About Gravida Collective
Empowering girls, women, and mothers to express, heal, and inspire through art.
We are a supportive community that celebrates creativity, promotes mental well-being, and advocates for equality. Through transformative programs and partnerships, Gravida Collective fosters resilience, connection, and self-expression, helping individuals thrive creatively and emotionally.
Our Mission
To empower girls, young women, and mothers by addressing mental health challenges, fostering resilience, and building supportive communities. Gravida integrates art, education, and wellness to create safe spaces for growth and connection.
Our Vision
A world where creativity drives healing, empowerment, and equality. We envision thriving families and communities where women and mothers are supported through the arts.
A Platform for Creative Change
Gravida Collective is a catalyst for creative change, enabling girls, women, and mothers to reimagine their roles and address challenges like mental health stigma, inequality, and isolation. Through art and advocacy, we create spaces for healing, empowerment, and transformation.
Creative Communities and Impact
Creative communities are at the heart of Gravida. These spaces nurture connection, foster resilience, and build bridges across differences. Over the last 15 years, we’ve reached over thousands participants annually, offering tools for self-expression, confidence, and lasting change.
Collaboration and Partnerships
Gravida Collective thrives through collaboration with individuals, cultural institutions, public sector leaders, and global partners. Notable partnerships include Striking Attitudes, HIJINX Academy, YMa Pontypridd, Tactile Bosch, Community Music Wales, Ty Cerdd, Film Hub Wales, Memo Arts Centre, local councils, NHS, National Museum Wales, and BBC Cymru. Globally, we’ve worked with STATION (Serbia), Humans Move (Ethiopia), and Taika Box (Finland). Together, we design dynamic, impactful programs that empower communities locally and worldwide.

LATEST

SHOUT CYMRU is a Welsh Mental Health Arts Festival, that is brought to you by the Gravida Collective
The event will be held in June 2025 (the exact date TBC)
This will be a ticketed Event, which is free to attend
We use the arts and performance to create a conversation and creative celebration about mental health
In 2025 we are taking the SHOUT experience to four locations across Wales for the first SHOUT CYMRU national event. We start in Wrexham, travel to Aberystwyth and then Pontypridd, culminating in Cardiff for two days of arts, performance and conversation.
This Event is sponsored by i2i Media & Silver Mountain Productions.
Reaching communities & transforming perceptions through local voices
SHOUT CYMRU builds on Gravida Collective’s experience with the SHOUT Festivals in London and Liverpool, along with our work on projects such as ‘Lullaby For Mother’, bringing these models to Wales in a culturally relevant format. This festival offers a platform for diverse voices to creatively explore mental health issues.
Through bilingual programming and collaboration with Welsh partners, SHOUT CYMRU will engage Welsh-speaking and underrepresented communities, fostering meaningful dialogue around mental health and expanding our reach to new audiences across Wales.
Gravida Collective is one of the partners. Get in touch. Get involved.



Aleksandra Nikolajev Jones and Claire Bottomley participated at the SHOUT Liverpool 2024.
Gravida Collective Call Out for Participants
Free spaces (limited) are available to participate in the development of our CODA Methodology (Context Orientated Dance).
We are looking for participants who wish to connect to their bodies and nurture their inner creative. No dance or movement experience is necessary and every[body] is welcome!
Spaces will be given on a first come, first served basis.
All dates are at SPARK/SBARC
Maindy Road
Cardiff
Stage one: 21st, 28th of April and 5th of May
Stage two: 2nd, 9th and 16th of June
Email your request to participate at gravidacollective@gmail.com


Gravida Collective Launch
A chance to find out more about The Gravida Collective and their work and current projects. This will be followed by a drinks reception.
Itinerary:
Launch of Gravida Collective
Screenings of project work
Presentation of Podcast
Presentation of ” Gravida, the Weight and Wait of Pregnancy to Mothering Transformation” written by Carrie Westwater and Aleksandra Nikolajev Jones.
A presentation of the research partnership with JOMEC on CODA ( context orientated dance) method
Launch of next production “Lullaby for Mother”