City Arts’ Get Creative Collective present an exhibition exploring the concept of comfort.
Get Creative supports a group of artists who are learning disabled, experience mental health issues or are receiving other types of health care in the community. Weekly sessions act as a pop-up studio space for the artists. With one-on-one support from artist Dominique Cunnington and our team of volunteers, group members work on their own art projects.
‘Comfort’ is about the feeling instilled by a good cup of tea and your favourite biscuit on a chilly day. It is in winter that we seek out creature comforts the most. This exhibition is designed to pass on a feeling of warm, friendly, comfort to the viewer. Think about you own favourite biscuits, the tin they came in, and remember the loved ones you shared them with.
Biscuits mean everything, you can put them with a cup of tea or hot chocolate and that’s the feeling of winter
Group Member, Get Creative Collective
The group dedicate this exhibition to their friend Kristina.
About the Support Staff
Dominique Cunnington is a freelance artist based in Nottingham. It is her passion to aid others in being creative, inspired by her belief that artistic pursuits are good for both the body and mind. Dominique has experience running activities for a variety of people of all ages, including those with dementia, for charities including City Arts and Scope.
Dominique and the Get Creative artists are supported by volunteers Mandy Wilson, Daisy Whiteman-Ley, Edwina Kung and Rachel Gretton.
