As part of OCN, Joanne, our OCN facilitator asked attendees at the Town break meeting, about any dementia-friendly improvements we could make to the area.

On Tuesday the 26th this project finally began! It was so exciting to meet the lovely people that attended our Creative Writing themed workshop, and I hope to see them again at our Photography workshop on Tuesday the 3rd of May. 

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re interested about the Creative Workshops for student Nurses. Awesome! This is the first in (hopefully) many posts about this project, and how it’s coming along. Forewarning, this post will be quite long due to all the information in it, but future posts will be shorter and provided on a weekly basis.

“The young people who are in our service have been involved in the process and their own work is on the walls when they come in for appointments.”

A three-month long creative project in Camelon and the surrounding canal side communities will come to a climax at the Falkirk Wheel this Friday (23 September).

An illuminating interview with jazz legend Carol Kidd as she talks about her love of painting and the benefits to her mental health and wellbeing of making art, as well as sharing stories and perspectives on her life as a singer, on the eve of a charity auction and a performance in aid of Artlink Central

Famed for an award-winning creative partnership with author and Patron of Artlink Central, Julia Donaldson, we are delighted to have an exclusive interview with Axel Scheffler, illustrator of 'Tiddler', 'The Gruffalo' and many other books as he donates art to our Gala Evening.

Ever wondered what volunteering in a participatory arts environment can be like? After a year of supporting Artlink Central projects, Eleanor MacLeod reveals all...

What are the kinds of challenges facing visual artists in supporting creative expression in prison settings and what role can Arts Awards play in challenging the sector to evolve practice? Our Freedom to Create artist Frances Douglas travelled to the Koestler Arts Exhibition at the Southbank Centre to see our work on display and hear from Benjamin Zephaniah and Anthony Gormley amongst others...

 Never has it seemed so good to be bad. And as we sit as judge and jury, we are constantly asked to weigh up how we measure redemption. Can theatre by non-actors with experience of criminal justice bring us some answers?

How do you bottle up participatory artists' expertise and experience to reach a much wider audience and still make a social impact? Can you commodify participatory arts practice? Artlink Central hope to do so as we launch Creating Conversations...