Art & Wellbeing

Thanks for tuning in to the Happy Hour, your show about all things sight loss, wellbeing and keeping happy!

This week, your hosts Holly and Paulina bring you their favourite tracks and some special guests to chat all about the healing power of art.

Plus of course, lots of random chat all about summer, cats, whistling ice cream vans, and an airport escape artist? 

But first, we start with jazz singer and artist Emilie Conway, who explains what art psychotherapy is and how it can support you.

Paulina has an in-depth conversation with blind sculptor Victoria Claire about her art and her work inspiring, supporting and advocating for the VI community through Beyond Vision. 

And finally, Ellie joins us to chat with illustrator and painter Chris Webb about his venture into art and how it can connect with wellbeing.

Find out more about Emilie's work in art psychotherapy here: https://www.conwayrecoverytherapy.com/

Follow Victoria Claire's work here: Victoria Claire Beyond Vision (victoriaclaire-beyondvision.com)

And finally, to find out more about Chris' work, please search for @chriswebbartist on social media, or visit: Home (chriswebbartist.com)

The Happy Hour Podcast is our trimmed down version of this hour-long show, so if you'd like to listen to the full show with all the amazing songs featured, catch a new episode of the Happy Hour on RNIB Connect Radio Mondays at 1 PM, with a repeat Thursday at 6 PM and Sunday at 10 am.

Image shows Victoria Claire. She's wearing a light pink floral maxi dress and sits atop a rocky hilltop with the sun gently setting behind her.