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An art-based healing process: The Aurukun creative livelihoods project at the Wik and Kugu Arts and Craft Centre
1Wik and Kugu Arts and Craft Centre, Aurukun, QLD, Australia. guy.allain@bigpond.com
Objectives:
This paper describes the challenges in implementing an innovative arts-based mental health project in a remote Indigenous community.
Method:
The author (the Art Centre Manager) presents a personal narrative of the development of the Aurukun Creative Livelihoods project.
Results:
A partnership between an existing arts and mental health project (Creative Recovery) and the Wik and Kugu Arts and Craft Centre is described. This collaboration aims to enhance the emotional and social wellbeing of vulnerable Aboriginal people in a remote Indigenous community in Cape York - Aurukun.
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