We IMAGINE drawing and poetry

Opportunity to take part in our new arts project: a collaboration between IMAGINE 2 and Creative Complexity

Creative Complexity is a Wellcome Trust funded project by Dr Sam Chawner and Catrin Hopkins at Cardiff University, and Neus Torres Tamarit and Ben Murray from Phenotypica. We use creativity as a way to discuss and raise awareness about rare genetic conditions.

Our goal is to find creative ways for people to express their relationship with rare genetic conditions from different perspectives. You may be a person with a rare genetic condition, a family member, or caregiver.

We want to raise awareness of life with rare genetic conditions through your creative output, and also to create a way for people with rare genetic conditions and their families to share their experiences with each other through creative means.

As part of Creative Complexity we are hosting a workshop “We IMAGINE Poetry” and an offline activity “ We IMAGINE Drawing” for families. You can take part in one or both parts of the project.

We IMAGINE poetry

This workshop will take place on Zoom on Saturday 22nd May 2021 from 11:00 to 12:45 GMT. The online workshop is aimed at parents and older children (under 16s must be supervised by a responsible adult on zoom), this creative workshop will enable experiences to be captured using “cinquain poems” – do not fear facilitators will guide you through the process

If you’re interested in taking part please sign up here: weimaginepoetry.eventbrite.co.uk

We IMAGINE drawing

We want you and your family to get creative and send in your drawings. We will display some of the artwork you submit at the online workshop. If you’d like your picture to be included in the workshop please send it to us by email by the 17th of May 2021.

Instructions for the offline drawing activity can be found here: We IMAGINE Drawing Instructions

If you have any questions about taking part please email creativecomplexity@cardiff.ac.uk