In a semi-detached house at the end of a residential street live Sharshi and her daughters. Ivy (15) and Blossom (13). “This is our sanctuary, where we spend most of our time and know we won’t be judged,” Sharshi shared with a mix of sadness, pride and love. “I enjoy filling our home with interesting things to look at.” Their house is filled with colour: photographs, thriving houseplants and upcycled printer trays holding tiny treasures. Sharshi uses art and decorating as a form of...

Abhilash’s background is in science and biomedical research. But it is art he uses to process his feelings about his mum Divya’s diagnosis of dementia - and his experience of being her carer, alongside his brother and sister-in-law. Abhilash recently attended a conference about the latest dementia research. The speaker explained that we have a lot of strands of knowledge about the condition now, but the challenge is connecting them together. In a diagram showing how information links up,...

Lucie Akerman, then a Venue Manager at Artspace Lifespace, met Tina while holding a stick. Tina asked, “What's that?” Lucie replied, “A wand.” A pause, a smile shared quickly turning into giggles. "So, what is your next project?" Lucie asked Tina. Tina had just held an exhibition of her photography at The Vestibules, Bristol, exhibiting portraits of 143 middle-aged women. It turned out some of the women she took portraits of were carers. Many of them shared, during their portrait session,...