Day centre Manager and at a secondary school Head of Art and teacher.
Coordination and production for South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 2017-20
Arts & wellbeing projects for the older adults service, Psychological Medicine and Older adults Directorate, funded by the Maudsley Charity:
Journeys of Appreciation Programme (JOAP) with Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Horniman Museum, South London Gallery and Tate
Power of Story film project
Reminiscence Journeys activities toolkit launch with Age Exchange
Coordination of the FLOCK project for refugees and asylum seekers living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD with SLaM Grounding, with artist Julie Nelson
Leading on the consultation and implementation of the SLaM arts strategy 2012-17
Curation and commissioning of exhibitions: Art in Mind public programme at Tate Exchange 2017.
Exhibitions in the Maudsley Hospital 2002 – 2017
Consultancy in Arts, museum & wellbeing projects 2019- 2020
- The Arts & Health Hub at Free Space Project
- Culture, health and wellbeing partnership for Southwark, with Nikki Crane Associates
- Memory Making programme for people with dementia , National Maritime Museum, Royal Greenwich Museums
- ReCollection programme for people with dementia at Gunnersbury Park Museum- Scent and memory.
- Horniman Museum & Gardens engagement advisory group
Selected curation
- Art in Mind public programme at Tate Exchange, SLaM as a Founding Associate 2017
- Maudsley Hospital 2002 – 2017
Selected evaluation reports 2011-19
- ReCollection Programme at Gunnersbury Park Museum
- Literature review for UCL- FLOCK –non-clinical interventions for wellbeing with displaced populations,
- Wellbeing symposium at the Setubal Music Festival, Portugal in May
- Sir John Soane’s museum Artspace community dementia friendly arts programme
- Art in Mind at Tate Exchange with King’s College London and Kings Cultural Institute
- Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment Report MWIA Art into Life at Tate Modern
- Leading on the consultation and implementation of the SLaM arts strategy 2012-17
Selected speaking 2015-19
Art and Cultural Interventions in Hospitals and Healthcare Environments, Museums and Participation (MAP)
Art in larger doses at Central Saint Martins for Paintings in Hospitals
National Lottery Heritage Fund – chaired the strategic roundtable on wellbeing
Minds Matter: The Impact of the Arts on Mental Health and Wellbeing, Young People in the Arts
Arts and mental wellbeing for children and young people for LEAN at Goldsmiths
Art and Mental Health UAL Postgraduate Forum
Experiments in Practice: Museums, Art Institutions and Social Change, Tate Modern
Culture, health & wellbeing International conference
Arts & culture for mental health and wellbeing for asylum seekers and refugees, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
AESOP Arts in Health Conference Journeys of appreciation programme
Contact
Helen Shearn
Consultant in arts, culture, health & wellbeing
[email protected]
www.linkedin.com/in/helen-shearn-80616233
@thesearts
@helenrshearn
