An article about a man diagnosed with schizophrenia in New york and his connection with the arts. Here is the link.
A Video about Mental Illness and the Arts
Link to the Awakenings Project
An Illinois group dedicated to the arts and mental illness. (from thier site>>) The Awakenings Project is a grass-roots initiative whose mission is to assist artists with psychiatric illnesses in developing their craft and finding an outlet for their creative abilities through art in all forms. The Awakenings Project also works to raise public awareness and acceptance of the creative talents of people living with psychiatric disorders who work in the fields of fine art, music, literature, and drama. Here is their site.
Carter Center Mental Health Program Link
The website of the work of Rosalynn Carter on the issue of mental illness.
Mental Illness Stigma Project Video
It’s short, but gets to the point.
The Story of Stuff
This video came out a while ago and hopes on its own to go viral. I think it is required watching for understanding our habbit of consumption. I thought it would be good to post. Enjoy, and see previous post about recycled art ideas. – John Morse
Recycled Art Ideas
There are many out there. I think that we don’t have the capacity to accept manufacturing more stuff in this world while landfill trash and ocean trash pile up around the globe. We need to learn to have fun with what already exists around us. There are lots of things you can come up with on your own, but here are some ideas that people have posted on this site. Here are some other sites with ideas:
- http://www.makingfriends.com/recycle.htm
- http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/index.shtml
- http://recycledcrafts.craftgossip.com/
- http://fromjunk2funk.com/
- http://www.recyclart.org/
Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness, an informative Video
Here is the link to it… found on Youtube. I think this speaks for many who cant. Kind of Pop-ish, enjoy.
