Mad Hearts: The Arts and Mental Health
FUTURING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE ARTS
A two day online event organised by the MSc Creative Arts and Mental Health
10-11 June 2021 | Online
Image: Shades of Solitude by Grace Catchpole
2021
FUTURING MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE ARTS
Thursday 10th & Friday 11th June 2021
Pay what you can
A two day online event organised by the MSc Creative Arts and Mental Health
This two-day online event explores productive, radical, contemporary encounters between the arts and mental health, bringing together clinical, artistic and research perspectives that offer a re-interpretation of contemporary mental mental health science and practice, with a view of imagining a different future.
We welcome service users, mental health professionals, artists and researchers and any members of the general public interested in the way the arts can contribute to mental health.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
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Daniel Regan Photographic artist https://www.danielregan.photography
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Julie McNamara Playwright and theatre director https://vitalxposure.co.uk/about-us/
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Open Dialogue Dr Thomas Cant Consultant Psychiatrist Devon Partnership NHS Trust
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Power Threat Meaning Framework Ms Amanda Griffiths Lived Expert Consultant
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Plus:
- Panel discussion by the Solitude project at Queen Mary, led by Professor Barbara Taylor
- Panel discussion by the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary, with Prof Thomas Dixon, Dr Rhodri Hayward and Dr Tiffany Watt Smith
- Panel discussion on the role of theatres in public mental health with Roxana Silbert, Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre and Dani Parr, Director of Participation and Work for Young People at Almeida Theatre.
- There will also be a creative enquiry activity for all, and opportunities for small group discussions in response to provocations and creative work submitted to the conference. See here below to send your contributions:
Photo from Julie McNamara's 'Voices from The Knitting Circle' - (knit1) © Zeynep Dagli
Contribute
Mad Hearts is inviting contributions on the theme of Futuring mental health. These can be in the form of creative submissions or text-based provocations. Click on the link to find out more.
2020
SOLITUDE AND THE ENCOUNTER
This one-day webinar explores productive, radical, contemporary encounters between the arts and mental health, bringing together clinical, artistic and research perspectives that offer a re-interpretation of contemporary mental health science and practice.
We welcome service users, mental health professionals, artists and researchers and any members of the general public interested in the way the arts can contribute to mental health.
2019
Mad Hearts: The Arts and Mental Health
A one day online event organised by the MSc Creative Arts and Mental Health
19 June 2020 | Online
Mad Hearts: Arts and Mental Health Conference Brochure [PDF 392KB]
This two-day conference explores productive, radical, contemporary encounters between the arts and mental health, bringing together clinical, artistic and research perspectives that offer a re-interpretation of contemporary mental health science and practice.
Thematic sessions will range from the importance of narrative and meaning making in mental health, to the pedagogical use of the arts as progressive intervention, and arguments for a radical shift in mental health practice. The programme is enriched by theatre performances on the theme of mental health and an art exhibition. Delegates will have the opportunity to contribute their responses through a 'long table' discussion; this will provide the stimulus for the panel discussion with stakeholders and international experts that will round off the conference.
We welcome mental health professionals, researchers and any members of the general public interested in the way the arts can contribute to mental health.
For more information please contact: Maria Turri m.turri@qmul.ac.uk