New Horizons Mental Health Awareness Week Art Exhibition

 

Arabic Woman by Ian Stafford

 

 

New Horizons was our biggest organised event to date. It was an eclectic exhibition displaying artwork to help build awareness and reduce the stigma that still surrounds mental health, as part of mental health awareness week which ran from 7th till 13th October.

The exhibition was an amalgamation of work from talented and creative artists who are accessing many local services and charities in different ways. Work was produced through many kinds of therapeutic creative sessions run through The Helm Mental Health Drop In Service Art for Relaxation and Sewing for Fun classes as well as through Art classes run through another local services that work help enable people called Positive Futures, Help Direct, Ridge Lea Hospital and The Adult College.
Included in the exhibition was work from the wonderful Storey Artists, who based at The Storey Institute also celebrated last weekend their 30th anniversary.
There were canapés, a bar and acoustic live music on the open evening in the gallery area. It was a really successful evening and helped a great deal to promote the service, reduce stigma and build awareness on what is available to people in our local area.

Our Exhibition  at The Storey Institute