Unimaginative people will try to convince you that music and dance is superfluous. But in fact arts and culture are the core - they are how we find and create meaning.
Enjoyed sharing the central role music and dance has played in my life and work.
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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
📣Announcing the 2026 #AMPlify Series
We are excited to announce the 2026 AMPlify ECR professional development series featuring a dynamic line-up of inspiring speakers! #savethedate
🎄 #AMPSAdventCalendar2025 🗓 Day 12
🎻 Key Leader: Prof. Jane Davidson
Prof. Davidson, a significant figure in Australian music science, is actively involved in AMPS and chairs the upcoming CAWRI 2026 event.
https://t.co/ARFse688tq
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
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
Thanks to Victoria University for inviting me to run a workshop with postgraduate counselling students, ‘Creative Approaches to Counselling’. Participants created a mixed media artwork & artist statement responding to prompts about facilitating creativity in therapeutic settings.
Looking forward to presenting with Shane Puxley at the upcoming Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare conference. We will bring a community psychology perspective: “Performing without breaking: Group reflective practice as a preventative intervention”
#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
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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
Dr Karen Heath at the University of Melbourne is seeking musicians and music educators for a new study. Full details below, and the survey is available to complete here: https://t.co/KNEOHz6cXC
I really enjoyed this conversation with Prof Paul Rhodes. I’m keen to check out the exhibition… Troubled/& beyond at The Dax Centre
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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
New on #AJSP
Co-created environmental messaging for climate action: Insights from coastal communities in the Global South
Isabell Richter, Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas, Arlene Avillanosa, Lota Creencia, Joel Sumeldan, Sabine Pahl https://t.co/tIRvKfYOTO