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A Refugee Week Special: Mental Health, Resilience & the Arts

A Refugee Week Special: Mental Health, Resilience & the Arts

FromThe Art Persists Podcast


A Refugee Week Special: Mental Health, Resilience & the Arts

FromThe Art Persists Podcast

ratings:
Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Jul 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We are back! Launching Season 4 with a special episode recorded live during Refugee Week in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts. The conversation brought together 3 renowned artists Laura Nyahuye, Ghafar Tajmohammad, and Olga Tkachenko, together, we spoke about the place of art in mental health recovery, along with resilience and it’s limitations in each of the artists’ contexts; from addressing social issues through art, to the Afghan diaspora experience, and finally escaping war in Ukraine.In this episode, we are lucky to include music by USTAVI, who also performed during the event.As always, if you are enjoying Art Persists please leave a review wherever you listen. Only with your help can these important stories be heard.
Released:
Jul 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (34)

The Art Persists Podcast is a new series offering a glimpse into the life of artists and activists bridging the arts, activism, and human rights around the world. Brought to you by Bosla Arts. Each episode will feature interviews with artists who share their first-hand experience of using art to stand up to some of the world's most feared dictators and regimes, and individuals working day and night to support and protect them.