Case Study: Creatively Minded in the Art Studio
Authors(s), Creator(s) and Contributors: David Cutler
Publication Date: 08/07/2025
Categories: Case Studies
Introduction
From Van Gogh, Dali and Munch to Yayoi Kusama today, the visual arts have a long history of association with people living with mental health problems.
That contribution continues today in the UK through a vibrant tradition of participatory visual arts activity (defined broadly, including painting and drawing, ceramics, print-making, crafts…). This is the subject of the latest report in our Creatively Minded series, which tells this story through 16 case studies of contemporary organisations working in this field.
Featured are:
- ACAVA, London
- ArcadeCampfa, Cardiff
- Art Angel, Dundee
- Arts Care Gofal Celf, Carmarthenshire
- Arts Care Northern Ireland
- Bethlem Gallery, London
- Chilli Studios, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Designs in Mind, Oswestry, Shropshire
- Double Elephant Print Workshop, Exeter
- Everybody Arts, Halifax
- Hospital Rooms, national
- Inside Out Cymru, Gwent
- Space2, Leeds
- Studio Upstairs, London & Bristol
- The Line, London,
- Tonic Arts, Edinburgh & The Lothians
The report also includes a directory and map of a wider group of organisations working in this area.
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