Art Works in Mental Health
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Art Works in Mental HealthTM is a
project aimed at promoting the art of everyone affected by mental ill health,
including their carers. The project is sponsored by Pfizer Ltd. and run by a
team of people: some work with people who experience mental ill health while
others are experienced in creating art and using artistic expression as a
positive outlet.
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| Art Works in Mental HealthTM
has been developed to showcase the work and thereby increase understanding of
the role of art and artistic expression in the lives of people who are affected
by mental ill health.
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| Art and creativity can help people affected by mental ill
health to find an outlet for their emotions. Their art works may also give
other people a clearer picture of what life is like for someone who is, or has
been, affected by mental illness.
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| What do we mean by 'art'? |
| 'Art' means any form of creative expression - not just
painting, drawing or illustrations. It includes photography, sculpture,
carving, needlework and embroidery, creative writing, poetry and song lyrics,
ceramics and pottery, crafts and even computer design. |
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How does the programme work? |
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One of the key activities of Art Works in Mental HealthTM
is to put together a National Exhibition of art created by people who have been
affected by mental illness. During 2003 the exhibition will visit 5 galleries
around the UK (in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Cardiff and Birmingham) to
give as many people as possible the opportunity to see these forms of
expression. As part of the exhibition, a catalogue will be produced giving
details of the works and a selection of all the entries. The work may also
feature in posters and postcards, in "Reflections" magazine published by
Breakthrough, and on the website. It is for these reasons that, regrettably,
performance arts such as dance, mime, theatre and music could not be
considered. |
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| How will the work be used? |
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We are committed to showcasing the maximum amount of work possible but, due to
the inevitable restrictions on space, we will not be able to show all the work
at the exhibition. We have therefore set up a professional review panel to look
at all the entries and select some of them for the exhibition. They will be
looking for a wide selection of media and a geographical cross-section of all
the entries.
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| We will aim to use as much of the remaining work not selected
for the exhibition as possible. This will be by creating the posters,
postcards, 'virtual' gallery on this website and as many other interesting uses
as we can to showcase the talents of our contributors. |
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| 'Art Works in Mental HealthTM'
is sponsored by Pfizer Ltd. |
| This site is administered by
Pfizer Ltd. |
