An Aberdare artist is about to exhibit his work for the first time, citing depression and anxiety as key reasons for his creative endeavours. Glyn Brimacombe has been supported by Making Minds to exhibit his work at two Rhondda galleries. Glyn’s collection of abstract art will go on display at Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, during April…
If you’ve got any interest in mental health, World Mental Health Day can be an opportunity to reflect, take stock, seek new opportunities and look forward to what lies ahead. That is certainly the case for Making Minds. Many organisations issue annual impact reports to help others see what progress they’re making or what…
Making Minds and The Living Room are delighted to officially announce our joint project, Cam wrth gam! Meaning ‘step by step’ in Welsh, this workshop series will offer a range of writing and art sessions designed to encourage participants to discuss their own lives as well as their experiences of addiction and recovery. Those attending…
Our first funded project, Creative Challenge, ended recently. The final three sessions were all about visual art and were delivered by Rhiannon Gray. Throughout these closing sessions, the group worked together to create clay masks and a group batik piece. The masks were made with modelling clay, shaped around newspaper. In the main, they were…
Week three of the Creative Challenge project saw the third, and final, session for Mab Jones. In her previous sessions, Mab had taken the group through a range of activities, including changing song lyrics based on people’s personal experiences and using different writing styles to create poetry. Session three looked at memories, objects, senses and…
We’d love to say it’s down to careful planning, but the fact that our Creative Challenge project starts on the first day of Mental Health Awareness Week is a happy accident. However, it’s a nice coincidence, nonetheless. Creative Challenge is our first pilot project, that is based on the delivery of creative workshops. It’s funded…
Hi, how’s 2014 going for you so far? Hopefully you haven’t been too badly affected by the all the horrendous weather we’ve been having. For Making Minds, the first part of the year has been about early steps and planning on what we’re aiming to achieve this year. Tomorrow, we take the first real, exploratory…
Happy New Year to you. We hope you’ve had a good festive period and are raring to go with your latest creative idea and ways to help manage a mental health condition or to help tackle mental health stigma. We are. Here’s what we’ve got planned for 2014, as we continue our development…. We’ve received…
This weekend, 40 acts will take to the stage in a new music festival that will increase awareness of mental health, as well as raising money for a Cardiff charity. ‘Cardiff Mind Fest’ has been organised by three local music promoters – Rockpie, Red Medicine and Godisinthetv zine – with the support of local mental…
It’s been a great month for Making Minds. October saw us involved in five events, including four around World Mental Health Day. We met some great people, had some wonderful experiences and made some new contacts that we could potentially develop new ideas with. We started at the RCT World Mental Health Day event, at…
A year ago, Making Minds was just a series of scribbled notes on various sheets of paper. A string of meetings with community arts organisations, mental health organisations, business support organisations, artists and other interested individuals, we’re now a constituted group, with a clear set of aims, some good working relationships and a network of…
Making Minds Summer Meeting St Catherine’s Church, Pontypridd Many thanks to Ellie Byrne for taking notes at this meeting. 1. Background to Making Minds – Mark • See http://www.makingmindsblog.wordpress.com for more comprehensive information; • Making Minds has four key strands of work: o Arts-based services; o Network of individuals and organisations; o Events and ‘experiences’;…
In the first of a new series of blog posts for Making Minds, Cardiff artist Sammie Roberts talks to us about her art, experience of mental ill health and her sources of inspiration. Sammie is about to graduate from the Cardiff School of Art & Design, where she studied illustration. Sammie, can you tell us…
Hi. Some of this may seem familiar, as it’s featured in previous blog posts, but I think it’s good to not only issue it as a reminder, but as a call out to those who have already expressed an interest in Making Minds and those that we’ve met since the April volunteers meeting, to actually…
It’s great to hear from other mental health bloggers and ‘Mischief Managed‘ got in touch with us on Twitter, with details of a post that tells her story of mental illness and her relationship with writing, that comes in various forms. If you’d like to provide a post for the Making Minds blog, just comment…
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