Regular Mind Waves readers will already know Emily McCurrie @Caminosmem as our resident film critic. She turned her hand to photography for the resilience contest and won a prize for her message on resilience. Is there no end to this woman’s talents? Here she tells us more about what resilience means to her. How […]
Our Community Correspondent Pete goes backstage to talk music and mental health with Machines in Heaven @machinesheaven Last Thursday, the Art School played host to Glasgow bands Atom Tree and Machines in Heaven in an exciting and powerful night of electro, shoegaze, post-rock, post-electronica. Our headliners Machines in Heaven, create beautiful, otherworldly sounds with the […]
A UNIQUE COMMUNITY EVENT IN EASTERHOUSE Friday 24 October, 12:30 – 2:30pm & 6:30 – 8:30pm Our friends at Glasgow East Arts Company and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde North East Sector Community Health Partnership are proud to present – HEADSPACE: The Power of Giving – which forms part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & […]
What is your name and where are you from? My names Denise Milligan. I live in Glasgow Southside with my husband and two daughters. How long have you been interested in photography? I’ve been interested in photography most of my life, but only became really interested and got an SLR when I became ill […]
Meet John Richardson, from Eastbourne on the South Coast of England whose picture “between a rock, nothing is soft” won the best composition award in our resilience photo contest. How long have you been interested in photography? I’ve been fascinated with cameras and their capabilities since I was around 13. Why did you choose the […]
A review from our Community Correspondent Emily @caminosmem 4/5 – General release, rating 15 I was initially intrigued by this film due to the actors in it. I’ve always liked Nicole Kidman and who doesn’t like Colin Firth? The film didn’t let me down, the actors were great and Colin was great in his role. […]
What does resilience look like? Since we asked back in July, you’ve submitted some brilliant photographs that really got us thinking about what it means to be resilient. It’s a very happy Friday afternoon task to announce three clear winners from the shortlist. Thank you so much to everyone who entered, and massive congratulations to our […]
October 1st marks the start of two exciting times: Black History Month and the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (@SMHAFF). And to kick it all off, Kelvingrove Museum is hosting Moving Minds : a free cultural extravaganza exploring diversity in our communities. We are excited about the whole prgramme, not least because […]
Are you part of a community group that has members who enjoy films about big issues? Our friend at Take One Action have a limited number of free tickets for selected events at their film festival. There’s some great stuff on, with highlights including: Everyday Rebellion in Glasgow on September 20: a film about non-violence […]
A guest post from John Richardson of @SiSaysPSYCHOSIS Considering my first stint of abrasive reality arrived whilst studying film production; making a documentary on psychosis was naturally, inevitable. It was the Early Intervention in Psychosis service, which I’d recently been discharged from, that gave me ‘the prod’ to do so. I joined filmmaking forces with a psychologist in […]
