This is a new fund for local Minds across England and Wales to provide creative therapies, started by artist and Mind Ambassador Stuart Semple.
MINDFUL was an exhibition and arts festival at the Old Vic Tunnels. The project was initiated and is curated by Stuart Semple in collaboration with creative directors of Old Vic. Sales will go to the Mind creative therapies fund.
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This group show of world-class contemporary art charted the link between mental health and creativity whilst pin-pointing it’s cathartic potential for both viewer and artist alike.
The exhibition encouraged people to question their own views on and associations with mental illness while helping to break down the stigma and discrimination so often faced by sufferers.
Stuart, who has an ongoing anxiety disorder himself, understands first-hand the transformative potential of the arts.
The whole point of instigating this fund is to enable others access to the therapeutic potential of creative expression, people who may not have the chance, encouragement, or resources to do so otherwise.
The exhibition included works by: Jake & Dinos Chapman, Mona Hatoum, Tracey Emin, Mat Collishaw, Sebastian Horsley, Liliane Lijn, Sarah Lucas, George Lilanga, Barney Bubbles, Whitney McVeigh, Tom Wilkinson, Kate Moross, Tessa Farmer, Ellie Rees, Seana Gavin and Stuart Semple.