What do we do?
The Art of Creation
By combining the arts with science, the Art of Creation creates approachable opportunities for our community to discuss the biology of a healthy start to life. By fostering discussions amongst the public, policy makers, and social and healthcare workers about the importance of investing in and supporting women's health as well as people that are pregnant and those intending on becoming pregnant, we hope to improve the health and well being of our communities.
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Use art to raise awareness about the importance of health before and during pregnancy
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To advocate for women's health before, during and after pregnancy while with pregnant individuals, their partners, supports, and community leaders to support pregnancy health
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Establish a role for cultural institutions in science, health education, research, & health policy
Our Goals
Listen to Community
We interact with community members that work with pregnant individuals and/or are members of the arts community. In our conversations, we discuss using art as a science-teaching tool and communication platform and how we can use this tool to convey complex science to community.
Lead Arts-based workshops
We offer art-based workshops for groups about women’s health, pregnancy, early life, and wellbeing.
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Our workshops can be adapted for community groups, health-care teams, educators, students, researchers, service providers, parents, partners, and the public.
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Through guided art activities and conversation, participants will reflect on their own experiences, share ideas, and think about how science connects to real life. For professional groups, workshops can also help teams explore new ways to communicate with clients, patients, students, and communities.
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Host a travelling Art Exhibition
We host a travelling art exhibition that brings science, art, and community together.
The exhibition can be shown in galleries, libraries, universities, health-care spaces, conferences, and community settings.
It conveys the importance of health before, during and after pregnancy, as well as the science of early life, and wellbeing in a visual and accessible way.
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The exhibition can also be paired with workshops, talks, or community events to support conversation and learning.
Research
We study how art can help people learn, reflect, and talk about science in new ways.
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Our research looks at how exhibitions and workshops affect understanding, connection, and engagement.
We work with participants, communities, artists, and researchers to learn what works, what people value, and how arts-based approaches can make science more accessible
Build partnerships
We work with community groups, artists, researchers, educators, health-care teams, and public organizations to bring science into shared spaces.
These relationships help us create activities that are welcoming, relevant, and useful.
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Together, we help build broader understanding of women’s health, pregnancy health, and early life health, and how these experiences shape families, communities, and lifelong wellbeing.