Creative Health
through Joyti Kaur's Art and workshop programs
Joyti Kaur Art supports creative health by encouraging emotional expression, community connection, and cultural healing.
Kaur’s art often explores themes of identity, memory, trauma, and healing—especially around her experience as a British-Punjabi Sikh woman. This personal storytelling through visual mediums can:
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Help audiences connect with their own emotions.
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Provide catharsis and a sense of solidarity to those who’ve experienced similar traumas.
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Normalise talking about mental health and identity struggles, i.e. within South Asian communities.
Reclaiming Culture and belonging, Kaur often incorporates heritage, textiles, and ancestral motifs in her work. This reclamation of cultural identity is a form of healing. For example, Historical Sikh Art preservation workshop at Singh Sabha Gurdwara, slough. Her work supports viewers in reconnecting with their roots and encourages intergenerational dialogue and cultural pride. For example, intergenerational healing through “build a mini house” workshop at Queensmere Shopping Centre.
Many of Kaur’s projects include workshops, community art initiatives, or are displayed in public/community settings. This participatory approach:
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Breaks down barriers between "artist" and "audience".
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Creates inclusive spaces where people feel safe to express themselves creatively.
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Builds social connectedness, reducing isolation which is vital to mental health.
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Kaur’s use of scratch art involves a therapy board collection, an innovative way to sensory based healing. This form us known for grounding, mindfulness and trauma recovering through meditative practice, encouraging calm presence.
Through her exploration of intersectional themes (anti racism in care and self care through art workshop with the NHS. mental health and connection with nature through nature is a gift workshop with RSPB, empowering women over 40 with Ramgharia sikh gurdwara, slough, identity and empowerment, anti bullying art workshop with Northampton sikh gurdwara, boosting health for the elderly, artiswell, with pepperpot charity), Kaur’s work actively contributes to social awareness and reducing stigma—especially in marginalised communities. This helps communities feel seen and heard, which supports confidence, empowerment, and mental wellbeing.
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See more about our creative health and wellbeing workshops:
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For Children, Young People and Schools
For corporations, with staff wellbeing workshops
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Creative health can be integrated into homes, communities, cultural institutions, heritage sites, and healthcare settings. It offers powerful tools for engaging with underrepresented communities and helps gain deeper understanding of the challenges they face.
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Creativity, Climate, and Health: A Vision for Funders
At Joyti Kaur Art, we work at the vital intersection of climate justice, health equity, and creative practice. These issues are inextricably linked: from respiratory illness to mental health challenges, the climate crisis is already impacting public health—and doing so unequally. We believe that without climate justice, true health equity cannot exist.
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Our creative programs offer a unique, culturally grounded approach to these challenges. Joyti Kaur Art builds on this foundation by offering work that. Creativity can be a powerful tool for both awareness and action.
We design inclusive, culturally rooted arts activities that support:
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Imagines more just and sustainable futures for all ages
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Empowers local changemakers through inclusive creative engagement -Empowerment of individuals through creativity and wellbeing practices, supporting under represented groups.
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Encourages reconnection with nature via themed workshops, including those rooted in Sikh meditative and ecological principles
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Reduces strain on overstretched, resource-intensive health systems through preventative, community-based approaches, building stronger community connections
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Through themed art sessions, we explore healing, resilience, environmental awareness, and belonging—especially for communities underrepresented in traditional health or climate initiatives.
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We are calling on funders who understand that creativity is not a luxury—it’s a vital tool for social and environmental change. With the right support, we can expand our reach and deepen our impact, particularly in communities most affected by health and climate inequalities.
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We focus on tangible, local action—because long-term systemic change begins with empowered individuals and connected communities.
We invite you to partner with us in building a healthier, more just world through the power of art.