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Arts and Minds Festival 2010
A cracking time at the Arts & Minds at The Junction, Cambridgeshire Agenda
Introduction
Welcome to the very first year of ARTS AND MINDS, the festival that aims to shake up our attitude to mental health, stir them with some film, music, debate and comedy and serve them up over an action-packed cultural weekend.
Featuring award-winning film and documentary, live music spoken word, and a specially commissioned comedy with world-class comedian John Ryan, this is a cultural event not to be missed.
Arts & Minds is a Cambridge-based charity which has been offering opportunities to people with mental health issues to get involved in creative and cultural activity for the last 3 years. We thought it would be a good idea to embrace the links between arts workshops, research into the benefits to be gleaned from creative activity - as well as the advocacy and campaigning side – and start 'Arts and Minds: The Festival'. And here we are in our very first year.
See who we are for more info.
Where and When?
This first year of the festival, which is being held in Cambridge’s Number One Arts venue, THE JUNCTION over the weekend of 16 - 17 October 2010.
Who and What's On?
For a full run down of what’s on, see:
This year we’re featuring world-class comedy with JOHN RYAN and special guests that lifts the lid on mental health and takes a light-hearted look at when life gives you a bit of a kicking.
Saturday 16th October 5.30pm is your chance to catch award-winning Cambridge-based drama Stuart A Life backwards starring Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch.
On Sunday 17th October 5pm we’re showing award-winning documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston about a singer songwriter whose life and career was shaped by his struggle with bipolar disorder.
Sunday 17th 7.30pm ‘The Art of Being Human: Storytelling and the Arts as a Pathway to Recovery and Wellbeing.’ Join us for this lively open debate featuring a panel of artists, writers and special guest chairperson to be announced early Autumn. Watch this space for more details.
We’re also privileged to feature music and poetry from London-based collective Little Episodes who will be performing live in the bar throughout Sunday night featuring singer Lucie Barat and Bluegrass band The Harrison Brothers
