Victorian Network for Creativity and Wellbeing

Network of Victorian practitioners and researchers advancing evidence and education about creative health. Administrated by CAWRI @unimelb

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🚨 #AMPlify2026 March Seminar: So… Can I Use AI for That? Ethical and Practical AI Use in Music Psychology Research with Dr. Solange Glasser

🗓When: Wednesday 11 March, 4-5pm AEDT
🌐Where: Via Zoom
💻Link to register: https://t.co/PTDkGfoUsY

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2026 CAWRI Conference — Creating Wellbeing: Youth, Arts, and Mental Health.
Bringing together researchers, artists, educators & practitioners to explore how creative practice can support youth mental health through collaboration, co-creation & equity.
https://t.co/MmuyfHM2aH

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Summer issue of CAWRI news: announcement of Conference 2026 keynote panellists; Prof Taiwo Afolabi to visit July 2026; perspective from Kim Goodwin - Looking beyond artistic consumption; and a chat with Uncle David Arden Kokatha and Gunditjmara Songman.
https://t.co/mqwUZvvpij

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Announcing Our Keynote Panellists for CAWRI Conference 2026

Our keynote panellists Michael Anderson (CREATE Centre), Louise La Sala (Orygen) and Craig Rogers (The Push) will bring educational, clinical, and community perspectives to the conversation

https://t.co/1rCcatTZ1i

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#MusicScience Conference Opportunity 🎶🧠

🎶 Creating Wellbeing: Youth, Arts, and Mental Health (CAWRI) | Melbourne, AU (in-person) | 10 April 2026

🎤 Submit proposals before 11:59pm AEDT Friday 6 February 2026 to this link:

https://t.co/BFlKLnZWQb

🌐 https://t.co/xTbwjv0EWD

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A very exciting edition of CAWRI enews today!
CfP for the CAWRI Conference 2026
Prof Emma Redding at 35th IADMS
And a fantastic conversation with Prof Katherine Boydell, Black Dog Institute - Arts-based approaches in mental health research
📷https://t.co/OVwUvAMLxN

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September CAWRI news has hit inboxes! New CAWRI publications and a great conversation with Prof Paul Rhodes about his exhibition "Troubled/& beyond" a visual representation of the therapeutic journey, currently showing at @daxcentre
https://t.co/5KR1MiwK69

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Fascinating study! https://t.co/Refg6XVXTz

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August CAWRI e-news features CAWRI reads recommendation, Music and Dementia and a podcast about Music for Mood Regulation.

https://t.co/6dKMoRkAML

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July CAWRI e-news is here - featuring a webinar recording "Enhancing Accessibility to the Arts", details of the upcoming Arts and Peacebuilding Workshop, and a podcast about the fabulous work of Community Music Victoria. https://t.co/DVNS5ZGQIB

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✨AMPlify 2025 Exclusive ✨: Spotify’s former Data Alchemist, Glenn McDonald 🎶

When: Wednesday 13 August, 9-10am AEST
Where: Via Zoom
Link to register: https://t.co/vtxgniiqDc

If you have any questions in mind for Glenn, comment below! 👇

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We had productive writing sessions at our Tuesday and Thursday #SUAW events. 👩‍💻👨‍💻 Thank you to those who have attended so far! Next Tuesday session is on 24 June at 9-11 am AEST via Zoom! See you there!

Register here: https://t.co/YE672e8wK6

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June CAWRI e-news is here - featuring new publications about intercultural music engagement and a podcast with Dr Merrick Powell about violently themed music and physical musicality among older adults.

https://t.co/mhselsH8kt

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New publication - 'Cultivation of global consciousness through intercultural music engagement'. https://t.co/WZy9tpX7tA

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Fantastic webinar coming up hosted by @artshealth_net
State of the Art policy webinar: where is arts and health policy in Australia up to?
https://t.co/3yIohZPXMa

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Use and effectiveness of the arts for enhancing healthcare students' empathy skills: A mixed methods systematic review. https://t.co/Mz10LrZQyz

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May CAWRI enews - including CAWRI research trajectories from 2019 and Creativity Talks podcast Episode 16: Lamine Sonko & Adrian Hearn - West African Drum and Dance for Wellbeing https://t.co/kAnzfWK3Tr

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🔥#HotOffThePress May Edition🔥
This month we have lots of new papers from our community! You can see below for the list of papers, and a summary here: https://t.co/TCvB4B4B9h

If you have a paper that's just been published or about to be, please reach out!

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New open access publication about music on prescription from Forbes et al.

https://t.co/cNkHYWqBGE

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Some holiday reading in the latest CAWRI news: https://t.co/KtVGvIwNHx