February 2, 2016February 2, 2016ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan ASLI Monthly Featured Artist – Michelle Morgan: talking art, mental health, shame and how to create change.
October 5, 2015October 5, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Debs Carter wants to help women share their stories with one another, as she has about her struggles with depression, connecting each other through her amazing organisation The Touch Network.
September 22, 2015September 22, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Indian visual artist Sravanthi Juluri speaks to ASLI, “my work has been a major source of healing in my life. I never thought my art could actually help women in distress to come out in the open about the abuse they have faced and open up a platform to raise our voices and say no to violence against women”.
September 21, 2015September 28, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Musician and composer Shell Dooley speaks about music as therapy “I think creative expression is one of the best forms of therapy. It gives an individual a chance to communicate feelings that may not be able to come out in other forms. It can also be very calming and provide a focus and stability”.
September 21, 2015September 21, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Writer and poet Janeen Pergrin Rastall speaks to ASLI “I believe that creative work can inspire people to endure, to have hope and to express their dreams and despairs in a positive way”.
September 15, 2015September 15, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Andrea Ballance is a survivor of the Buddhist group NKT and tells ASLI “I have lived through PTSD and RT (religious trauma). I feel that I have something to say that can help people. I feel art in all its facets has an important role to play in an individual’s health and the health of our whole society”.
September 14, 2015September 14, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Esi Yankey speaks to ASLI about domestic violence and PTSD and says “I am firmly committed to speaking up on topics that too many people remain silent on.”
September 1, 2015September 2, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan ASLI Team Member Becky Saunders “My journey in a nutshell” – Mental Illness, Health and Recovery
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”.
September 1, 2015September 1, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan ASLI Speak to Artist Mistresslisa Taylor about mental health and art in which she states, “Hand on my heart, art has saved my life. Without it I would be dead”.
September 1, 2015September 1, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Composer and writer Sophie Jupillat talks to ASLI about her experiences with mental illness “Being able to write creatively and play music was a secret garden in my world of chaos and destruction”.
September 1, 2015September 15, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Debra-Lynn Hook speaks to ASLI about her photography, mental illness and her inspiring mission; The Healing Body Image Project, “If photos help one of our women progress one step forward on her healing path, that is change worth noting”.
August 13, 2015August 13, 2015lisareeveart PTSD is a severe and chronic illness having lasting effects – As a survivor of child abuse, domestic and sexual assault Artist Paulissa Kipp talks to ASLI about how she uses her art and how it is important to educate the public about the lasting effects of abuse.
August 6, 2015August 6, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan ASLI Interview with Writer and Yogini Hannah Hilton “Art literally saves lives. I know from my own experience that by creating art- it has saved me from the dark abyss I was in”.
August 6, 2015August 6, 2015ArtSavesLives Charlotte Farhan Overcoming Abuse – By Hannah Hilton, “I felt that by sharing my story I could help other women”.