September 28, 2015October 5, 2015hamad1981 Visual Artist Mark Lloyd says “Art can provide an avenue for self-expression, Art can enable us to realise the truth, art can provide hope and wonder, elements that can provoke change and save lives”.
September 28, 2015September 28, 2015hamad1981 Illustrator, animator and writer Andreea Stan says art saves lives “There were situations when I felt that my art was the only thing I had and it kept me going, it didn’t let me give up”.
September 28, 2015September 28, 2015hamad1981 Denny Reader talks to ASLI about his schizophrenia and using his creativity, saying “Its gives me a purpose and a platform to share my ideas and myself with the world around me”.
September 18, 2015September 18, 2015hamad1981 Joyce Savage is on a mission to end stigma associated with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and uses poetry to manage her own mental health.
September 7, 2015September 7, 2015hamad1981 Artist Jessica Caudery “Writing, painting and drawing directly and indirectly became a way to express my emotions. It is difficult to say to what extent art has saved my life but it has been a constant positive, something which has perhaps kept me afloat during times of stress, anxiety and mild depression”.
September 1, 2015September 1, 2015hamad1981 Visual Artist Lynn Excell speaks about grief, depression and staying creative: “‘Art Saves Lives’ to me, means that art is a way of helping to heal us when we are broken”.
August 31, 2015August 31, 2015hamad1981 Artist Jana Charl believes the statements “art saves lives” and “art creates change” reflect the power of art as both a practice and an impact on society.
August 30, 2015August 31, 2015hamad1981 Poet Tim Evans tells ASLI “Art can be comforting and cathartic. It can also challenge us, in a very visceral way, to look at the world and our attitudes to it in a new light and reconsider our thoughts and actions. In those ways, I think, art can both save lives and create change”.
August 26, 2015August 26, 2015hamad1981 Bipolar poet and visual artist Tracy Henham says ““Art saves lives” and “art creates change” are two very true statements in my eyes, art saved my life and through art I have managed to change my circumstances, my way of thinking and personal goals. Without Art I would not be here on this planet”.
August 11, 2015October 9, 2017hamad1981 Creative Writer Fara Johana Rasoanindrainy speaks about art and mental illness and says “writing is so liberating, I can write what I am unable to say”.
April 13, 2015April 13, 2015hamad1981 “My work is about finding beauty in darkness and seeing the light when there is none” Photographer Daniella Fishburne
April 13, 2015November 6, 2015hamad1981 “If it creates dialogue, then it’s only a matter of time before it creates change” Leah Casey
April 11, 2015March 16, 2016hamad1981 “I love storytelling, sequential art allows me to explore subjects further, inviting the viewer to come on a journey with me.” Find out more about Illustrator Zara Slattery
April 7, 2015March 16, 2016hamad1981 “Our art- our music and band- is cathartic and a form of protest” – Clitoris Rex
April 7, 2015March 16, 2016hamad1981 Laura Grace Weldon Speaks About an Alternative Education Called Free Range Learning and Why she Uses Poetry to Communicate our World
April 7, 2015March 16, 2016hamad1981 Alison Tate and Jennifer Vogel “We Wanted to Tell Stories that Encapsulates a Spirit of Empowerment!
April 7, 2015March 16, 2016hamad1981 Deloria Many Grey Horses “I Chose This Poem Because I Want to Honour the 1200 Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women”