Participatory
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NHS Staff - Star Making Session
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NHS Staff - Print Workshop
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NHS Staff - Print Workshop
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NHS Staff Star banner workshop
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NHS Staff Star Banner Workshop
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Clay Critter Session
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Visual Arts Marbling Workshop
St George’s Arts Week,
10 - 16 June 2024
Queen Marys Hospital, Roehampton
St George’s Hospital Charity
Monique designed and co-delivered a Visual Arts print marbling workshop to NHS Staff at Queen Marys Hospital for St George’s Arts Week with artist Emily Stapleton-Jefferis in June 2024.
‘Seeking Solace’ was the theme, participants were invited to explore art materials and reflect whilst making prints using the surface of the water.
Techniques were inspired by the Japanese art practice Suminagashi.
“Really fun! Thanks to… [Emily] and Monique for a great session! :)"
- NHS Staff Participant Feedback
Monique also organised an exhibition for and by patients at Glyne Holford Ward, Queen Mary’s hospital.
Image Description: Monique and Emily setting up creative marbling session at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton England.
Artist Residency
April 2024
St Georges Hospital Charity
Queen Marys Hospital, Roehampton
Monique delivered 20 creative sessions with patients, visitors and staff at bedside and waiting areas alongside regular group workshops at Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton London on both the Gwynne Holford and Mary Seacole Ward.
Project was funded by Friends of Queen Mary’s Hospital, St George’s Hospital Charity Arts Team.
In Person Creative Session
Crystallised Intelligence: Long Covid
May 2023
The Hive [venue]
Arts & Health Hub
Monique delivered a creative session for Arts & Health Hub’s as part of the Crystallised Intelligence series of events running during Creativity & Wellbeing Week, exploring the value of artists whose work focuses on their lived experiences of health, illness & disability.
The session was centred on self reflection, storytelling and identifying / shared themes relating to collective experiences of the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Online Creative Facilitation
Covid Cafe
Spring 2022 - 23
Spare Tyre Theatre
The Covid Cafe drop in online sessions, are creative sessions for people with chronic illnesses including Long Covid to attend. This series of Covid Cafe was funded by London Sport Together Fund.
‘No therapies, no pressure, no judgement. A little breathing, a chance to reset, a gentle workout for your imagination and your creativity. Covid Cafés are free to join, and we ask you to sign up before each one. Come to one, a few or all.’
All sessions were free to participants. Project funded by Arts Council England, The Health Tree, London Sport, Thrive London.
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Brighter Futures Event
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Co Design Participant Feedback Board Co Design With KITTY HARRIS
Online Creative Facilitation
My Illustrated Blood Pressure Journey
2022
Imperial College
Monique co-designed, illustrated and facilitated a creative online workshops for people with lived experience of Blood pressure issues in collaboration with Dr Anenta Ramakrishnan at Imperial College London.
The two workshops took place online with interactive Jamboards for each participant encouraging story telling and group sharing in meaningful creative ways experiences of health inequalities.
Each online workshop compiled qualitative data contributing to research relating to artificial intelligence research at Imperial College.
Participants were compensated £50 for their time.
Drawing Resilience Workshop
Online Creative Facilitation and prompts
64 Million Artists - Link to Report here
Monique conducted two online drawing sessions with NHS staff experiencing Long Covid. Participants were asked to reflect on their experiences and take part in groups discussion.
