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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230520
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/the-arts-bar-wellbeing-weekend/
SUMMARY:The Arts Bar on Hope Street: The Arts Bar: Wellbeing Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Wellbeing Weekend\, The Arts Bar\n\n20th and 21st of May\, to m
 ark the end of Mental Health Awareness Week.\n\nThe weekend pop up will fe
 ature three visual artists\, Amy Cummings\, Kathleen Charters and Alisha F
 riday.\n\nAmy Cummings is freelance illustrator from Cardiff who’s curre
 ntly based in Liverpool. Her main body of work consists of abstract illust
 ration using geometric shapes\, bright colours and patterns.\n\nFor the la
 st 35 years Kathleen Charters has worked in Liverpool for a health and wel
 lbeing charity\, with a focus on HIV. During that time Kathleen has experi
 enced a great deal of loss but thankfully she’s found ways to process th
 at\, which has been crucial to her mental wellbeing and often involved exp
 loring the art and culture of other countries. When travel wasn’t possib
 le during the pandemic\, Kath started to create her own pieces and a whole
  new world opened up to her.\n\nAlisha Friday is a freelance visual artist
 \, who first moved to Liverpool to study Fine Art at LJMU. Since graduatin
 g in 2016\, aside from producing her own work\, she’s also worked as a c
 ommunity artist\, running events and workshops for vulnerable and marginal
 ised people. Alisha’s work has always been informed by race\, identity a
 nd mental health but the latter became even more important after facing he
 r own personal experience with psychosis\, which first occurred whilst she
  was pregnant in 2020.\n\nIn addition to the visual art on display\, creat
 ive horticulturalist Steph\, founder of Foru Plants will be attending the 
 event\, selling edible plants\, sharing free seeds and giving advice on ho
 w to cultivate plants at home. Joe Dillon\, guitarist with Liverpool band 
 “Hushtones”\, will also be providing a sound track via his vinyl colle
 ction on Sunday the 21st and delicious pastries\, (including vegan options
 )\, will be available from local bakery\, “The Butterholic”.\n\nEveryo
 ne involved in the project hopes that the event will encourage others to s
 peak more openly about their own mental health and perhaps consider trying
  art and music as a way to support their own mental wellbeing. The exhibit
 ion will run over two days on the 20th and 21st of May from 12-5pm at Arts
  Bar Hope Street. Entry is free. For more information go to lauramccannpho
 tos.com.
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