Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time
- Thomas Merton, Writer, Social Activist
What we do
EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGH CREATIVE DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT
Frames Of Mind is a charitable participatory arts organisation based in Newham, East London, established by Zoe Flynn and Bo Chapman in 2019. We deliver stop frame animation, film and digital arts programmes to support the health and wellbeing of participants, offering unique opportunities to learn new skills, whilst engaging in meaningful creative processes.
Frames Of Mind work collaboratively with partner organisations to reach isolated and vulnerable communities, families living with dementia in the community and care settings, care professionals and people experiencing mental ill health.
Bo and Zoe share backgrounds in television and art direction and the desire to empower their communities to exploit the language of film and media as a powerful advocacy tool, to tell their stories, challenge stigma and inspire positive communication.
Frames of Mind has evolved from our established participatory arts organisation Salmagundi Films, into a separate charitable company, in order to focus on arts health and wellbeing. We are working towards becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation to access broader funding streams enabling us to support more of our beneficiaries.
CREATIVE PROGRAMMES
1 day workshops
6 or 12 week modular courses
Tailored projects responding to your needs
Residencies
Contact us to register interest in our programmes, or to discuss your ideas
METHODOLOGY
OUR APPROACH
Making creative decisions is empowering and affirming and for us the creative process is as important as the outcome, integral and symbiotic.
Frames Of Mind have devised themed modules of work which have built-in success, in terms of engagement and aesthetic quality, to build confidence and enhance participants’ experience. Our workshops and courses are delivered in a friendly supportive environment by experienced artists.
Whether animating found objects, or creating a scale defying digital collage, we encourage participants to focus on the activity and what they can achieve using technology, rather than the technology itself. The device or camera is merely the tool.
WHY WE LOVE STOP FRAME ANIMATION
Bringing inanimate objects to life with animation is playful and anarchic, bridging real and virtual worlds and challenging the relationship with our environment. Animation opens doors to the imagination and provides a catalyst for narrative, because anything can happen.
Teach me something my great grandson doesn’t know
- Simon, Participant: Link House
CREATIVE PROGRAMMES
1 day workshops
6-12 week modular courses
Tailored projects responding to your needs
Residencies
METHODOLOGY
OUR APPROACH
Making creative decisions is empowering and affirming and for us the creative process is as important as the outcome, integral and symbiotic.
Frames Of Mind have devised themed modules of work which have built-in success in terms of engagement and aesthetic quality, to build confidence and enhance experience. Our workshops and courses are delivered in a friendly supportive environment by experienced artists.
Whether animating found objects, or creating a scale defying digital collage, we encourage participants to focus on the activity and what they can achieve using technology, rather than the technology itself. The device or camera is merely the tool.
Teach me something my great grandson doesn’t know
- Simon, Participant: Link House
WHY WE LOVE STOP FRAME ANIMATION
Stop frame Animation is a very liberating art form that requires no previous experience.
Anyone can do it, and anything can be animated, from peas to people!
Bringing inanimate objects to life with animation is playful and anarchic, bridging real and virtual worlds and challenging the relationship with our environment. It opens doors to the imagination and provides a catalyst for narrative – because anything can happen.
