Category: Recovery

by Communikatt June 1, 2018 0

Art Thou Well? Towards Creative Devolution of Mental Health in Greater Manchester

This report explores the myriad roles the arts could, and do, play in the service of mental health in GreaterContinue Reading

by Communikatt May 26, 2017 1

Arts and Mental Health Bipolar Disorder Finnish approaches to wellbeing Psychosis Recovery

‘Culture Club’ “Diagnosis Free Zone” in Jyvaskyla

On May 23rd, Following Baby Dance Hour in a residential home, I visited the innovative ‘Trombi’, (Culture Club), located under trees aroundContinue Reading

by Communikatt May 1, 2017 3

Psychosis Recovery

Why You Should Watch Horizon: ‘Why Did I Go Mad?’ – The Psychology of Voice Hearing

On 2nd May, 2017, 9PM, BBC 2 will show a programme with Jacqui Dillon, Chair of the Hearing Voices Network, promising to provideContinue Reading

Utopia Fair at Somerset House, London July 2016. Connected Communities Arts & Humanities Research Council public engagement event

The Winston Churchill Trust's Travelling Fellowship

Exhibition and talks from by Will Self and Profesor Jphn Read John Baldessari – Matthew Buckingham – Sophie Calle – Marc Camille Chaimowicz – Moyra Davey – Luke Fowler – Gillian Wearing – Catherine Yass The modern city has frequently been identified through its intensity – a busy and bustling environment of potentially creative and productive activity. For the spectator, this intensity can also tip over into a state in which reality is temporarily obscured. It is this finely balanced state which the exhibition explores, the condition of urban psychosis is presented as a recurring theme, a shadow which continues to haunt the city. July 2014

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Research Artist Carol Hanson's installation at Green Man: Doris and Ivor's Carry On Cartoon Camping

The Human Library is an international equalities movement that challenges prejudice and discrimination through social contact. It uses the language and mechanism of a library to facilitate respectful conversations that can positively change people’s attitudes and behaviours towards members of our communities who are at risk of exclusion and marginalisation. http://humanlibraryuk.org/

Dementia and Imagination exhibition in conjunction with Chesterfield's famous Crooked Spire

BBC Radio Sheffield

The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Public talk alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit by Margaret Edson, ‘Making Great Art Out Of Illness’.

Workshop space at Nottingham Contemporary

Research Artist Carol Hanson installation at Einstein’s Garden, Green Man festival