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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGuests at the Awards were treated to a performance by past beneficiaries of Il-Premju tal-President g\u0127all-Kreattivit\u00e0. Ashort concert using a variety of instruments, with a touch of creative improvisation was performed by local NGO Opening Doors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While addressing the ceremony, Hon Minister Dr Herrera said that the Award has helped in the creation, growth and nurturing of a number of organisations; embraced their continuous dedication and accompanied them in the development of ethical and professional practices. The Minister said that there was an investment of more than 55,000 euros in this edition of the initiative. Dr Herrera said that the Government will continue investing in the cultural and creative sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her address, the Shadow Minister for the Arts, Dr Therese Comodini Cachia said that the support of the President through this fund, in collaboration with Arts Council Malta, shows maximum support for the important role of the arts also on a social level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il-Premju tal-President g\u0127all-Kreattivit\u00e0 is managed jointly by the Office of the President and Arts Council Malta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AWARDEES 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Theatre Anon Arts Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Restorying Lives: Creative Stories for Persons Living with Dementia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Services for people with dementia have grown over recent years, but are far from enough. There are hardly any activities employing creative means, including in day care centres and in homes, and these lives are often lived in relative isolation and silence, stories, narratives and lives forgotten or untold. This project seeks to employ creative storytelling in the bid to: stimulate memory; reduce social isolation through an inclusive creative space; support and empower caregivers, notably families to work with, support and stimulate members living with dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spero<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ir-Ra\u0121el li Jara b\u2019Widnejh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This project aims to use theatre as a medium and develop Spero service users\u2019 abilities while contributing to their overall well-being through drama. Spero is a training and activity centre for blind and visually impaired people. The play \u201cIr-Ra\u0121el li Jara b\u2019Widnejh\u201d was scripted by Martha Vella and directed by Josette Ciappara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u017bfinMalta \u2013 National Dance Company<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Get Loose<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Get Loose is a call to loosen the tight boundaries of labels and compartments in our minds when it comes to identifying people. This mission will be carried out through the project\u2019s process as well as through its presentation. \u017bfinMalta have engaged Gabriel Galindez Cruz, a Columbian choreographer based in Berlin, who has extensive experience in working with children who have no experience in dance. Bringing in Gabriel\u2019s expertise in the field of movement, the final aim of the project is to present a piece which engages audiences to reconsider the coding of gender by placing participants and performers in the same universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n St Jeanne Antide Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Stitch in Time<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Handmade Maltese Bobbin Lace is a dying art. This project aims to to revive this cultural tradition and create spaces for community, sharing, healing and inclusion through the learning of this local art form. The project is targeting women with multiple and complex needs that St Jeanne AntideFoundation offers other services to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step Up for Parkinson’s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Step Up for Parkinson’s<\/em><\/strong> is a Voluntary Organisation that provides free specialized movement classes to people with Parkinson’s Disease and their Caregiver. These classes are proven to be beneficial through case studies that have been conducted over the past decade, most notably by Dr Sarah Houston, a lecturer, and researcher at Roehampton University. These classes improve the overall quality of life physically, psychologically and socially. The participants work on their motor skills, balance, weight shifting, gait, freezing, initiation of movement, and facial expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Karl Vella Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shaping Dreams Together<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The project consists of 122 ceramics sessions spread over 127 weeks for children coping with loss or serious illness within the family which affects them socially and psychologically. Together with Alka Ceramics, the project uses clay following Patricia Sherwood’s hand book \u201cClay Therapy\u201d which provides direction to use the powerful medium of clay to help children work through many core issues such as anger, grief and fear. Shout Out For Mental Health<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first phase the children and adolescents at the Young People\u2019s Unit will be engaged in a weekly group session which will be led by an Occupational Therapist and a Psychiatric Nurse, whereby young people will be encouraged to talk about their own experiences in relation to mental health. The sessions will be attended by Gianluca Bezzina and Paul Bezzina, and participants will be guided in the basics of song writing and lyric writing. In phase 2 the singer\/songwriter will produce a final song from the lyrics and music created during the 32 sessions. A focus group with all the participating young people will be organised in order to discuss the final song, to re-assure that this song would be a true representation of their emotions and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fondazzjoni Wens<\/strong> The aim of this project is to bring an element of creativity to the home in Fgura (Mer\u0127ba \u2013 Fondazzjoni Wens), through artworks created by the residents themselves. Every step of the project will be accompanied by the artist, James Micallef Grimaud and a youth worker. The artworks created in this project will focus on the narrative, related to different memories the residents have of the yearly seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Press Release issued by the Office of the President. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eight projects are benefiting under Il-Premju tal-President g\u0127all-Kreattivit\u00e0 2019 edition. 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Empowering through murals: Using murals to empower, team build and create a place of public memory for residents<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n