A Refugee Week Special: Mental Health, Resilience & the Arts

The Art Persists Podcast

Jul 24 2023 • 1 hr 10 mins

We are back! Launching Season 4 with a special episode recorded live during Refugee Week in collaboration withCounterpoints Arts. The conversation brought together 3 renowned artists Laura Nyahuye, Ghafar Tajmohammad, and Olga Tkachenko, together, we spoke about the place of art in mental health recovery, along with resilience and it’s limitations in each of the artists’ contexts; from addressing social issues through art, to the Afghan diaspora experience, and finally escaping war in Ukraine.In this episode, we are lucky to include music by USTAVI, who also performed during the event. As always, if you are enjoying Art Persists please leave a review wherever you listen. Only with your help can these important stories be heard.

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