VISUALISING THE INVISIBLE: ARTISTS WORKING IN MENTAL HEALTH
Dr Susan Liggett, Glyndŵr University and Karen Heald, Research Assistant, Salford University
HUMAN MIND AND BODY
Friday 2 July 6pm, Durber Gallery, North Wales School of Art & Design, Regent Street, Wrexham

Art might sound like the last thing you’d expect to be helping to ease Mental Health patients back to good health, but in a ward of an NHS hospital in North Wales that’s exactly what has been happening.  Funded by Safle, one of the largest public art organisations in Wales, in December 2009 Wrexham-based artist and researcher Karen Heald finished a nine-month project as an Artist in Residence at the Ablett Unit, an acute inpatient adult psychiatric unit at the Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board, Glan Clwyd Hospital. Karen delivered workshops for staff and patients in painting, drawing, creative writing, video/sound and photography. The painting workshops were co-facilitated by Glyndŵr University lecturer Susan Liggett. The exhibition Visualising the Invisible includes paintings, films, photographs and installations created by Karen, Susan and patients and staff at the hospital. View the exhibition and hear from the artists who’ve been working on the project about the therapeutic benefits of art.
Free Event Age Guide: 8+