For people experiencing mental ill health, engaging in creative activities can be therapeutic. It allows us to express ourselves without words, process complex emotions, helping to promote recovery.
As artist led organisation Frames Of Mind share a deep understanding of how creativity and the act of creative decision making is fundamental to who we are and how artistic expression boosts self-esteem, building the resilience to help maintain wellbeing.
Frames of Mind work alongside adult social care providers, health trusts, specialist agencies, schools and charities, to co-devise targeted multi-media programmes and creative interventions, using smart technology.
For people experiencing mental ill health, engaging in creative activities can be therapeutic. It allows us to express ourselves without words, process complex emotions, and helps to promote recovery.
As an artist led organisation Frames Of Mind share a deep understanding of how creativity and the act of creative decision making is fundamental to who we are. We know that artistic expression boosts self-esteem, building the resilience to help maintain wellbeing.
Frames of Mind work alongside adult social care providers, health trusts, specialist agencies, schools and charities, to co-devise multi-media programmes and creative interventions, for their clients. We work to our participants strengths and interests, inviting them to steer projects organically.
example projects
6-12 week modular course
Using a book making app, participants produce a multi-media publication – Creative CV or portfolio of personal words and images.
Participants engage in meaningful creative processes, learning skills in photography, digital art, stop frame animation and creative writing.
Digital Portfolios can be printed, saved as ebooks or movie files.
IMPACT
Improves confidence and establishes mutually supportive networks
Learning new communication skills
Promotes advocacy and combats isolation
Provides an innovative access tool and stepping-stone to mainstream education, volunteering or work experience
Article in Mental Health Today – 'Animate Me'
Article in Mental Health Today – 'Animate Me'
Creative photography/film workshops using stop frame animation, slow motion film and time- lapse, to produce immersive ‘mindscapes’. Working with objects, textures, nature, haptic elements and colour to explore ways of visualising moods and emotions.
Creative photography nature walks, experiential learning.– encapsulating positive effects of naturetherapy, Shinrin Yoku; forest bathing.
Animation on light boxes for vibrant sensory effect. Bringing nature indoors and reinventing everyday materials.
Recording of soundscapes.
Material curated for projection in a shared community space: activity room, building entrance, exterior wall – to provide sensory stimulation and mood enhancing
One day intensive workshop or 6-12 week modular course in immersive film making and creative photography.
Participants work with objects, textures, nature, haptic elements and colour to explore ways of visualising moods and emotions.
Animating objects on light boxes, shooting slow motion film or time-lapse, to produce video installations or ‘Mindscapes.’ Mindscapes can be projected or exhibited on monitors in activity rooms, lobby or exterior wall.
IMPACT
Therapeutic benefits of engaging with nature; photography walks
Enhanced empowerment through the visualisation of moods and emotions
Sensory stimulation; using haptic objects; bringing nature indoors and reinventing everyday materials
‘Mindscapes’ projection in communal spaces sensory enhances mood and wellbeing
Travelling Light – commissioned by Redbridge Library Service to engage their communities using film and stop-frame animation to explore the subject of death in a creative non-threatening way. Part of the award winning ‘Final Party’ project funded by Wellcome and Carnegie Trust – Engaging Libraries Programme.
Arts & research project in partnership with Southampton University, funded by the Arts Council.
A multi-media installation project in collaboration with Andover Art college, exploring themes of safety, belonging and our relationship with our semi-urban environment.
Redbridge Library Service ‘Final Party’ project, funded by Wellcome and Carnegie Trust – Engaging Libraries Programme
Commissioned to explore the subject of death in a creative non-threatening way, we used stop frame animation as a vehicle to help Redbridge communities engage in meaningful conversations about their ‘Final Party’ wishes.
Goodmayes Hospital Public Art Project, in partnership with Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure (VRCL) and North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT).
A stop frame animation engagement project commissioned to facilitate participants exploration and expression of ideas about mental health, to provoke discussion and increase understanding.
Contact us to register interest in our programmes, or to discuss your ideas
