First Fortnight is an arts and mental health festival that aims to challenge mental health prejudice through arts. It began in Dublin in 2010 and has grown to include 100 events across 17 counties in January 2018. A list of events taking place in Cork City and County is included below. Check out firstfortnight.ie and @firstfortnight for more... Continue Reading →
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The Arts: my instrument for living with depression
It's World Mental Health Day!! and we thought we would take the opportunity to highlight an opinion piece written by one of our members at Arts + Minds, Carol Tobin. In The Arts: my instrument for living with depression, Carol writes candidly about her recovery journey, and the impact that participating in the arts has had... Continue Reading →
Arts + Minds short film tells the story of a now (mostly) demolished landmark
Passing the site of the former Camden Palace Hotel Arts Centre (previously a temporary courthouse and before that a garden centre, built c. 1885) in Cork recently, we were reminded of the very first short film that Arts + Minds ever made - From Darkness into Light (6min, 2014). The film was made in Camden Palace in 2014, as part... Continue Reading →